Long before news of the coronavirus emerged in late 2019, researchers have been studying the effects of isolation on older people.
Now, as the world responds with unprecedented speed to the threat of COVID-19, the urgency of helping everybody stay in touch is an urgent priority – especially for vulnerable seniors and the newly telecommuting, homeschooling, stressed sandwich generation, who coordinates their care (now from a distance).
Physical social distancing is a critical precaution to “flatten the curve.”