Older adults and COVID-19 : implications for aging policy and practice / edited by Edward Alan Miller.
- 其他作者:
- 其他題名:
- Journal of aging & social policy.
- 出版: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge 2021.
- 主題: Older people--Medical care. , COVID-19 (Disease) , COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects. , Aging. , Older people--Services for. , COVID-19--complications. , Airway Management--methods. , Respiratory Distress Syndrome--therapy. , Respiratory Insufficiency--therapy. , Frail Elderly.
- ISBN: 978-0-367-63299-1 (hbk.) :: GBP120.00 、 0-367-63299-3 (hbk.)
- 一般註:"The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of Aging & Social Policy, Volume 32, issue 4-5 (2020)"--Page x.
- 書目註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- 系統號: 005272077 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊

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.