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“Knowing the long-term effects of COVID-19 on older persons is essential to understand the trajectory of an institutionalized older person in critical geriatric parameters – getting frail, functional, or mental decline – that could be prevented with early interventions such as rehabilitation, and which are also essential parameters for survival and quality of life,” said Reyes Ortiz.
“Our research results will have potential application in other nursing homes or similar institutions – skilled nursing facilities – not only at the local level but also at the international level since other countries with limited resources in Latin America may use our findings to support institutional policies related to the care of the institutionalized older adults,” he added.
Reyes Ortiz has conducted several studies on geriatric syndromes and cancer health disparities among older Hispanic populations in the United States, Latin America and Caribbean countries. He was previously named a Fulbright scholar while serving at McGovern Medical School in Houston. He is one of three Fulbright scholars on the CoPPS, IPH faculty, along with Mandip Sachdeva, Ph.D., and Seth Ablordeppey, Ph.D., said CoPPS, IPH Dean Johnnie Early, Ph.D.
Reyes Ortiz maintains that “Colombia is a multicultural country with many underserved populations very similarly to the population of Florida– as well many states in the U.S. – include underserved and multicultural populations.” And, that his research could be have implications in here and abroad.