In the COVID-19 era, older adults see time differently and are doing better than younger people

Photo caption: Older adults are learning to cope with social distancing restrictions; here, a couple on a hike, wearing masks. Don & Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Article by Marcia G. Ory.

Time in the era of COVID-19 has taken on new meaning. “Blursday” is the new time word of the year – where every day seems the same when staying home and restricting socializing and work.

As a public health and aging expert and founding director of the Texas A&M Center of Population Health and Aging, I have been studying the impacts of COVID-19 with an interest in debunking myths and identifying unexpected positive consequences for our aging population. […]

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