I am a 72 year old Ukrainian, born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. Most of my life I spent in Kyiv. For more than 20 years I was in charge of the UN Programme on Ageing.
OLDER PEOPLE, COVID-19 AND WAR IN UKRAINE: UNDER THE SIEGE.
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COVID-19 and long-term care in the Western Cape, South Africa. A tale of two facilities.
Little information is currently available about how COVID-19 has affected long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in countries like South Africa.
Vaccine ageism and crimes against humanity.
A few days ago, the British Medical Journal published an opinion piece: “Crimes against humanity in Brazil’s covid-19 response—a lesson to us all”
“As if at war, (but) the enemy is nowhere to be seen!”
Appeals to use masks and minimise activities outside the home as part of the COVID-19 transmission prevention protocol are not new to the people of Jambi city
Letter to Baroness Sugg on the International Day of Older Persons
By Yasmin Qureshi MP, Member of Parliament for Bolton South East Baroness Elizabeth Grace Sugg King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH 30 September 2020 Dear Baroness, Sugg, International Day of Older...
A Letter from Yogyakarta – Finding ways to support older adults under the ‘new normal’ in Yogyakarta
In Indonesia a new acronym is on people’s lips, AKB (pronounced AA Ka Be!). The acronym standing for Adaptasi Kebiasaan Baru, translates into English as ‘adaption to the new ‘as usual’ / adaptation to the new routine’.
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