https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/f5b244f0ed0cc8c81a702cced3059d57.pdf 4bd122267004db24b6b33fb61ec5d1a1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The unavoidable costs of frailty: a geriatric perspective in the time of COVID-19 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alberto Pilotto, Stefania Maggi, Francesco Mattace Raso, Maria Cristina Polidori Description An account of the resource The world is facing speechless one of the most feared, greatest catastrophes for human beings. Despite better healthcare systems, despite warnings through similar situations and even documented threats, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it found us largely unprepared. It offered to us on a silver tray the fragility of mankind. And once again, but this time in a particularly overwhelming way, the most vulnerable part of the world population is mowed down: older persons. Indeed, recent data from the Italian Istituto Superiore di Sanità showed that COVID-19 is more lethal in older subjects: in Italy, at the date of March 17, 2020, the overall case-fatality rate was 7.2% and 96.4% of died patients had more than 60 years. When data were stratified by age groups, individuals aged 70 years or older represent 35.5% of cases, while subjects aged ≥80 years were 52.3%. These data confirm once again that the older generation payed the highest price in time of crisis... Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource Frailty, geriatrics, COVID-19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.4081/gc.2020.8989 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Geriatric Care Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available PAGEPress Publications Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Geriatrics