Elderly people are getting the short end of the stick during this coronavirus pandemic. Because they have a higher risk of complications under COVID-19, they are being asked to socially isolate for up to months on end. While this may be saving their lives it also could be risking their mental wellbeing...

Guests:

Dr. Tatia Lee, Head of the Department of Psychology and Professor of Neuropsychology, The University of Hong Kong.

Further Listening and Reading:

Fight COVID19 with HKU website

Dr. Tatia Lee research

CDC video COVID-19 risk in elderly

Production credits:

Producer and Host: Marcy Trent Long

Associate producer: Crystal Wu

Associate producer: Yufei Wu

Contributing Editor: Bonnie Au

Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin

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