Tag: elderly
Ghoulishness, depravity and stupidity: welcome to the world of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona
Image: The Triumph of Death - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1592). Public domain
Whether taken as a good or bad quality, Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona is a confounding novel....
The AstraZeneca vaccine and over-65s: we may not have all the data yet, but limiting access could be counterproductive
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Last week, a German vaccine advisory committee recommended the AstraZeneca vaccine only be used in 18-64-year-olds, citing a lack of data on the efficacy...
Why we should prioritise older people when we get a COVID vaccine
Shuttlestock
While we wait for further results from phase 3 trials, it’s clear that supply of any potential COVID vaccine would initially be limited.
Local authorities...
Only 25% of older Australians have an advance care plan. Coronavirus makes it even more important
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Older adults and those with chronic health conditions share an increased risk of experiencing severe symptoms if they contract COVID-19.
But they’re not a homogeneous...
Beer, bongs and baby boomers: the unlikely tale of drug and alcohol use in the over 50s
Baby boomers who drink and take drugs risk a range of physical and mental problems
that younger substance users don’t necessarily face.
If you...
Why older people get osteoporosis and have falls
Older people are more likely to have falls as their balance and muscle strength usually isn’t what it was
As the world’s population lives...