ReviewZeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie2021
[COVID-19 in old age-The geriatric perspective].
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- Are older adults living with HIV more susceptible to omicron infection compared to their HIV-negative peers in China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence of COVID-19 Among 8000 Patients at a Hospitalized and Mortality in Old Age.Current aging science · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Inactivated and mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Severe Disease and Mortality in the Geriatric Population.Current microbiology · 2023Article
- Medical and social factors influencing the utilization of healthcare services among older adults in Israel during the COVID-19 lockdown.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- General practitioner care in nursing homes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: a retrospective survey among nursing home managers.BMC primary care · 2022Article
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- Effects of SARS-CoV‑2 infections on inpatient mortality of geriatric patients after proximal femoral fracture surgery.Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022Article
- Adult patients admitted to a tertiary hospital for COVID-19 and risk factors associated with severity: a retrospective cohort study.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2022Observational
- [The different periods of COVID-19 in Germany: a descriptive analysis from January 2020 to February 2021].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2021Article
- Associations between COVID-19 Severity, Cognitive Impairment, and Quality of Life in Individuals in Need of Care: Results from the Multicentre Registry Study BaCoM.Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extraArticle
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Abstract
Predominantly the older population is affected by a severe course of COVID-19. The mortality of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 above the age of 80 years is up to 54% in international studies. These observations indicate the necessity to highlight the geriatric perspective on this disease. The diagnostics and treatment of COVID-19 do not differ between younger and older patients but atypical symptoms should be expected more frequently in old age. Older subjects show an increased need for rehabilitation after COVID-19. Paradoxically, increasing rehabilitation demands go along with a reduced availability of geriatric rehabilitation options, the latter being a consequence of closure or downsizing of rehabilitation departments during the pandemic. In general, measures of isolation and quarantine should be diligently balanced as the health and emotional consequences of such measures may be severe in older persons. In light of the poor prognosis of older COVID-19 patients, advanced care planning becomes even more relevant. Caregivers and physicians should be encouraged to compose advanced care directives that also reflect the specific circumstances of COVID-19. Fortunately, current data suggest that the effectiveness of the vaccination with the mRNA-vaccines approved in Germany may be equally high in older compared to younger persons.
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