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Research with older people in a world with COVID-19: identification of current and future priorities, challenges and opportunities.

ABSTRACT: Older people are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a profound impact on research as well as clinical service delivery. This commentary identifies key challenges and opportunities in continuing to conduct research with and for older people, both during and after the current pandemic. It shares opinions from responders to an international survey, a range of academic authors and opinions from specialist societies. Priorities in COVID-19 research include its specific presentation in older people, consequences for physical, cognitive and psychological health, treatments and vaccines, rehabilitation, supporting care homes more effectively, the impact of social distancing, lockdown policies and system reconfiguration to provide best health and social care for older people. COVID-19 research needs to be inclusive, particularly involving older people living with frailty, cognitive impairment or multimorbidity, and those living in care homes. Non-COVID-19 related research for older people remains of critical importance and must not be neglected in the rush to study the pandemic. Profound changes are required in the way that we design and deliver research for older people in a world where movement and face-to-face contact are restricted, but we also highlight new opportunities such as the ability to collaborate more widely and to design and deliver research efficiently at scale and speed.

SUBMITTER: Richardson SJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7454250 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Research with older people in a world with COVID-19: identification of current and future priorities, challenges and opportunities.

Richardson Sarah J SJ Carroll Camille B CB Close Jacqueline J Gordon Adam L AL O'Brien John J Quinn Terence J TJ Rochester Lynn L Sayer Avan A AA Shenkin Susan D SD van der Velde Nathalie N Woo Jean J Witham Miles D MD

Age and ageing 20201001 6

Older people are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a profound impact on research as well as clinical service delivery. This commentary identifies key challenges and opportunities in continuing to conduct research with and for older people, both during and after the current pandemic. It shares opinions from responders to an international survey, a range of academic authors and opinions from specialist societies. Priorities in COVID-19 research include its specifi ...[more]

PMID: 32584954

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Research with older people in a world with COVID-19: identification of current and future priorities, challenges and opportunities.

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Research with older people in a world with COVID-19: identification of current and future priorities, challenges and opportunities.

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