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Journal Focuses on COVID-19 and Older Adults

The Journal of Aging & Social Policy provides perspectives on the pandemic....

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Older Adults and COVID-19: Implications for Aging Policy and Practice

A new issue of the Journal of Aging & Social Policy explores strategies for protecting and improving the lives of older people during the pandemic....

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Why Do We Only Care About Long-Term Care in a Crisis?

We spent trillions of dollars to protect vulnerable Americans from COVID-19. Why won’t we spend a fraction of that amount to protect them at other times?...

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Helping Affordable Housing Communities Fight COVID-19

Federal, state, and local policy makers must recognize that publicly subsidized senior housing communities are hotspots for COVID-19 infection and spread....

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COVID-19 Risk Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Nursing home residents aren’t the only sub-population of older adults at high risk for contracting COVID-19....

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How Congress Can Address Social Isolation in a Pandemic

Addressing social isolation may be as important to health as the medicines we develop to combat COVID-19....

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