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.
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Autor | Villalobos Dintrans, Pablo Browne, Jorge Cabib Madero, Ignacio |
Título | It Is Not Just Mortality:A Call From Chile for Comprehensive COVID-19 Policy Responses Among Older People |
Revista | Journals og Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences |
ISSN | 1079-5014 |
ISSN electrónico | 1758-5368 |
Volumen | 76 |
Número de publicación | 7 |
Número de artículo | 100754 |
Página inicio | 22 |
Página final | 31 |
Fecha de publicación | 2021 |
Resumen | 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. |
Derechos | acceso restringido |
Agencia financiadora | Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo (ANID)/Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnologico/Iniciacion ANID/Fondo de Financiamiento de Centros de Investigacion en Areas Prioritarias ANID/Millennium Science Initiative Grant "Millennium Nucleus for the Study of the Life Course and Vulnerability (MLIV)." |
DOI | 10.1093/geronb/gbaa092 |
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Id de publicación en Pubmed | 32735013 |
Id de publicación en Scopus | SCOPUS_ID:2-s2.0-85114384421 |
Id de publicación en WoS | WOS:001336514700001 |
Paginación | 6 páginas |
Palabra clave | COVID-19 Health care policy Health-related quality of life Policy analysis |
Tema ODS | 03 Good Health and Well-being |
Tema ODS español | 03 Salud y bienestar |
Temática | Medicina y salud |
Tipo de documento | artículo |