The elderly and long-term effects of COVID-19 pandemic era
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Introduction: In the past 2-3 years, a world met with a pandemic of SARS-COV-2 or “COVID-19”. This infection changes many things, not just physical organ but also mental and socioeconomic. Nowadays, Thailand is entering aging society. Therefore, long-term effects of COVID-19 pandemic in elderly need to know for treatment and prevention.
Objective: To summarize and present the long-term effects of COVID-19 infection in older people in terms of physical, mental and social aspect.
Method of study: To investigate the updated evidence published in the qualified and acceptable both Thai and international review journal. Then, present the relevant information in each section.
Results: The COVID-19 infected elderly patients have high morbidity and mortality rates. Especially in
octogenarian, the mortality outcome is as high as 20%. Nowadays, Thailand has entered a fully-aged society
where the population of > 65 years old is more than 20%. Health care professionals should know about the
long-term complications of the COVID-19 infection, called “Long COVID-19 Syndrome”. Not just that, they
need to know about hidden problems are often occurred in the older people such as delirium, mild cognitive
disorder, dementia and post-traumatic stress disorder. In terms of social impact, older people are not directly
affected, but they are indirectly affected by children losing their jobs or changing jobs due to lockdown,
causing a financial recession.
Conclusion: The COVID-19 outbreak effects not only the general public. But it effects older people in many
aspects, including physical, intellectual, mental and social, which is something that should be realized and
prevented from causing problems that cause disability or increasing mortality outcome. All these problems
need to early detection, prevention and treat for improving quality of life of the elderly.
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