Home Risk Management/Safety COVID-19: Psychiatrists Assess Geriatric Harm from Social Distancing COVID-19: Psychiatrists Assess Geriatric Harm from Social Distancingadmin May 27, 2020 0 Comments One of the greatest tragedies of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the failure of health policy makers to anticipate and mitigate the enormous havoc the policy of social distancing would wreak on mental health and cognitive function in older persons, speakers agreed at a webinar on COVID-19, social distancing, and its impact on social and mental health in the elderly hosted by the International Psychogeriatric Association in collaboration with INTERDEM.
