ArticleJournal of aging & social policy
When Going Digital Becomes a Necessity: Ensuring Older Adults' Needs for Information, Services, and Social Inclusion During COVID-19.
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- [Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-related digital inequalities].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding chemotherapy-induced bone marrow suppression in ovarian cancer patients.World journal of surgical oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Older adults are in triple jeopardy during COVID-19: compared with younger people, older adults are (1) more likely to develop serious conditions and experience higher mortality; (2) less likely to obtain high quality information or services online; and (3) more likely to experience social isolation and loneliness. Hybrid solutions, coupling online and offline strategies, are invaluable in ensuring the inclusion of vulnerable populations. Most of these solutions require no new inventions. Finding the financial resources for a rapid, well-coordinated implementation is the biggest challenge. Setting up the requisite support systems and digital infrastructure is important for the present and future pandemics.
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