论文信息 - The Unique Impact of COVID-19 on Older Adults in Rural Areas

The Unique Impact of COVID-19 on Older Adults in Rural Areas

ABSTRACT Older adults in rural areas of the U.S. face unique risks related to COVID-19. Rural areas are older, on average, than urban areas, and have more underlying health conditions and fewer economic resources. Rural health care is more limited, as is access to technology and online connectivity. Altogether, this puts rural older adults at risk of not only the virus, but of not being able to meet their health care, social, and basic needs. Rural/urban inequities, combined with within-rural inequities in health, health care, and financial resources cause particular challenges to health and well-being from COVID-19 for some older adults.

C. Henning‐Smith | Carrie Henning-Smith

[1] Monica Anderson and Andrew Perrin. Tech Adoption Climbs Among Older Adults , 2017 .

[2] K. Hyer,et al. The urban-rural disparity in nursing home quality indicators: the case of facility-acquired contractures. , 2013, Health services research.

[3] C. Henning‐Smith,et al. Later-Life Disability in Environmental Context: Why Living Arrangements Matter , 2018, The Gerontologist.

[4] I. Moscovice,et al. Differences in Social Isolation and Its Relationship to Health by Rurality. , 2019, The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association.

[5] J. Holmes,et al. Health, United States, 2017 : with special feature on mortality , 2018 .

[6] K. Hamrick. Rural America at a Glance , 2004 .

[7] Margaret L. Holland,et al. Availability of Grocery Delivery to Food Deserts in States Participating in the Online Purchase Pilot , 2019, JAMA network open.

[8] Marizen R. Ramirez,et al. Rural Counties With Majority Black Or Indigenous Populations Suffer The Highest Rates Of Premature Death In The US. , 2019, Health affairs.