Impact of COVID-19 on the elderly

S Pant, M Subedi - Journal of Patan Academy of Health Sciences, 2020 - jpahs.edu.np
While in most developed countries an adult of age 65 years and above is considered an
elderly, in Nepal, the age limit is 60 years. There will be two billion people in old age …

[PDF][PDF] Covid-19 and older adults: in the face of a global disaster

N Kar - Journal of Geriatric Care and Research, 2020 - instituteofinsight.org
Abstract The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a particularly
increased impact on older adults as the case fatality rate increases with age. Besides this …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of COVID-19 among the elderly population

Ö İlgili, YG Kutsal - Turkish Journal of Geriatrics, 2020 - geriatri.dergisi.org
Humanity worldwide experienced an unprecedented, tremendous change since the end of
2019 and some scholars use the term “new normal” for our current state. A coronavirus …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 associated COVID-19 in geriatric population: A brief narrative review

J Al-Zahrani - Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS‐CoV‐2), has emerged as a fatal pandemic and has crushed even the world's best …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the elderly: A systematic review

M Moradi, E Navab, F Sharifi, B Namadi… - Iranian Journal of …, 2021 - salmandj.uswr.ac.ir
3. Results The results of the selected studies were extracted and the effects of COVID-19
pandemic on the elderly were explored in 8 parts, as follows: why COVID-19 is more …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of COVID-19 on mental health of the elderly

J Philip, V Cherian - Int. J. Community Med. Public Health, 2020 - researchgate.net
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented effect on the lives of people,
irrespective of social demographics. The elderly, however, face special challenges, and it is …

[HTML][HTML] Vulnerability and fragility expose older adults to the potential dangers of COVID-19 pandemic

A Benksim, AIT Rachid, M Cherkaoui - Iranian Journal of Public …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is the main global health disaster of our time. Older
people are more susceptible to COVID-19 infection, caused by a defective immune …

[HTML][HTML] Geriatric challenges in the new coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic: A systematic review

M Mohamadi, A Goodarzi, A Aryannejad… - Medical journal of the …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, elderly individuals (with the chronological age
of 65 years and above) are more susceptible to the SARS-CoV-2 infection complications …

Challenges and concerns for older adults in India regarding the COVID-19 pandemic

A Nagarkar - Journal of gerontological social work, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
According to the last census, 9% of the India's population is above 60 years, meaning if,
community transmission stage reached in India, about 104 million older adults are at high …

Investigating some risk factors related to the covid-19 pandemic in the middle-aged and elderly

A Dadgari, SM Mirrezaei, SS Talebi… - Iranian Journal of …, 2021 - salmandj.uswr.ac.ir
Objectives: The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has influenced all age
groups; however, the risk of mortality increases with age. Several factors impact the …