The COVID-19 Pandemic and Older Adults

Introduction: Continuing Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Older Adults I. Flexibility and Innovation in Early Reponses 1. A COVID-19-Dedicated Facility for the Care of Older Adults During a Health Emergency: An Italian Experience 2. Practicalities and Yield from Mass Swabbing for COVID-19 in Residential Care Facilities in the South of Ireland 3. Implementing a Telehealth Support Tool for Community-Dwelling Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Investigation of Provider Experiences 4. Meeting Older Adults' Food Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons and Challenges from Washington State 5. Social Service Providers' Perceptions of Older Adults' Food Access During COVID-19 II. Ageism and Isolation 6. Toward Age-Friendly Policies: Using the Framework of Age-Friendliness to Evaluate the COVID-19 Measures from the Perspectives of Older People in the Netherlands 7. The Short and Long-Term Correlates of Change in Loneliness Status: The Role of Epidemic Control Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic 8. Older adults' experiences of restrictive measures during the early stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Southern Switzerland: Evidence from the Corona Immunitas Ticino study 9. The Impact of Public Health Restrictions in Residential Aged Care on Residents, Families, and Staff During COVID-19: Getting the Balance Right 10. Inconsistent and Arbitrary Age-Based Policies During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic 11. The Impact of Age-Based COVID-19 Pandemic Regulations on Older People in Turkey: A Capability Approach 12. Older people's Contributions During the COVID-19 Pandemic Response III. Long-Term Care and the Direct Care Workforce 13. Who Helped Long-Term Care Facilities and Who Did Not During COVID-19? A Survey of Administrators in Israel 14. Understanding Organizational Resilience of Care Homes for Older People During COVID-19 in China: A Qualitative Study with Post-Pandemic Policy Implications 15. 'Going Above and Beyond': Residential Aged Care Staff Experiences of Providing Care During the Changing Context of COVID-19 16. "You Killed the Hospital, They Have No Place Left": The Experience of Nursing Home Multidisciplinary Staff in Israel during the COVID-19 Pandemic 17. The Impact of Assisted Living Organizational Structure and Process Characteristics on Staff Absence During COVID-19 18. COVID-19 Exacerbated Long-standing Challenges for the Home Care Workforce 19. Nursing Home Oversight Trends During COVID-19 and the Current Survey Backlog in the United States IV. Disparities in Access and Experiences 20. Sociodemographic Factors and Adjustment of Daily Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Findings from the SHARE Corona Survey 21. Financial Consequences of COVID-19 in Germany: Living Standards of Older People During the First Year of the Pandemic 22. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Effects of COVID-19 on Employment Disruption and Financial Precarity 23. Impact of the First-Wave COVID-19 Pandemic on Medical Expenditure for Older Adults in China: Lessons from a Natural Experiment 24. Engagement and Advocacy of Community-Based Organizations Serving Older Adults in Native American, Rural, and Homeless Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic 25. Predictors of older adults' Attitudes Toward Various COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates