Blog and Commentary
November 14th is World Diabetes Day
Advancing the visibility of frailty research: Upcoming spotlight on novel and exciting research questions
The Geriatric Surgery Program at Johns Hopkins
Understanding the etiology underlying frailty: Making frail older adults less frail
Announcement: Frailty Science 2.0--Website Update
Frailty and Cognitive Impairment: Time to Acknowledge and Embrace Heterogeneity
World AIDS Day 2020 Reflection--Frailty, Resilience, and Impact.
Safer Holiday Plans for Older and Vulnerable People
Double Jeopardy for Older Adults of Color: An Urgent Call to Address Frailty Disparities in the United States
Racial inequality that has been embedded in US structures and institutions has been exposed by twin catastrophes of 2020. In the height of the early novel coronavirus pandemic, Black, Latinx, and Native Americans were roughly 5 times as likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than their white peers, and Black Americans were twice as likely to die as whites (CDC COVID-19 Hospitalization by Race/Ethnicity, accessed 11/18/20). The killing of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others highlight the fact that people of color in the US continue to disproportionately experience police and vigilante violence along with other forms of inequality, including substandard housing, under-resourced schools, and restricted access to living-wage employment. Continue Reading