World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Safe-Guarding the Elderly Persons, COVID-19 and Beyond According to the UN Secretary General, “The COVID-19 pandemic is causing untold fear and suffering for older people across the world. Beyond its immediate health impact, the pandemic is putting older people at greater risk of poverty, discrimination and isolation. It is likely to have a particularly devastating impact on older people in developing countries.” According to the Business Insider article, “the coronavirus doesn't infect all patients equally according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention The study collected data from more than 44,000 confirmed patients in China through February 11, offering one of broadest depictions of how COVID-19 (the disease caused by the virus) operates in humans.” COVID-19 has shown that there is need to establish social skills and life promoting factors that address the physical and mental status of the elderly in communities so that we are more in po...