Responding to Covid-19: an analysis of position statements of gerontological societies worldwide.

ABSTRACT: The Covid-19 pandemic, with its adverse implications for older adults, has generated unprecedented public interest in issues around age and ageing globally. We systematically investigated the responses of national gerontological and geriatric societies (NGGS) to emerging challenges during the first wave of the pandemic. Framed within traditional research topics in gerontology, the aim was to identify the spectrum of focal points and positions directed towards governments, policy makers, researchers and society. A comprehensive, two-phased data collection strategy generated N = 22 position statements of NGGS affiliated to the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Using Ayalon et al. (J Gerontol Ser B, 2020. 10.1093/geronb/gbaa066) thematic categorisation of geronto

SUBMITTER: Emmer De Albuquerque Green C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9014281 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature