Covid-19 in dementia: an insidious pandemic

Age Ageing. 2020 Aug 24;49(5):713-715. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa136.
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Keywords: AMS; Covid-19; SARS-COV-2; advanced directives; altered mental status; coronavirus; dementia; nursing home; pandemic.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Advance Directives / ethics
  • Advance Directives / statistics & numerical data
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • COVID-19
  • Clinical Decision-Making / ethics
  • Comorbidity
  • Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / psychology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / therapy
  • Dementia* / diagnosis
  • Dementia* / epidemiology
  • Dementia* / physiopathology
  • Dementia* / therapy
  • Female
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Status and Dementia Tests
  • Nursing Homes / statistics & numerical data
  • Pandemics*
  • Patient Care Management* / ethics
  • Patient Care Management* / methods
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / psychology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / therapy
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • United States / epidemiology