How can we better protect loved ones in long term care from COVID-19? In many states, nursing home patients account for 40% of COVID-19 related deaths. Drawing on front-line experience and published research, this webinar will examine strategies for lowering illness and death rates among this highly vulnerable population and propose immediate solutions and need for a national planning task force.
Nathaniel Hupert, MD, MPH (Associate Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College)
Mark S. Lachs, MD, MPH (AFAR Board President; Director of Geriatrics, The New York Presbyterian Health Care System; Co-Chief of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College)
Karl Pillemer, PhD (Hazel E. Reed Professor in the Department of Human Development, Professor of Gerontology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Outreach in the College of Human Ecology, Cornell University)
In this series, scientists and geriatricians will present the research behind care, lifestyle interventions, and programs that can help decrease older adults’ vulnerability to COVID-19. AFAR experts will share perspectives that can influence clinical-, social-, and self-care and inspire new collaborations between the scientific, medical, aging services, and philanthropic communities.
This webinar is produced with promotional support from the Clinician-Scientists Transciplinary Aging Research (Clin-STAR) Coordinating Center.
