Open AccessOne-Year Report of COVID-19 Impact on Geriatric Patients: a Bio-Psycho-Social Approach
Author(s) -
Allen Ying-Lun Chang,
Kimberly N. Babb
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
canadian geriatrics journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 1925-8348
DOI - 10.5770/cgj.25.553
Subject(s) - loneliness , medicine , pandemic , social isolation , isolation (microbiology) , covid-19 , gerontology , geriatrics , social distance , health care , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , bioinformatics , economics , biology , economic growth
Since December of 2019, coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly around the world. Our understanding of the infection has grown over the past year, and its impact on older adults is particularly significant. Apart from the direct impacts of COVID-19 infections, it has also led to lockdowns which, in turn, result in isolation and loneliness.