Improving the care of older patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Bianchetti, G Bellelli, F Guerini, A Marengoni… - Aging clinical and …, 2020 - Springer
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to a dramatic crisis of Health Care Systems worldwide,
and older people have been among the most disadvantaged. Specific recommendations …

Approach to COVID-19 in older adults and indications for improving the outcomes

C Tana, L Moffa, K Falasca, J Vecchiet, M Tana… - Annals of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background: COVID-19 continues to present challenges in the care of older adults with
frailty and/or comorbidities and very old patients, who can be hospitalized with severe …

[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 …

COVID-19 and the elderly: insights into pathogenesis and clinical decision-making

F Perrotta, G Corbi, G Mazzeo, M Boccia… - Aging clinical and …, 2020 - Springer
The elderly may represent a specific cluster of high-risk patients for developing COVID-19
with rapidly progressive clinical deterioration. Indeed, in older individuals …

Research with older people in a world with COVID-19: identification of current and future priorities, challenges and opportunities

SJ Richardson, CB Carroll, J Close, AL Gordon… - Age and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Older people are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a
profound impact on research as well as clinical service delivery. This commentary identifies …

COVID-19 in older adults

A Nanda, NVRK Vura, S Gravenstein - Aging clinical and experimental …, 2020 - Springer
The advent of the SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 pandemic has generated a lot of publications
at a rapid pace. We know that older adults disproportionately suffer the most severe of …

Geriatric syndromes and SARS-Cov-2: more than just being old

I Aprahamian, M Cesari - The Journal of frailty & aging, 2020 - Springer
128 biological background (eg, the so-called phenomenon of inflamm-aging); all aspects
that can complicate the course of disease, much more than the mere number of years lived …

Direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 in frail elderly: interventions and recommendations

MG Pizano-Escalante, LM Anaya-Esparza… - Journal of Personalized …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Frailty is a state of vulnerability to stressors because of a decreased physiological reserve,
resulting in poor health outcomes. This state is related to chronic conditions, many of which …

COVID-19: a geriatric emergency

V Boccardi, C Ruggiero, P Mecocci - Geriatrics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The older Italian population is posing a challenge in the number of deaths for coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to previous data from China, pre-existing health …

[PDF][PDF] Covid-19 and older adults: in the face of a global disaster

N Kar - Journal of Geriatric Care and Research, 2020 - instituteofinsight.org
Abstract The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a particularly
increased impact on older adults as the case fatality rate increases with age. Besides this …