Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Approaches Needed to Determine Impact of COVID-19 on Older Adults and Aging: CAG/ACG and / Joint Statement

Overview

Journal Can J Aging

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2020 May 16

PMID 32408910

Citations 8

Authors

Brad A Meisner

Veronique Boscart

Pierrette Gaudreau

Paul Stolee

Patricia Ebert

Michelle Heyer

Laura Kadowaki

Christine Kelly

Melanie Levasseur

Ariane S Massie

Verena Menec

Laura Middleton

Linda Sheiban Taucar

Wendy Loken Thornton

Catherine Tong

Deborah K van den Hoonaard

Kimberley Wilson

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent state of public emergency have significantly affected older adults in Canada and worldwide. It is imperative that the gerontological response be efficient and effective. In this statement, the board members of the Canadian Association on Gerontology/L'Association canadienne de gérontologie (CAG/ACG) and the Canadian Journal on Aging/La revue canadienne du vieillissement (CJA/RCV) acknowledge the contributions of CAG/ACG members and CJA/RCV readers. We also profile the complex ways that COVID-19 is affecting older adults, from individual to population levels, and advocate for the adoption of multidisciplinary collaborative teams to bring together different perspectives, areas of expertise, and methods of evaluation in the COVID-19 response.

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