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Creating Covid-19 Work-Arounds For Vulnerable Older Adults, Edward F. Ansello
Creating Covid-19 Work-Arounds For Vulnerable Older Adults, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
In response to disruptions in care due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) has decided to focus energies on vulnerable populations, specifically: low income older adults in the Richmond Health and Wellness Program (RHWP), which delivers healthcare coordination at rental assistance housing complexes in Richmond, who had been receiving regular in-person help from interprofessional teams of faculty and students; residents with dementia and staffs of long-term care facilities who’d been intended to participate on-site in a non-pharmacological dementia care intervention called TimeSlips, as well as family caregivers of individuals in the community with dementia; and older …
Ageism In The Age Of Covid-19, Edward F. Ansello
Ageism In The Age Of Covid-19, Edward F. Ansello
Director's Editorials from Age in Action
Greater awareness of biases in health care and protective services are needed. Ageism is not going away but at least COVID-19 has unveiled some of its manifestations.