October 2020

GERIATRICS

THE COVID-19 PARADOX: KEEPING SENIORS SAFE AND MANAGING SOCIAL ISOLATION

Featuring: Anna Liggett, MD

Episode Summary

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the wellbeing of older adults. In this episode of Better Edge, Anna Liggett, MD, assistant professor of Geriatric Medicine, discusses the delicate balance many geriatricians are facing between keeping seniors safe and managing social isolation in long-term care facilities. She shares recommendations and details of a new initiative her team is launching to pair medical students and seniors in underserved areas together for phone conversations to help combat social isolation.
Anna Liggett, MD, is an assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. Liggett earned her MD from Ross University in 2015 and completed her residency in family medicine at United Health Services, Upstate Medical University in 2019 before joining as geriatric medicine fellow at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University. Her clinical work focuses on home care and using integrative medicine to treat older adults. Her academic focus is on using data to improve post-acute care outcomes and improve efficiency in long-term care facilities. 

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