Othering and Deprioritizing Older Adults' Lives: Ageist Discourses During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is showing troubling othering demographic discourses. For older adults in particular, there are concerning thematics that should be shined light on. In this editorial, we provide perspectives from three countries: Norway, Italy and the United States. We provide four topics of d...

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Published in:	Europe's journal of psychology Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 532 - 541
Main Authors:	Søraa, Roger Andre, Manzi, Federico, Kharas, Mark W, Marchetti, Antonella, Massaro, Davide, Riva, Giuseppe, Serrano, J Artur
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Germany PsychOpen 01-11-2020 PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology
Subjects:	ageism coronavirus covid-19 deprioritizing older adults othering pandemic COVID-19 othering ageism older adults coronavirus deprioritizing pandemic
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Summary:	The COVID-19 pandemic is showing troubling othering demographic discourses. For older adults in particular, there are concerning thematics that should be shined light on. In this editorial, we provide perspectives from three countries: Norway, Italy and the United States. We provide four topics of discussion that can be utilized to further understand othering discoures of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as potential future disasters.
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ISSN:	1841-0413 1841-0413
DOI:	10.5964/ejop.v16i4.4127