COVID-19 and the consequences of isolating the elderly

By Richard Armitage, L. Nellums. Lancet Public Health, 2020

1,250 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Health

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In General Health Professions

1. E. Robinson
2. Marnin J Heisel
3. Gordon L. Flett
4. A. Sutin
5. M. Daly
6. C. Quintana‐Domeque
7. Sonia Oreffice

In Health

1. E. Robinson
2. Marnin J Heisel
3. Gordon L. Flett
4. A. Sutin
5. M. Daly

Citations in the corpus

• Aging and Feeling Valued Versus Expendable During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: a Review and Commentary of Why Mattering Is Fundamental to the Health and Well-Being of Older Adults (2020, positive): “This focus includes the recognition that self-isolation practices implemented to counter COVID-19, albeit well-intentioned, disproportionately impact older adults and urgent action is needed to limit the mental health and physical health impacts among isolated older people (see Armitage and Nellums ”
• Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science (2020, neutral): “68 There is an acute need to identify, in consultation with people with lived experience, remotely delivered interventions that support those at risk of abuse.”
• Longitudinal changes in mental health and the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (2020, positive): “The social distancing restrictions, for example, may have increased social isolation (Armitage & Nellums, 2020) and the widespread reports of the economic downturn may have caused concerns about financial insecurity (Fernandes, 2020).”