Dementia care during COVID-19
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Severity and mortality of COVID-19 worsen with increasing age and with pre-existing illnesses such as hypertension and diabetes, and thus many people with dementia are at particular risk.
“Severity and mortality of the associated disease (COVID-19) worsen with increasing age251 and with pre-existing illnesses such as hypertension and diabetes,252 and thus many people with dementia are at particular risk.”
From Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission (2020) · cites this paper as [252]
In the main text (page unavailable), the paper says most people who died from COVID-19 were older adults, many with underlying health problems, and describes particular concerns for people with dementia. It does not establish that COVID-19 severity increases progressively with age. Hypertension and diabetes appear beside a separate citation in the citing sentence and are not assessed as claims attributed to this paper. (LLM, conf=0.85)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThus, people with dementia are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 because of their age, multimorbidity, and difficulties in maintaining physical distancing.
“Thus, people with dementia are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 because of their age, multimorbidity, and difficulties in maintaining physical distancing.250, 251, 252”
From Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission (2020) · cites this paper as [252]
In “Dementia care during COVID-19” (page unavailable), the paper describes older adults’ vulnerability and says people with dementia may struggle to follow safeguards and self-quarantine, increasing their chance of infection. It notes that many older adults who died had underlying health problems, but does not specifically identify multimorbidity among people with dementia as a reason for their vulnerability. (LLM, conf=0.83)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredCOVID-19 has severely impacted mental health in vulnerable demographics, particularly older adults, who face unprecedented isolation.
“COVID-19 has severely impacted mental health in vulnerable demographics, in particular older adults, who face unprecedented isolation.”
From Robotic Telemedicine for Mental Health: A Multimodal Approach to Improve Human-Robot Engagement (2021) · cites this paper as Wang et al., 2020
The level of anxiety and exhaustion among staff in care residence facilities has increased during COVID-19.
“Furthermore, the level of anxiety and exhaustion among staff in care residence facilities has increased during COVID-19 (Wang et al., 2020).”
From Robotic Telemedicine for Mental Health: A Multimodal Approach to Improve Human-Robot Engagement (2021) · cites this paper as Wang et al., 2020
The need for mental health and psychosocial support of people with dementia and their carers worldwide is well-documented both during and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The need for mental health and psychosocial support of PwD and their carers worldwide is well-documented (Wang et al., 2020) both during and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
From Robotic Telemedicine for Mental Health: A Multimodal Approach to Improve Human-Robot Engagement (2021) · cites this paper as Wang et al., 2020
Older adults with cognitive impairment or dementia are considered more vulnerable to COVID-19.
“who are considered to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 (Wang et al., 2020).”
From Robotic Telemedicine for Mental Health: A Multimodal Approach to Improve Human-Robot Engagement (2021) · cites this paper as Wang et al., 2020
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- Authors
- Wang, H., Li, T., Barbarino, P., Gauthier, S., Brodaty, H., Molinuevo, J. L., Xie, H., Sun, Y., Yu, E., Tang, Y., Weidner, W., & Yu, X.
- Affiliations
- Peking University (CN)
- Alzheimer Disease International (GB)
- McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging (CA)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Chinese PLA General Hospital (CN)
- Peking University First Hospital (CN)
- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital (CN)
- First Hospital of China Medical University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Wang, Huali
- Yu, Xin
- ORCID
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-04
- Volume
- 395
- Issue
- 10231
- Pages
- 1190-1191
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- PMC
- PMC7146671
- OpenAlex
- W3013749134
- Cited by
- 562
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 117 · 2021: 160 · 2020: 175
- FWCI
- 92.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Keywords
- dementia care, COVID-19 pandemic, older adults, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 mortality, underlying disease
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Dementia, Humans, Nursing Homes, Pneumonia, Viral, Quality of Life, Caregivers, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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