Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Fairfield Citizen (via The Conversation) published an opinion column authored by Caroline Cicero and Paul Nash on ageist narratives during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Aging is something we will all experience, if we’re lucky. Yet ageism is arguably the last widely accepted form of social prejudice,” they said.
CityLab quoted Edward Schneider on how seniors are staying busy during the COVID-19 lockdown. “My day starts at 5:30 in the morning and ends at 8:30 or 9 at night, and I’m busy the entire time,” he said. “I don’t feel terribly isolated — although I am isolated, because I’m 80 years old — but I’m interacting with people all the time.”
Bloomberg quoted Ed Schneider on the social impacts of COVID-19-induced isolation. Schneider said he thinks the disease will have a more lasting impact on young people than seniors: “We’ve either been through it or we’ve heard about it and therefore as bad as it is, we can deal with it.”
Los Angeles Times quoted Eileen Crimmins of the USC Leonard Davis School on how comorbidities may be impacting the coronavirus death toll. “What we think is there is some combination of COVID deaths that are not declared COVID deaths and other deaths that are due to other causes people have not gotten treatment for, or have delayed treatment,” Crimmins said.
The Sacramento Bee quoted Jennifer Ailshire of the USC Leonard Davis School on residents of long-term care facilities suffering from increased loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The residents may suffer psychological harm; they may feel isolated; they may not understand what’s happening,” Ailshire said.
Forbes quoted Susan Enguídanos in an article on the importance of advance directives. “An advance directive is the best gift that a parent can give their children,” she said.
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Travel + Leisure quoted Jennifer Ailshire on how older adults can stay active in isolation. “My advice for everyone would be to focus on maintaining three types of activity: physical movement, cognitively stimulating activities, and social activities,” she said. “Strategies will vary depending on the person and their environment.”
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