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It Is Not Just Mortality: A Call From Chile for Comprehensive COVID-19 Policy Responses Among Older People

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  • Pablo Villalobos Dintrans
  • Jorge Browne
  • Ignacio Madero-Cabib
  • Deborah S Carr

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ObjectiveProvide a synthesis of the COVID-19 policies targeting older people in Chile, stressing their short- and long-term challenges.MethodCritical analysis of the current legal and policy measures, based on national-level data and international experiences.ResultsAlthough several policies have been enacted to protect older people from COVID-19, these measures could have important unintended negative consequences in this group’s mental and physical health, as well as financial aspects.DiscussionA wider perspective is needed to include a broader definition of health—considering financial scarcity, access to health services, mental health issues, and long-term care—in the policy responses to COVID-19 targeted to older people in Chile.

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  • Pablo Villalobos Dintrans & Jorge Browne & Ignacio Madero-Cabib & Deborah S Carr, 2021. "It Is Not Just Mortality: A Call From Chile for Comprehensive COVID-19 Policy Responses Among Older People," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 76(7), pages 275-280.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:76:y:2021:i:7:p:e275-e280.
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    1. Ignacio Cabib & Carlos Budnevich-Portales & Ariel Azar, 2022. "Adulthood Employment Trajectories and Later Life Mental Health before and after the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-18, October.

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