The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the vulnerability degree of the elderly to a large extent which has been supported by various empirical based research studies undertaken by NGOs working in the field of ageing like Help Age India, Age well Foundation so on. Elder maltreatment is a common ...
The elderly population has been advised to be kept under isolation globally for a long time to come, while the world is reeling with the negative consequences of COVID-19. The reason behind this push is to unburden the already taxed health care system, while the world finds to contain ...
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Post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), depression, and anxiety are often seen in people recovering from severe Covid-19 especially those admitted to ICU. Elderly people going through this near-death experience have been shown to have more episodes of PTSD. They may never recover fully from depr...
Cognitive and neuropsychiatric manifestations of COVID-19 and effects on elderly individuals with dementia. Front Aging Neurosci. 2020;12:588872. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2020.588872The authors reviewed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the elderly population and the vulnerable group ...
1C–G shows that with the increase in newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, the fracture risk decreased for children, young and middle-aged males and females, and elderly men but showed little change for elderly women. Prevalence area Supplementary Fig. 1H–J shows the impact of COVID-19 on ...
However, because the vast majority of COVID-19 deaths occur among the elderly, using a lower VSL may be more appropriate. Using an age-adjusted VSL of $2 million implies that each NHL/NBA game cost about $1.3 billion in fatalities, and each NCAA game cost about $68 million in ...
But if action is taken now to achieve best-in-region gender-parity improvements by 2030 (including investments in education, family planning, maternal health, digital and financial inclusion, and correcting the burden of unpaid-care work related to childcare and caring for the elderly...
This review makes an update about research on the mental health of the elderly during the pandemic. Also, it discusses the vulnerability of these individuals in the face of stress and in the case of contracting COVID-19, considering mainly the stress’s hormonal and inflammatory mechanisms. ...
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