In addition to its devastating effects on health and mortality, the COVID-19 pandemic produced a complex and interconnected set of social challenges across the US. Older adults living in the community faced social isolation and disruptions in access to food, medical care, and other goods and services during stay-at-home orders. In response, organizations that support older people—housing and service providers, community organizations, government agencies, and others—improvised solutions to address these challenges. Speaker(s):

Nancy Berlinger, Research Scholar, The Hastings Center (Moderator)

Robin Lipson, Deputy Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs

Jennifer Molinsky, Project Director, JCHS Housing an Aging Society Program; 
Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Tam Perry, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Wayne State University

Lauren Taylor, Affiliated Faculty, NYU Wagner;
Assistant Professor, NYU Langone School of Medicine