A rapid review of the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers: implications for supporting psychological well-being

JH De Kock, HA Latham, SJ Leslie, M Grindle… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Health and social care workers (HSCWs) have carried a heavy burden during
the COVID-19 crisis and, in the challenge to control the virus, have directly faced its …

Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission

G Livingston, J Huntley, A Sommerlad, D Ames… - The lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Executive summary The number of older people, including those living with dementia, is
rising, as younger age mortality declines. However, the age-specific incidence of dementia …

[HTML][HTML] Age-specific mortality and immunity patterns of SARS-CoV-2

M O'Driscoll, G Ribeiro Dos Santos, L Wang… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Estimating the size of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the infection
severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is made …

A double burden of exclusion? Digital and social exclusion of older adults in times of COVID-19

A Seifert, SR Cotten, B Xie - The Journals of Gerontology: Series …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has excluded older adults from a society based on physical social
contact. Vulnerable populations like older adults also tend to be excluded from digital …

Magnitude, demographics and dynamics of the effect of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in 21 industrialized countries

V Kontis, JE Bennett, T Rashid, RM Parks… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed many social,
economic, environmental and healthcare determinants of health. We applied an ensemble …

Age-stratified infection fatality rate of COVID-19 in the non-elderly population

AM Pezzullo, C Axfors, DG Contopoulos-Ioannidis… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The largest burden of COVID-19 is carried by the elderly, and persons living in nursing
homes are particularly vulnerable. However, 94% of the global population is younger than …

Intolerance of uncertainty and loneliness in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

E Parlapani, V Holeva, VA Nikopoulou… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Objective The COVID-19 pandemic imposed a psychological burden on people worldwide,
including fear and anxiety. Older adults are considered more vulnerable during public health …

The impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on long‐term care facilities worldwide: An overview on international issues

DC Thompson, MG Barbu, C Beiu… - BioMed research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic had a great negative impact on nursing homes, with massive
outbreaks being reported in care facilities all over the world, affecting not only the residents …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with dementia

K Numbers, H Brodaty - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unique risks to people with Alzheimer disease and
dementia. Research from 2020 has shown that these people have a relatively high risk of …

Association of pre-existing comorbidities with mortality and disease severity among 167,500 individuals with COVID-19 in Canada: A population-based cohort study

E Ge, Y Li, S Wu, E Candido, X Wei - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected 1.9% of the world
population by May 2, 2021. Since most previous studies that examined risk factors for …