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Beyond illness itself, pandemic poses problems for older people

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Risk increases with age. That’s a COVID-19 fact. Eight out of 10 deaths from this coronavirus in the United States have been among people 65 and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.But beyond that very calculable risk are some other truths —some that work in seniors’ favor, and some that do not. “First of all, older people taken as a group, are resilient, deal with adversity and have a lot of life experience, wisdom and understand the importance of social connections,” said Dr. Paul Hill, assistant professor and program director of Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

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