ASA Blog: Efforts Needed to Ensure Protecting Older Adults from COVID-19 Don’t Create Other Problems
ASA Blog: Efforts Needed to Ensure Protecting Older Adults from COVID-19 Don’t Create Other Problems
The American Society on Aging (ASA) has published a blog by Trust for America's Health's John Auerbach and Megan Wolfe on, "Efforts Needed to Ensure Protecting Older Adults from COVID-19 Don’t Create Other Problems."
"As the public health and health care sectors mobilize to protect older adults from COVID-19 infection, they should be sure to remember that there is more risk to consider than exposure to the virus. The overall health and well-being of older adults requires a 'whole person' approach to ensure that we don’t protect older adults from coronavirus only to put them at risk of other illnesses and injuries." The blog details a range of issues including social isolation and discrimination and lays out several action steps.
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