AGILE, UK.
Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.
Age Ageing. 2020 Aug 24;49(5):696-700. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa118.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the response to the pandemic are combining to produce a tidal wave of need for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation will be needed for survivors of COVID-19, many of whom are older, with underlying health problems. In addition, rehabilitation will be needed for those who have become deconditioned as a result of movement restrictions, social isolation, and inability to access healthcare for pre-existing or new non-COVID-19 illnesses. Delivering rehabilitation in the same way as before the pandemic will not be practical, nor will this approach meet the likely scale of need for rehabilitation. This commentary reviews the likely rehabilitation needs of older people both with and without COVID-19 and discusses how strategies to deliver effective rehabilitation at scale can be designed and implemented in a world living with COVID-19.
2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行及其应对措施相结合，产生了对康复的巨大需求。COVID-19 幸存者需要康复，其中许多人年龄较大，有潜在的健康问题。此外，由于行动限制、社会隔离以及无法获得医疗保健来治疗现有或新的非 COVID-19 疾病，那些身体机能下降的人也需要康复。以大流行前的方式提供康复服务是不切实际的，这种方法也无法满足康复服务的实际需求。本评论回顾了 COVID-19 患者和非 COVID-19 患者老年人的可能康复需求，并讨论了如何在与 COVID-19 共存的世界中设计和实施大规模提供有效康复服务的策略。
