Research Papers
Kelly, G. & Geffen, L. 2020.Understanding and measuring the value of peer-to-peer community support programs for older adults (invited commentary). JAMA Network
Solanki., Kelly., G., Cornell., J., Geffen, G. & Doherty, T. The need to incorporate the impact of population ageing into the post-COVID-19 policy and planning reset. (awaiting review).
Geffen, L., Kelly, G., Morris, J., Hogeveen, S., Morris, J. 2020.Establishing the criterion validity of the interRAI Check-Up Self-Report instrument. BMC Geriatrics 2020 (26). DOI: 10.1186/s12877-020-01659-9
Lloyd-Sherlock,P.,Ebrahim,S.,Mckee,M.2020.Bearing the brunt of covid-19: older people in low and middle income countries. BMC Geriatrics 368:m1052.doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1052.
Declercq,A., de Stampa, M.,Geffen,L., Heckman,G., Hirdes,J., Finne-Soveri,H., Lum,T., Millar,N., Morris,JN., Onder,G., Szczerbińska,K., Topinkova,E., and van Hout,H.2020. Why, in almost all countries, was residential care for older people so badly affected by COVID-19?OSE Opinion Paper No. 23.Observatoire social européen. https://lirias.kuleuven.be/3193173?limo=0
Solanki, G., Kelly, G. Cornell, J., Daviaud, R. & Geffen, L. 2019. Population ageing in South Africa: trends, impact, and challenges for the health sector. South African Health Review 2019. pp. 173-182.
September, J., Geffen, L., Manning, K., Naicker, P., Faro, C., Mendelson, M. & Wasserman, S. 2019. Colonisation with pathogenic drug-resistant bacteria and Clostridioides difficile among residents of residential care facilities in Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional prevalence study. Animicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 8(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0643-y
Geffen, L., Kelly, G., Morris, J. & Howards, E. 2019. Peer-to-peer support model to improve quality of life among highly vulnerable, low-income older adults in Cape Town, South Africa. BMC Geriatrics 19(1):279. DOI: 10.1186/s12877-019-1310-0
Kelly, G., Mrengqwa, L. & Geffen, L. 2019. “They don’t care about us”: older people’s experiences of primary healthcare in Cape Town, South Africa. BMC Geriatrics 19(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12877-019-1116-0
Mapira, L., Kelly, G. & Geffen, L. 2019. A qualitative examination of policy and structural factors driving care workers’ adverse experiences in long-term residential care facilities for older adults in Cape Town. BMC Geriatrics 19(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12877-019-1105-3
Op-Eds
Kelly, G. 16 March, 2020.We Need To Act Quickly To Protect Older People In Sa From Covid-19. Daily Maverick Op-Ed Https://Www.Sifar.Org.Za/Daily-Maverick-Op-Ed-We-Need-Act-Quickly-Protect-Older-People-Sa-Covid-19 (also Featured on UCT News)
Corona-Older.com - Unintended Consequences Of Changes To Pension Delivery Amidst COVID19: The Case Of South Africa. 19 May, 2020 https://corona-older.com/2020/05/19/unintended-consequences-of-changes-to-pension-delivery-amidst-covid19-the-case-of-south-africa/
Geffen,L.14 May 2020.How we are dealing with Covid-19 in care homes. Group up pp-Ed https://www.groundup.org.za/article/how-we-are-dealing-covid-19-care-homes/
Mabe,L&Mrengqwa,L.2020.How Covid-19 has affected older persons. Vukani News Online.https://www.vukaninews.co.za/news/how-covid-19-has-affected-older-persons-94370bff-0851-4854-9a08-381bba9a2434
Kelly, G. 2018. Living with Alzheimer’s: Memory loss is not a normal part of ageing. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-09-21-living-with-alzheimers-memory-loss-is-not-a-normal-part-of-ageing/
Kelly, G. 2017. Why the Life Esidimeni scandal was predictable. GroundUp. https://www.groundup.org.za/article/why-life-esidimeni-scandal-was-predictable/
Reports
Geffen, L., Kelly, G., Steyn, S., Kalula, S. 2020. Situational analysis of COVID-19 and older persons in South Africa. Report submitted to Better Health Programmes South Africa, UK Government, Mott MacDonald. August 2020.
Guidelines
Collaboration with HelpAge International - How to administer pension payments during the COVID-19 pandemic https://www.helpage.org/what-we-do/how-to-administer-pension-payments-during-the-covid19-pandemic/
Collaboration with HelpAge International - Guidelines on pension collection safety around COVID https://www.helpage.org/what-we-do/how-older-people-can-safely-collect-pension-payments-during-the-covid19-pandemic/
Kelly, G. & Geffen, L. 2020. Guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures and Clinical Practice – Preventing and Managing COVID-19 infections in Long-Term Care Facilities. Samson Institute for Ageing Research. 25 June 2020. https://www.sifar.org.za/sites/default/files/field/file/SOPS%20Version%202%2025%20June.pdf