How older Americans can navigate the continuing pandemic will be the topic of a webinar at noon Tuesday, Oct. 11

Kaiser Health News and The John A. Hartford Foundation will host a webinar centered on older people and the state of the pandemic, which can be confusing, the Kaiser Family Foundation announced Wednesday. The presentation will be begin at noon ET Tuesday, Oct. 11. Learn more and register here.

The webinar will tackle questions like: "Is it over? Are ongoing precautions warranted? Should older adults get boosters? Should they continue to wear masks, and under what circumstances? What kinds of social interactions are safe and which may not be? How can older adults and their family caregivers best protect themselves in the months ahead, including over the holidays?"

Kaiser Health News columnist Judith Graham will moderate the event, which will have a panel of experts and a question-and-answer session. The panelists are:

• Dr. Sharon Brangman, distinguished service professor of geriatrics medicine at SUNY Upstate University Hospital
• Kathryn Haslanger, who runs JASA, one of New York City’s largest social service agencies, serving more than 40,000 older adults
• Jessica Kelley, a sociologist at Case Western Reserve University, with a focus on health disparities
• Dr. Eran Metzger, head of geriatric psychiatry at Hebrew SeniorLife
• Dr. Céline Gounder, an epidemiologist and infectious-disease specialist
• Richard Gard, a lecturer in music at Yale University before he was hospitalized in intensive care after contracting Covid-19 at the start of the pandemic.