Caress A. Dean

1. Research background Older adults are a vulnerable group in society in relation to poverty (1). Based on the poverty cycle theory, poverty is more likely to occur in older adults (2). As the world’s population ages, the issue of poverty among older adults has become increasingly prominent. China has the largest aging population in the world, as noted in previous studies (3, 4).

Introduction Historically, health crises have prompted governments and other authorities to act, with differing outcomes [cf. (1–3)]. Global and local health initiatives have long been in place [e.g., see (4)]. For the COVID-19 crisis, governments, and other authorities around the world (e.g., public health agencies, state and county leaders for their citizens, or businesses for their employees) adopted different ways of managing the pandemic.

Publication HistoryPublished online: March 07, 2017Accepted: March 6, 2017; Received in revised form: March 5, 2017; Received: January 11, 2016;