COVID-19 Updates - News and Webinars

News and Webinars

Articles from GSA and Its Members

• Covid-19 sickens seniors differently. Here’s why. (The Washington Post, op-ed by former GSA President John W. Rowe)
• The Importance of Long-term Care Populations in Models of COVID-19 (JAMA Network, authored by member Karl Pillemer)
• Want to slash coronavirus deaths? Start (really) caring about long term care (The Hill, authored by members Karl Pillemer and Mark S. Lachs)
• A Florida Gerontologist Shares Key Insights on Elder-Care Facilities During the COVID Pandemic (AARP, features GSA President Kathryn Hyer)
• Seniors With COVID-19 Show Unusual Symptoms, Doctors Say (Kaiser Health News, features members Camille Vaughan and Joseph Ouslander)
• Who cares for those most vulnerable to COVID-19? 4 questions about home care aides answered (The Conversation, authored by members Christian Weller, Marc Cohen, and Robyn Stone)
• Age Must Not be Used as Primary Criteria to Deny Treatment (The Hill, with CEO James Appleby)
• How to Help Loved Ones Who Have Regular Doctor's Visits During the Coronavirus Outbreak (Parade, with member Melissa O'Connor)
• COVID-19 Crisis Threatens Beleaguered Assisted Living Industry (Kaiser Health News, with Board of Directors member Sheryl Zimmerman)
• Many parts of America have already decided to sacrifice the elderly (The Washington Post, co-authored by member Jospeh Coughlin)
• Coronavirus Has Boomers Asking: Who Are You Calling Elderly? (Wall Street Journal, with member Thomas Cole)
• Preventing COVID-19 from decimating nursing home residents requires spending money and improving infection control (The Conversation, authored by GSA President Kathryn Hyer and members David Dosa and Lindsay Peterson)
• Stop calling them ‘elderly’: Talking to older adults about self-isolating (University of Michigan News, interview with member Geoffrey Hoffman)
• Don't lump seniors together on coronavirus. Older people aren't all the same. (USA Today, op-ed by members Karen L. Fingerman and Kelly Trevino)
• What explains Covid-19’s lethality for the elderly? Scientists look to ‘twilight’ of the immune system (STATNews, features GSA members George Kuchel and Janko Nikolich Zugich)
• The US Faces Two Disastrous Scenarios. There's a Third Option. (Washington Post, co-authored by Gordon Douglas, GSA NAVP Workgroup Chair)
• America's Seniors and COVID-19: City Talk (Manhattan Institute's City Journal, interview with member Stephen Golant)

Webinars from GSA and Its Members

• Reframing Aging: A Primer for Health Care Professionals (August 12, speakers: Patricia M. D'Antonio, Helen Fernandez, and Moira O'Neil)
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• Using Technology to Assist Older Adults in Coping with COVID-19 (May 7, moderated by GSA member Gloria Gutman, hosted by the International Society of Gerontechnology)
• Focus on Aging - Supporting Older Adults in Emergencies: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery (May 13, speaker: GSA President Kathryn Hyer, hosted by the Administration for Community Living)
• Reframing the Response to COVID-19: Applying Reframed Language to Counteract Ageism (April 21, speaker: GSA staff Patricia D'Antonio)
• COVID-19 Meets Metabesity: Nexus Between Pandemics and Age-Related Diseases (March 27, speaker: GSA President Dr. Kathryn Hyer, hosted by Kinexum)
• The Coronavirus: What Age Has To Do With It (April 2, speaker: GSA Past President Nancy Morrow-Howell, hosted by Washington University)

Articles from Partners

• "COVID-19 Kills Only Old People." Only? (The New York Times)
• Now Is Not the Time to Sever the Ties That Bind Generations (Generations United)
• Social Distancing Saves Lives, But Only If It's Socially Responsible (City Limits)
• Why Coronavirus Hit Older Adults Hardest (AARP)
• Nursing Home Outbreak Spotlights Coronavirus Risk in Elder Care Facilities (Kaiser Health News)
• In Graying Japan, Many are Vulnerable but Few are Being Tested (The New York Times)

Webinars from Partners

• COVID in Assisted Living: Infection Control Interventions in a non-medical setting - Challenges and Opportunities (May 6, Washington Sociey for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine)
• Cochrane COVID-19 update from Dr Karla Soares-Weiser, Editor-in-Chief of the Cochrane Library (May 6, speaker: Karla Soares-Weiser)
• Mental Health and COVID-19: How the Pandemic Complicates Current Gaps in Care and What Can Be Done (Public Health Institute, May 6)
• Coronavirus Preparedness for People with Chronic Diseases: What are the Mental Health Implications? (April 17, hosted by National Health Council)
• The Science of Social Distancing: Part 2 (April 1, hosted by National Academy of Medicine and American Public Health Association)
• The Science of Social Distancing: Part 1 (March 25, hosted by National Academy of Medicine and American Public Health Association)
• "COVID-19 Global Effects on Older People” Virtual Town Hall (April 3, hosted by International Federation on Aging)