Focus on Aging / Federal Partners' Webinar: COVID-19

This webinar is part of the Focus on Aging / Federal Partners' Webinar Series.

Aging is a known risk factor for COVID-19, making older adults susceptible not only to infection, but to adverse post-COVID outcomes. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have investigated how age influences both COVID-19 risk and recovery, including among older adults in underserved communities. This webinar will explore such findings related to aging and COVID-19, highlighting the vulnerability of older adults to SARS-CoV-2 infection and to potential longer-term sequelae such as “brain fog,” as well as to the onset and/or progression of cognitive decline and dementia. Importantly, the webinar will also address the impact of the pandemic on the health and well-being of older adults in underserved communities.

Presentations and Speakers

• COVID-19 and Aging / Peter Briss, MD, MPH, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Well-Being of Older Adults from Underserved Communities / Maria Marquine, PhD, Duke University
• Longitudinal Trajectories of Cognitive and Functional Recovery After Severe COVID-19 / Jennifer Frontera, MD, New York University Langone Health
• COVID-19 and Dementia: Translating Findings from the Initial NYC Wave into Longitudinal Studies of Cognitive Aging / James Noble, MD, MS, CPH, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
• COVID-19 and Long COVID in Long-Term Care Settings / John Morley, MD, Professor Emeritus, Saint Louis University

Upon registering for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email. This email will contain a link to access the live webinar broadcast on Friday, September 9th, at 10:30 am ET. Please be sure to scroll to the bottom of the confirmation email to locate the link. Alternatively, please click the link below to access the live broadcast at that time:

Focus on Aging: Federal Partners' Webinar on COVID-19

Please also note that a video recording of the webinar will be made available shortly after the live broadcast.

About the Focus on Aging / Federal Partners' Webinar Series:

This webinar series addresses important topics for public health and health care professionals, aging services organizations, the research community, and other stakeholders in aging. The series is a joint project of eight of the federal agencies that support the health and wellness of older adults in the U.S.: the Administration for Community Living, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Indian Health Service, the National Institute on Aging, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition to general topics of interest for older adults and those who work with them, each webinar includes information specific to individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, as well as their caregivers.