Addressing the Health Impacts of Climate Change in Older Adults

2025/02/03 by Gabrielle M. Katz, Danielle Arigoni, Mary B. Rice +1 · 1 voice
Environmental Science · Health Professions · #Climate Change and Health Impacts #Air Quality and Health Impacts #Global Health Care Issues

paper · doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.7727

openalex publication_date 2025/02/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Abstract

This Viewpoint evaluates the health impacts of climate change among older adults and provides recommendations to safeguard their health and wellbeing.

Citations

• The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms
• Extreme Heat and Hospitalization Among Older Persons With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias

Discussions

• And a related viewpoint on health resilience among older adults as our population ages and our climate changes: doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.7727 From Gabrielle Katz, Danielle Arigoni (@daniell [bsky, 4 points, 0 comments]

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