108 – Live QA: Aging Health in COVID Times
Better Health While Aging
English - April 17, 2020 19:00 - ★★★★★ - 109 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr. K and guest experts Dr. Nicole Didyk and Richard Caro, PhD, answer reader questions about aging health during COVID times, including how to maintain physical and mental wellbeing during isolation and much more.
In This Episode:
Dr. K and her guest experts Dr. Nicole Didyk and Richard Caro, PhD, answer BHWA reader questions about aging health in COVID times.
To watch the video version, click here.
Questions and issues they addressed during this call included:
The trade-off between safety and other benefits that older adults value
How to think through making an activity or situation “safer” rather than ask “is it safe?”
How to maintain physical and mental wellbeing while confined to the home, or to a locked-down facility
When it’s likely to be “safe” to resume routine health appointments, including eye and dental visits
How the pandemic situation might affect recovery from hospital delirium
What we know so far about the course of COVID in older adults who develop symptoms
What palliative care at home for COVID might look like
The challenges that nursing homes are currently facing
Related episodes:
106 – Coronavirus Updates & Suggestions (3.27.20 Edition)
105 – Coronavirus Updates & Suggestions (3.20.20 Edition)
068 – Interview: Putting Older Adults at the Center of Technology Conversations
Related Resources:
More from our guest experts:
From Dr. Didyk:
Her YouTube video about whether to take an older relative out of a facility during a pandemic
Worksheet and Decision Guide about moving out of a senior residential facility during COVID
From Richard Caro:
Technologies for Sheltering-in-Place, from TechEnhancedLife.com
Other related links and resources:
Uptodate.com: Evidence-based Information on COVID-19 (free!)
GeriPal: COVID in Long-Term Care
CDC: Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
Center to Advance Palliative Care COVID Response Resources – see info in the symptom management section.
PrepareForYourCare.org
Get their easy advance directives for almost all states here.
Get their COVID resources, including their PREPARE for COVID-19 Tip Sheet here.
TheConversationProject.org
Conversation Guide to be prepared in the time of COVID-19 & other resources
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