What is already known about this topic?: Lack of social activities is known to negatively impact cognitive functioning and increase risk of cognitive impairment, including dementia, among older adults.
What is added by this report?: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stay-at-home orders implemented in the U.S. early during the pandemic were not found to negatively affect cognitive functioning of older adults.
What are the implications for public health practice?: There may have been no severe, unintended consequences of the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders in terms of their impact on cognitive functioning and risk of dementia among older adults, lending further support to use of such orders.
Keywords: COVID-19; cognition; older adults; stay-at-home orders.
Copyright and License information: Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2022.