Coronavirus: Supporting seniors hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic
By Caryn Liberman
NIA Director of Health Policy Research, Dr. Samir Sinha spoke to Global News and said, “What we’re seeing with the older population, in your 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, your death rate goes from three to eight to 15 to 24 per cent and in fact people in nursing homes if they get it, they’re reporting death rates of 33 per cent.
He said older adults are more vulnerable to serious complications from the virus because of their weakened immune systems.
“Are they scared? Absolutely. Are they more isolated from everybody else in society right now? Absolutely because we’re telling them to do that and we’re not allowing them the interactions with the grandkids.”