TY - JOUR
T1 - Ageism and COVID-19
T2 - What does our society’s response say about us?
AU - CCNA Social Inclusion and Stigma WorkingGroup
AU - Fraser, Sarah
AU - Lagacé, Martine
AU - Bongué, Bienvenu
AU - Ndeye, Ndatté
AU - Guyot, Jessica
AU - Bechard, Lauren
AU - Garcia, Linda
AU - Taler, Vanessa
AU - Adam, Stéphane
AU - Beaulieu, Marie
AU - Bergeron, Caroline D.
AU - Boudjemadi, Valérian
AU - Desmette, Donatienne
AU - Donizzetti, Anna Rosa
AU - Éthier, Sophie
AU - Garon, Suzanne
AU - Gillis, Margaret
AU - Levasseur, Mélanie
AU - Lortie-Lussier, Monique
AU - Marier, Patrik
AU - Robitaille, Annie
AU - Sawchuk, Kim
AU - Lafontaine, Constance
AU - Tougas, Francine
AU - Andrew, Melissa
AU - Bayly, Melanie
AU - Bethell, Jennifer
AU - Chasteen, Alison
AU - Elliot, Valerie
AU - Herron, Rachel
AU - Itzhak, Inbal
AU - Kortzman, August
AU - Maxwell, Colleen
AU - McGilton, Kathy
AU - Middleton, Laura
AU - Morgan, Debra
AU - O’Connell, Megan
AU - O’Rourke, Hannah
AU - Phillips, Natalie
AU - Pichora-Fuller, Margaret
AU - Wallace, Kayla
AU - Wittich, Walter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/8/24
Y1 - 2020/8/24
N2 - The goal of this commentary is to highlight the ageism that has emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 20 international researchers in the field of ageing have contributed to this document. This commentary discusses how older people are misrepresented and undervalued in the current public discourse surrounding the pandemic. It points to issues in documenting the deaths of older adults, the lack of preparation for such a crisis in long-term care homes, how some ‘protective’ policies can be considered patronising and how the initial perception of the public was that the virus was really an older adult problem. This commentary also calls attention to important intergenerational solidarity that has occurred during this crisis to ensure support and social-inclusion of older adults, even at a distance. Our hope is that with this commentary we can contribute to the discourse on older adults during this pandemic and diminish the ageist attitudes that have circulated.
AB - The goal of this commentary is to highlight the ageism that has emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 20 international researchers in the field of ageing have contributed to this document. This commentary discusses how older people are misrepresented and undervalued in the current public discourse surrounding the pandemic. It points to issues in documenting the deaths of older adults, the lack of preparation for such a crisis in long-term care homes, how some ‘protective’ policies can be considered patronising and how the initial perception of the public was that the virus was really an older adult problem. This commentary also calls attention to important intergenerational solidarity that has occurred during this crisis to ensure support and social-inclusion of older adults, even at a distance. Our hope is that with this commentary we can contribute to the discourse on older adults during this pandemic and diminish the ageist attitudes that have circulated.
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U2 - 10.1093/ageing/afaa097
DO - 10.1093/ageing/afaa097
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32377666
AN - SCOPUS:85084616678
SN - 0002-0729
VL - 49
SP - 692
EP - 695
JO - Age and Ageing
JF - Age and Ageing
IS - 5
ER -