LAist quoted Kate Wilber of the USC Leonard Davis School on whether older workers should continue working or follow public health recommendations and stay home.
STAT published a column coauthored by Mireille Jacobson on the economic rationale for strong actions taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “Using the CDC’s most dire estimate, the economic cost of lives lost if we do nothing is $8.5 trillion, or just under half of U.S. gross domestic product. This does not account for the costs of suffering for those who get sick but do not die, lost productivity due to illness, or direct medical expenditures.”
KPCC-FM interviewed Kathleen Wilber of the USC Leonard Davis School on how older workers must choose to either continue to work or follow public health recommendations to stay home.
The coronavirus pandemic presents new challenges to senior care, but with some planning and determination, the risk can be mitigated, according to experts from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.
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The Washington Post quoted Eileen Crimmins of the USC Leonard Davis School on the poor health of Americans compared to Europeans.
"USC was a great option for me because of the hybrid program; it gave the flexibility I needed," says Josh Johnson MAG '09, Chief Operating Officer of West Bay Senior Living and USC lecturer.
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Larissa Stepanians MS '01, chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Jewish Home, says she wakes up every day “with this feeling that I’m going to make a difference.”
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Volunteer opportunity provides senior living residents with manicures, makeovers, and companionship and inspires a gerontology student to do more.
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Insider quoted Caroline Cicero of the USC Leonard Davis School on young adults living with older adults in retirement communities. The story also mentioned USC’s relationship with the Kingsley Manor senior living community, where students have lived with older residents since 1986.
Los Angeles Times quoted Valter Longo and Cary Kreutzer of the USC Leonard Davis School on the detriments of dry fasting.
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