Podcast
Podcast COVID19 with HKU | EP6: Loneliness and the Elderly during Coronavirus
COVID19 with HKU: Ten episodes walk you through the leading research coming out of HKU to fight COVID19.
The elderly are being asked to socially isolate during coronavirus pandemic for months on end… while this may be saving their lives it also could be risking their mental wellbeing.
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.
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Production credits:
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- Producer and Host: Marcy Trent Long
- Assistant producer: Crystal Wu
- Associate producer: Yufei Wu
- Contributing Editor: Bonnie Au
- Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin
- Music from free music archive Dee Yan Key
