Geriatric Care during Public Health Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

被引:32
作者
Mazumder, Hoimonty [1 ]
Hossain, Md Mahbub [2 ]
Das, Anupom [3 ]
机构
[1] Ipas Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
[2] Texas A&M Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Promot & Community Hlth Sci, College Stn, TX USA
[3] BRAC Univ, James P Grant Sch Publ Hlth, Dhaka, Bangladesh
来源
JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIAL WORK | 2020年 / 63卷 / 04期
关键词
Emergency preparedness; geriatric care; covid-19; pandemic; geriatric Health policy; inclusion of geriatric care;
D O I
10.1080/01634372.2020.1746723
中图分类号
R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要
Geriatric care in public health emergencies is a serious concern, while, high case-fatalities among older adults across the globe in COVID-19 pandemic implies lack of preparedness. Most of the countries irrespective of developing and developed one enormously struggling because of an inchoate response system ignorant of geriatric health needs. Therefore, a robust approach is highly essential that requires an integrated emergency preparedness by addressing geriatric care.
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页数:2
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