Research with older people in a world with COVID-19: identification of current and future priorities, challenges and opportunities.
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Authors
Richardson, Sarah J
Carroll, Camille B
Close, Jacqueline
Gordon, Adam L
Quinn, Terence J
Rochester, Lynn
Sayer, Avan A
Shenkin, Susan D
van der Velde, Nathalie
Woo, Jean
Witham, Miles D
Publication Date
2020-10Journal Title
Age and ageing
ISSN
0002-0729
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Volume
49
Issue
6
Pages
901-906
Language
eng
Type
Article
This Version
AM
Physical Medium
Print
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Richardson, S. J., Carroll, C. B., Close, J., Gordon, A. L., O'Brien, J., Quinn, T. J., Rochester, L., et al. (2020). Research with older people in a world with COVID-19: identification of current and future priorities, challenges and opportunities.. Age and ageing, 49 (6), 901-906. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa149
Abstract
Abstract
Older people are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a profound impact on research as well as clinical service delivery. This commentary identifies key challenges and opportunities in continuing to conduct research with and for older people, both during and after the current pandemic. It shares opinions from responders to an international survey, a range of academic authors and opinions from specialist societies. Priorities in COVID-19 research include its specific presentation in older people, consequences for physical, cognitive and psychological health, treatments and vaccines, rehabilitation, supporting care homes more effectively, the impact of social distancing, lockdown policies and system reconfiguration to provide best health and social care for older people. COVID-19 research needs to be inclusive, particularly involving older people living with frailty, cognitive impairment or multimorbidity, and those living in care homes. Non-COVID-19 related research for older people remains of critical importance and must not be neglected in the rush to study the pandemic. Profound changes are required in the way that we design and deliver research for older people in a world where movement and face-to-face contact are restricted, but we also highlight new opportunities such as the ability to collaborate more widely and to design and deliver research efficiently at scale and speed.
Keywords
Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Biomedical Research, Aged, Delivery of Health Care, Pandemics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2
Embargo Lift Date
2021-06-25
Identifiers
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa149
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/306940
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