Older Adults And COVID-19 Implications For Aging Policy And Practice | Health & Social Care

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of people throughout the world either directly due to exposure to the virus or indirectly due to measures taken to mitigate the virus’ effects. Older adults have been particularly hard hit dying in disproportionately higher numbers especially in long-term care facilities. Local regional and national government actions taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 have thus served in part to shield older adults from the virus though not without adverse side effects including increased social isolation enhanced economic risk revealed ageism delayed medical treatment and challenges getting basic needs met. This book explores the myriad ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected older adults and their families caregivers and communities. It proposes policies and strategies for protecting and improving the lives of older people during the pandemic. It draws lessons for aging policy and practice more generally given underlying challenges brought to the fore by government provider community and individual responses to the pandemic. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Aging & Social Policy. |Older Adults and COVID-19 Implications for Aging Policy and Practice | Health & Social Care