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We must minimize face\u2010to\u2010face contact with vulnerable populations. But we must also persist, adapt, and help our older patients and study participants during the pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Clinical researchers have an obligation to help, and we can. Recommendations for clinical researchers working with older adults during the COVID\u201019 pandemic are discussed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>Implement technology now<\/jats:italic>\n                      : Minimize face\u2010to\u2010face contact with participants by utilizing digital tools, such as shifting to electronic informed consent and digital HIPAA\u2010compliant tools such as e\u2010mailed surveys or telehealth assessments.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>Assess the psychological and social impact of COVID\u201019<\/jats:italic>\n                      : How are participants coping? What health or social behaviors have changed? How are they keeping up with current events? What are they doing to stay connected to their families, friends, and communities? Are their healthcare needs being met? Current studies should be adapted immediately to these ends.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>Mobilize research platforms for patient needs<\/jats:italic>\n                      : Leverage our relationships with participants and rapidly deploy novel clinical engagement techniques such as digital tools to intervene remotely and reduce the negative effects of social isolation on our participants. Equip research staff with tangible resources, and provide timely population\u2010specific health information to support patients and healthcare providers.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We have an opportunity to make an impact on our older adult patients now as this pandemic continues to unfold. Above all, clinical researchers need to continue working, to help as many people as possible through the crisis.\n                      <jats:bold>J Am Geriatr Soc 68:922\u2013925, 2020<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jgs.16443","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,24]],"date-time":"2020-03-24T06:40:29Z","timestamp":1585032029000},"page":"922-925","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":90,"title":["Action at a Distance: Geriatric Research during a Pandemic"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"68","author":[{"given":"Ginger E.","family":"Nicol","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry Washington University School of Medicine  St. Louis Missouri USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jay F.","family":"Piccirillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology Washington University School of Medicine  St. Louis Missouri USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Benoit H.","family":"Mulsant","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Department of Psychiatry University of Toronto  Toronto Ontario Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eric J.","family":"Lenze","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry Washington University School of Medicine  St. Louis Missouri USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,3]]},"reference":[{"issue":"23","key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","first-page":"547","article-title":"Update: severe acute respiratory syndrome\u2013Toronto, Canada, 2003","volume":"52","author":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)","year":"2003","journal-title":"MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_3_1","unstructured":"JAMA Network. 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