Mental health of people living with dementia in care homes during COVID-19 pandemic

Int Psychogeriatr. 2020 Oct;32(10):1253-1254. doi: 10.1017/S1041610220001088. Epub 2020 Jun 3.

Authors

Latha Velayudhan¹, Dag Aarsland^{1

2}, Clive Ballard³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, LondonSE5 8AF, UK.
² Stavanger University Hospital, Centre for Age-Related Research, 4000Stavanger, Norway.
³ The University of Exeter Medical School, St Luke's Campus, Magdalen Road, ExeterEX1 2LU, UK.

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MeSH terms

Aged
Aging* / physiology
Aging* / psychology
Behavioral Symptoms* / diagnosis
Behavioral Symptoms* / etiology
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control / methods
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections* / psychology
Dementia* / epidemiology
Dementia* / psychology
Health Services Needs and Demand
Health Services for the Aged* / standards
Health Services for the Aged* / supply & distribution
Homes for the Aged / standards*
Humans
Mental Health / trends
Pandemics* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / psychology
Psychosocial Support Systems
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Social Isolation / psychology