COVID-19: lessons learned the hard way

Tomas James Welsh^{1

2

3}, Emma Tenison³

Affiliations

¹ Research Institute for the Care of Older People (RICE), Bath, B&NES, UK.
² Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, B&NES, UK.
³ Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Editorial

Tomas James Welsh et al. Age Ageing. 2022.

. 2022 Jun 1;51(6):afac132.

doi: 10.1093/ageing/afac132.

Tomas James Welsh^{1

2

3}, Emma Tenison³

¹ Research Institute for the Care of Older People (RICE), Bath, B&NES, UK.
² Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, B&NES, UK.
³ Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; ageism; guidance; older people; trials.

Comment on

Characteristics and outcomes of older patients hospitalised for COVID-19 in the first and second wave of the pandemic in The Netherlands: the COVID-OLD study.
Smits RAL, Trompet S, van der Linden CMJ, van der Bol JM, Jansen SWM, Polinder-Bos HA, Willems HC, Barten DG, Blomaard LC, de Boer MGJ, van Deudekom FJA, Ellerbroek JLJ, Festen J, van de Glind EMM, Kampschreur LM, Karimi O, Kroon B, van Lanen MGJA, Lucke JA, Maas HAAM, Mattace-Raso FUS, van Munster BC, Reijerse L, Robben SHM, Ruiter R, Schouten HJ, Spies PE, Wassenburg A, Wijngaarden MA, Mooijaart SP. Smits RAL, et al. Age Ageing. 2022 Mar 1;51(3):afac048. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afac048. Age Ageing. 2022. PMID: 35235650 Free PMC article.

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