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- Title
Health Strategies in Latin America for the Elderly in relation to COVID-19.
- Authors
Bonilla-Cruz, Nidia-Johanna; Cudris-Torres, Lorena; Mendoza-Rincón, Beatriz-Milagros; Gamboa-Aldana, Andres-Sebastian; Forgiony-Santos, Jesús
- Abstract
Introduction: The quarantine measures adopted because of the COVID-19 pandemic have involved the design and implementation of health programs to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and to understand the mental health implications for the elderly, one of the most vulnerable population groups. Objective: To characterize the strategies and programs implemented by Latin American countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, focused on the older population. Methods: Forty-five documents were reviewed including scientific articles, decrees, and guidelines issued by the Ministries of Health of 13 Latin American countries under the search criteria, COVID 19, health, and older adults. Results: Strategies were implemented according to the stages and levels of incidence of the pandemic, the most vulnerable groups were protected in the case of the elderly aged 60 or 65. It allowed classifying the countries according to the objective of their health actions focused on prevention, promotion, rehabilitation, and recovery of the patient. Discussion: The health services have been reoriented by prioritizing the increase of health promotion and disease prevention through information, education, and communication strategies. Conclusions: The health emergency decreed by the countries did not prioritize strategies or policies against the emotional and mental aspects, and the subsequent affectations of social isolation that test the strategies and psychological resources of the new normality.
- Subjects
LATIN America; COVID-19 pandemic; QUARANTINE; HEALTH programs; HEALTH promotion
- Publication
Gaceta Médica de Caracas, 2020, Vol 128, pS301
- ISSN
0367-4762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.47307/GMC.2020.128.s2.17