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‘I Like It, Actually’: Why So Many Older People Thrive in Lockdown
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The New York Times’ John Leland reports: “People age 70 and up account for two-thirds of all coronavirus deaths in New York, though they make up less than 10 percent of the population. Yet many …
Just What Older People Didn’t Need: More Isolation
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The New York Times’ Paula Span reports: “When the committee looked for promising solutions, it found studies showing that attending exercise programs helped reduce isolation — not a useful approach at the moment. The evidence for much-heralded …
She’s Alone, 105 and in a Nursing Home Threatened by the Virus
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The New York Times’ John Leland reports: “New York’s nursing homes have long been chronically understaffed, leaving family members to fill critical gaps, from feeding their relatives to checking for bedsores or infection. Now those …
Supporting Older Adults through Coronavirus: Ideas from Experts and Leaders Across NYC
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New York’s growing older adult population is facing unprecedented barriers accessing meals, groceries, medicine, and support services, and new levels of social isolation brought on by the novel coronavirus. CUF asked nearly two dozen experts …