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'An invisible human rights crisis': The marginalization of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic - An advocacy review.
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82 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- How to protect long-term care facilities from pandemic-like events? - A systematic review on the effectiveness of non-pharmacological measures to prevent viral respiratory infections.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of food insecurity on mental health among older adults residing in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological measures implemented in the setting of long-term care facilities to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infections and their consequences: a rapid review.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- The lingering impacts of COVID-19 on older women in Kenya and Uganda: A quantitative analysis of health, wellbeing, and WASH insecurity.Journal of public health research · 2026Article
- Frailty and intrinsic capacity: integrating complementary concepts to promote healthy ageing and transformation of care.Age and ageing · 2026Review
- Improving gerontological research dissemination: PARTNERship with people with lived experience in research symposia.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- An integrative review of loneliness and quality of life in older adults who lived alone during COVID-19: considerations for supporting reconnection.BMC geriatrics · 2025Review
- Designing for Patient-Centered Care and Equity in Virtual Hospital-at-Home Models: Quality Improvement Initiative Using Experience-Based Co-Design.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- The Effect of Age Stereotype in Elderly Adults with the Mediation Role of Self-Esteem and Sense of Coherence.Psychology research and behavior management · 2025Review
- Effects and Mechanisms of TikTok Use on Self-Rated Health of Older Adults in China During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mediation Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The effects of social support and self-efficacy on hopefulness in low-income older adults during COVID-19 pandemic.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Social Problems of Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematized Review.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2024Review
- Strategies for equity, diversity and inclusion in geriatric healthcare professional curricula: A scoping review protocol.PloS one · 2024Article
- Socio-economic inequalities in the breadth of internet use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults in England.PloS one · 2024Article
- Confronting polypharmacy and social isolation in elderly care: a general practitioner's perspective on holistic primary care.Frontiers in aging · 2024Article
- Socioeconomic inequalities in physical activity among older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.BMJ public health · 2023Article
- Between two pandemics: Older, gay men's experiences across HIV/AIDS and COVID-19.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2023Article
- Outcomes of the Indonesian Chronic Disease Management Program (PROLANIS) in Patients with Hypertension During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Areas: A Preliminary Evaluation Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- The older adults' experiences of living in the nursing home during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study in Iran.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Health and social needs of older adults in slum communities in Ghana: a phenomenological approach used in 2021.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
22 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The world has endured over six months of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Older adults are at disproportionate risk of severe infection and mortality. They are also vulnerable to loneliness and social exclusion during the pandemic. Age and ageism both can act as significant risk factors during this pandemic, increasing the physical as well as psychosocial burden on the elderly. A review was performed in relation to the psychosocial vulnerabilities of the older adults during the pandemic, with insights from the similar biological disasters in the past. Besides the physiological risk, morbidities, polypharmacy and increased case fatality rates, various social factors like lack of security, loneliness, isolation, ageism, sexism, dependency, stigma, abuse and restriction to health care access were identified as crucial in pandemic situation. Frailty, cognitive and sensory impairments added to the burden. Marginalization and human rights deprivation emerged as a common pathway of suffering for the elderly during COVID-19. The implications of the emergent themes are discussed in light of psychosocial wellbeing and impact on the quality of life. The authors suggest potential recommendations to mitigate this marginalization on lines of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s concept of Healthy Ageing and the United Nations (U.N.) Sustainable Development Goals.
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