09/20/2021
COVID-19 and Dementia: A Review and Synthesis of Material on a Deadly Combination
Authors: Nasreen Basoudan and Andrea Tales
https://edelweisspublications.com/articles/43/695/covid-19-dementia-review-synthesis-material-deadly-combination
Abstract:
Within modern history, the majority of the worldwide population has not experienced pandemic conditions, and not in recent history has a global pandemic occurred. Arguably therefore we were not prepared for, and did not anticipate, some of its effects, with emerging evidence indicating that this was particularly the case with respect to dementia care. The aim of this paper is to highlight some of the issues raised by COVID-19 surrounding dementia care, focusing on issues experienced both by individuals living with dementia and by those who provide their care. This is in response to the need to raise awareness of this issue and we do so by bringing this information together in order that it might inform policy for ongoing care post-virus and future outbreaks and lockdown situations.
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