Commentary: Why older adults are so vulnerable to extreme heat from climate change
Scorching temperatures have put millions of Americans in danger this summer, with heat extremes stretching across the Southern U.S. Phoenix hit 110 degrees or higher every day for three weeks in July. Other major cities, from Las Vegas to Miami, experienced relentless high temperatures, which residents described as “hell on earth.” While we see photos of miserable sunbathers on Miami Beach and ...
by Deborah Carr, Giacomo Falchetta and Ian Sue Wing, Los Angeles Times
Aug 01, 2023
3 minutes
Scorching temperatures have put millions of Americans in danger this summer, with heat extremes stretching across the Southern U.S.
Phoenix hit 110 degrees or higher every day for three weeks in July. Other major cities, from Las Vegas to Miami, experienced relentless high temperatures, which residents described as “hell on earth.”
While we see photos of miserable sunbathers on Miami Beach and joggers in Austin, Texas, these images conceal a growing hidden crisis: the millions of older adults who are suffering behind closed doors.
As researchers who study older adults’ health and climate change, we have found that
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