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It Is Not Just Mortality: A Call From Chile for Comprehensive COVID-19 Policy Responses Among Older People

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Provide a synthesis of the COVID-19 policies targeting older people in Chile, stressing their short- and long-term challenges. METHOD: Critical analysis of the current legal and policy measures, based on national-level data and international experiences. RESULTS: Although several policies have been enacted to protect older people from COVID-19, these measures could have important unintended negative consequences in this group's mental and physical health, as well as financial aspects. DISCUSSION: A wider perspective is needed to include a broader definition of health-considering financial scarcity, access to health services, mental health issues, and long-term care-in the policy responses to COVID-19 targeted to older people in Chile.

Source: The Journals of Gerontology Series B

DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa092

Authors: Pablo Villalobos Dintrans, Jorge Browne, Ignacio Madero-Cabib

Institutions: Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Language: English

Topic: Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico, Fondo de Financiamiento de Centros de Investigación en Áreas Prioritarias