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Category: Geriatric medicine, COVID-19

Cognitive decline accelerated in over 50s during pandemic, study finds

The covid-19 pandemic brought a “sustained decline in cognition” to people in the UK aged over 50, including […]

November 6, 2023 Geriatric medicine, COVID-19

Covid-19: Neglect was one of biggest killers in care homes during pandemic, report finds

The pandemic has disproportionately affected people living in care homes, who accounted for an estimated 30% of all […]

December 22, 2021 Geriatric medicine, COVID-19

Covid-19: Government faces legal challenge over “failure to protect care home residents”

Two women who lost their fathers to covid-19 are legally challenging what they describe as the government’s failure […]

October 19, 2021 Geriatric medicine, COVID-19

Covid-19: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is “likely” responsible for deaths of some elderly patients, Norwegian review finds

The Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine is “likely” to have been responsible for at least 10 deaths of frail elderly […]

May 27, 2021 Geriatric medicine, COVID-19

Covid-19: Care home residents in England should have “safe spaces” for visits from family and friends, says guidance

All care home residents in England should be allowed to receive visits from family and friends in a […]

November 6, 2020 Geriatric medicine, COVID-19

Covid-19: Isolating older people would be “age based apartheid,” says NHS boss

Segmenting and shielding the oldest and most vulnerable groups of people from covid-19 rather than imposing local or […]

September 29, 2020 Geriatric medicine, COVID-19

David Oliver: Misusing the “criteria to reside” for hospital inpatients

We now face a potential second wave of the covid-19 pandemic and a backlog of elective work, and […]

September 29, 2020 Geriatric medicine, COVID-19

Covid-19: Care homes in Belgium and Spain had “alarming living conditions,” says MSF report

A report into the global response to coronavirus outbreaks has heavily criticised the “alarming living conditions” in Belgian […]

August 19, 2020 Geriatric medicine, COVID-19

Covid-19: MPs call on government to produce detailed plans for PPE in England

The government is failing to act with “sufficient urgency” in building up stocks of personal protective equipment (PPE) […]

July 8, 2020 Geriatric medicine, COVID-19

Covid-19: Continued outbreaks in care homes risk extending pandemic, say experts

The number of outbreaks in care homes and a lack of important public health information are still affecting […]

June 24, 2020 Geriatric medicine, COVID-19

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