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COVID‐19 Presents High Risk to Older Persons

COVID‐19 Presents High Risk to Older Persons EDITORIALS he worldwide spread of COVID-19 is alarming to all Joseph G. Ouslander, MD T of us and has created an enormous public health and Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic clinical crisis. Emerging data indicate that COVID-19 is a University, Boca Raton, Florida particular risk for older persons, particularly those with multimorbidity. Recent reports of COVID-19 infections REFERENCES indicate that both community-dwelling older persons as 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). well as those residing in nursing homes, assisted living https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html. Accessed March 6, 2020. facilities, and other congregate living settings are at 2. American Geriatrics Society. About the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- high risk. 19). https://www.americangeriatrics.org/covid19. Accessed March 6, 2020. The editors of the Journal of the American Geriatrics 3. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in nursing homes Society (JAGS) want to make sure our readers are aware of 1-6 (REVISED), ref: QSO-20-14-NH. https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso- resources for clinicians and our patients that provide 20-14-nh-revised.pdf. Accessed March 11, 2020. superb guidance. 4. The Society for Post-Acute and Long Term Care Medicine. COVID-19 in PALTC As this outbreak progresses, JAGS will monitor events settings. February 28, 2020. https://paltc.org/COVID-19. Accessed March 6, 2020. 5. Sharfstein JM, Becker SJ, Mello MM. Diagnostic testing for the novel coronavi- and provide periodic updates focused on older persons as rus. JAMA. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.3864. Accessed March 9, 2020. needed. 6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Keeping workplaces, homes, William B. Applegate, MD, MPH schools, or commercial establishments safe. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/ Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest Baptist Medical 2019-ncov/downloads/workplace-school-and-home-guidance.pdf. Accessed March 11, 2020. Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16426 JAGS 68:681, 2020 © 2020 The American Geriatrics Society 0002-8614/20/$15.00 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Pubmed Central

COVID‐19 Presents High Risk to Older Persons

Applegate, William B.; Ouslander, Joseph G.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society , Volume 68 (4) – Mar 13, 2020
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EDITORIALS he worldwide spread of COVID-19 is alarming to all Joseph G. Ouslander, MD T of us and has created an enormous public health and Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic clinical crisis. Emerging data indicate that COVID-19 is a University, Boca Raton, Florida particular risk for older persons, particularly those with multimorbidity. Recent reports of COVID-19 infections REFERENCES indicate that both community-dwelling older persons as 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). well as those residing in nursing homes, assisted living https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html. Accessed March 6, 2020. facilities, and other congregate living settings are at 2. American Geriatrics Society. About the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- high risk. 19). https://www.americangeriatrics.org/covid19. Accessed March 6, 2020. The editors of the Journal of the American Geriatrics 3. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in nursing homes Society (JAGS) want to make sure our readers are aware of 1-6 (REVISED), ref: QSO-20-14-NH. https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso- resources for clinicians and our patients that provide 20-14-nh-revised.pdf. Accessed March 11, 2020. superb guidance. 4. The Society for Post-Acute and Long Term Care Medicine. COVID-19 in PALTC As this outbreak progresses, JAGS will monitor events settings. February 28, 2020. https://paltc.org/COVID-19. Accessed March 6, 2020. 5. Sharfstein JM, Becker SJ, Mello MM. Diagnostic testing for the novel coronavi- and provide periodic updates focused on older persons as rus. JAMA. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.3864. Accessed March 9, 2020. needed. 6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Keeping workplaces, homes, William B. Applegate, MD, MPH schools, or commercial establishments safe. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/ Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest Baptist Medical 2019-ncov/downloads/workplace-school-and-home-guidance.pdf. Accessed March 11, 2020. Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16426 JAGS 68:681, 2020 © 2020 The American Geriatrics Society 0002-8614/20/$15.00

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