Abstract

PARODI, José F.; RUNZER-COLMENARES, Fernando; NAVARRETE-MEJIA, Javier  and  PAREJA-CRUZ, Arturo. Screening for care-dependent older people: a key element in the strategy to mitigate COVID-19 pandemic. Horiz. Med. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.4, e1384.  Epub Dec 03, 2021. ISSN 1727-558X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.24265/horizmed.2021.v21n4.14.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, older people have been the group with the highest mortality rate, especially those who require long-term care for having lost their functional ability. These people are living at home with their family or in a nursing home. It has been described that older people may develop an oligosymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection or particular symptoms of the disease. Therefore, symptom-based screening is not the most recommended strategy in this scenario. Since it is necessary to detect early cases in the elderly population, this research work analyzes and proposes the best available alternatives for attaining such goal.

Keywords : Aged; Coronavirus infections; Long-term care.

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