Aim To assess the impact on the older population of policies to decrease the overall impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. Findings Ageism has occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Message Analysis of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the older population will help us to develop fairer and more inclusive policies in the future.
The original version of this article, published on October 15, 2020, contained a mistake.The correct information is given below. The original article has been corrected.On date of the revision on July 1, 2020, 23% of those infected (confirmed with RT-PCR, 38,107 out of 165,719 cases) and 35% of those who died (10,497 out of 29,861deaths) were NH residents, indicating a case fatality rate of 27.5%.
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