[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 and the elderly: who cares?

F Fischer, L Raiber, C Boscher… - Frontiers in public health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Reports and discussions about the current situation and state of knowledge, information
about risks and protective behaviors, and predictions of future scenarios related to COVID …

COVID-19: trends, disparities, and consequences for older adults

D Carr - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened the health, longevity, and financial and emotional
security of millions of people in the United States and worldwide. As of late November 2020 …

After the COVID-19 pandemic: the next wave of health challenges for older adults

JA Schrack, AA Wanigatunga… - The Journals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The arrival of COVID-19 in the United States presents an unprecedented modern-day
challenge for the research and medical communities. Much of the medical community is …

[HTML][HTML] Older adults and COVID-19 pandemic: Resilience matters

LK Chen - Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a global public health
crisis that results in a great variety of challenges to the world, and the rapidly escalating case …

[HTML][HTML] Why does COVID-19 disproportionately affect older people?

AL Mueller, MS McNamara, DA Sinclair - Aging (albany NY), 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The severity and outcome of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) largely depends on a
patient's age. Adults over 65 years of age represent 80% of hospitalizations and have a 23 …

Understanding and addressing older adults' needs during COVID-19

LP Sands, SM Albert, JJ Suitor - Innovation in Aging, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Four months have passed since the World Health Organization (WHO) identified coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a public health emergency, and 3 months since it declared the …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in older adults: what we may expect regarding pathogenesis, immune responses, and outcomes

J Nikolich-Zugich, KS Knox, CT Rios, B Natt… - Geroscience, 2020 - Springer
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 virus, the causative agent of the coronavirus infectious disease-19
(COVID-19), is taking the globe by storm, approaching 500,000 confirmed cases and over …

Older people and epidemics: a call for empathy

S Doraiswamy, S Cheema, R Mamtani - Age and ageing, 2020 - academic.oup.com
SIR, The 2019 novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) has gripped the world with fear,
anxiety and confusion, and this is spreading as fast as the virus. With limited age …

[HTML][HTML] Geriatric population during the COVID-19 pandemic: problems, considerations, exigencies, and beyond

K Dhama, SK Patel, R Kumar, J Rana… - Frontiers in public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wreaked havoc worldwide, with more
than 20 million confirmed cases and nearly 0. 75 million deaths as of 10th August 2020 …

[PDF][PDF] COVID-19 is a disease of older people

DG Le Couteur, RM Anderson… - J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med …, 2020 - ravikollimd.com
COVID-19 is primarily a disease of older people. In the United States, 31% of cases of
COVID-19 have occurred in people over the age of 65 years and 6% over the age of 85 …