Often, the elderly handle the pandemic very well. Here’s why.
MSFHR Scholar Award
Two UBC health psychologists, Dr. Nancy Sin and Dr. Eric Kim, have received the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award. This award supports health researchers as they launch world-class research programs in B.C. For the award announcement, see:
https://www.msfhr.org/news/features/announcing-2020-msfhr-scholars-and-research-trainees
Study Reveals Older Adults Coping with Pandemic Best
The latest newsletter for the Gerontological Society of America featured our research on age differences in daily life experiences during the pandemic, led by PhD student Patrick Klaiber.
PBS Next Avenue, Aug 19, 2020
Forbes, July 28, 2020
Crises Like the Pandemic Don’t Make People Less Optimistic
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisonescalante/2020/07/28/crises-like-the-pandemic-dont-make-people-less-optimistic/#382a2c133bb4
CTV news
‘A surprise to no one’: Some coping better than others with COVID-19, research suggests.
Vancouver Sun
COVID-19: Research shows older adults less worried during pandemic.
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/covid-19-research-shows-older-adults-less-worried-during-pandemic
Breakfast TV Vancouver
Patrick Klaiber talks about his new research on age differences in coping with the pandemic.
https://www.btvancouver.ca/videos/coping-with-covid-19/
Aging and COVID-19
Patrick Klaiber (PhD student) has published a new paper showing that older adults were more psychologically resilient during the pandemic than younger and middle-aged adults. UBC press release: https://news.ubc.ca/2020/07/22/new-ubc-study-reveals-older-adults-coped-with-pandemic-best