Ageism and COVID-19: What does our society’s response say about us?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 692-695

  Fraser, Sarah ^a   Lagacé, Martine ^a   Bongué, Bienvenu ^b   Ndeye, Ndatté ^b   Guyot, Jessica ^b   Bechard, Lauren ^c   Garcia, Linda ^a   Taler, Vanessa ^a   Adam, Stéphane ^d   Beaulieu, Marie ^e   Bergeron, Caroline D ^f   Boudjemadi, Valérian ^g   Desmette, Donatienne ^h   Donizzetti, Anna Rosa ⁱ   Éthier, Sophie ^j   Garon, Suzanne ^e   Gillis, Margaret ^k   Levasseur, Mélanie ^e   Lortie Lussier, Monique ^a   Marier, Patrik ^l   Robitaille, Annie ^a   Sawchuk, Kim ^m   Lafontaine, Constance ^m   Tougas, Francine ^a   Andrew, Melissa ⁿ   Bayly, Melanie ^o   Bethell, Jennifer ^p   Chasteen, Alison ^q   Elliot, Valerie ^r   Herron, Rachel ^s   Itzhak, Inbal ^t   Kortzman, August ^r   Maxwell, Colleen ^c   McGilton, Kathy ^u   Middleton, Laura ^c   Morgan, Debra ^o   O’Connell, Megan ^r   O’Rourke, Hannah ^v   Phillips, Natalie ^m   Pichora Fuller, Margaret ^q   Wallace, Kayla ^r   Wittich, Walter ^w   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^f Quebec National Public Health Institute   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^k International Longevity Centre   (Canada)

^l LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

ⁿ DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^p TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^s BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^t Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging   (Canada)

^u University of Toronto   (Canada)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^w UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Ageism; COVID 19; Long term care homes; Older people; Public discourse

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DEATH; DOCUMENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM CARE; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; AGED; AGING; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ETHICS; HUMAN RELATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AGEISM; AGING; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85084616678     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afaa097     Document Type: Review

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