In This Episode:
Dr. K and her guest experts Dr. Nicole Didyk and Richard Caro, PhD, answer BHWA reader questions about aging health in COVID times.
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Questions and issues they addressed during this call included:
- The trade-off between safety and other benefits that older adults value
- How to think through making an activity or situation “safer” rather than ask “is it safe?”
- How to maintain physical and mental wellbeing while confined to the home, or to a locked-down facility
- When it’s likely to be “safe” to resume routine health appointments, including eye and dental visits
- How the pandemic situation might affect recovery from hospital delirium
- What we know so far about the course of COVID in older adults who develop symptoms
- What palliative care at home for COVID might look like
- The challenges that nursing homes are currently facing
