By Steve Syre
The Journal of Aging & Social Policy provides perspectives on the pandemic.
A new special double edition of the Journal of Aging & Social Policy (JASP) contains 17 articles highlighting new insights into the devastating impact of COVID-19 on older adults.
Contributions to the issue, “The COVID-19 Pandemic and Older Adults: Experiences, Impacts and Innovations,” include seven articles reporting on original empirical research and 10 articles offering commentary and perspective regarding the impact on older adults.
“The articles in this special edition provide important information and perspective—from across the country and around the world—that can help us draw lessons for aging policy and practice going forward,” said Edward Alan Miller, the editor of JASP and chair of the Gerontology Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Articles in the new JASP special edition focus on four general areas of inquiry:
- Personal experiences with COVID-19.
- Impact of the pandemic on long-term care systems.
- End-of-life care during the crisis
- Technologies and innovations in the wake of the coronavirus.
Visit the Gerontology Institute Blog to learn more about the special issue.