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 …

COVID-19 through the lens of gerontology

DG Le Couteur, RM Anderson… - The Journals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The case-fatality rate for COVID-19 increases dramatically with age from 3% to 5% between
65 and 74 years, 4% to 11% between 75 and 84 years, and 10% to 27% above 85 years …

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 …

COVID-19 pandemic and ageism: A call for humanitarian care

CC Colenda, CF Reynolds… - The Journals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is a deadly threat, and although all
individ-uals are susceptible, advanced age is one of the risk factors for its direst …

Assessing the impact of the covid-19 pandemic and accompanying mitigation efforts on older adults

PM Cawthon, ES Orwoll, KE Ensrud… - The Journals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Dear Editor, The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound effect on every aspect
of daily life worldwide. Many communities are following social and physical distancing rules …

[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 …

[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: pandemic risk, resilience and possibilities for aging research

A Wister, M Speechley - Canadian Journal on Aging/La revue …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The COVID-19 global crisis is reshaping Canadian society in unexpected and profound
ways. The significantly higher morbidity and mortality risks by age suggest that this is largely …

[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 …

Promoting healthy aging during COVID‐19

JA Batsis, K Daniel, E Eckstrom… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Older adults have been markedly impacted by the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID‐19)
pandemic. The American Geriatrics Society previously published a White Paper on Healthy …