Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Geriatrics and Long-Term Care: The ABCDs of COVID-19

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 912-917

  D'Adamo, Heather ^a,b   Yoshikawa, Thomas ^a,b   Ouslander, Joseph G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coronavirus; COVID 19; long term care; pandemic

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICIAN; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; QUARANTINE; SCREENING; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; VITAL SIGN; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFECTION CONTROL; PANDEMIC; PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DECISION MAKING; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85083246650     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16445     Document Type: Article

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