1. Supporting and Protecting People with Dementia in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Nicola Vanacore, Marco Canevelli, Emanuela Salvi, Marco Toccaceli Blasi, Giulia Remoli, Ilaria Bacigalupo, Giuseppe Bruno, Matteo Cesari, Filippo Nuti, Umberto Maria Robertazzo, and Martina Valletta
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Male ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Health literacy ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Pandemic ,Disease Transmission, Infectious ,Humans ,Medicine ,Dementia ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Psychiatry ,Aged ,Infection Control ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,General Neuroscience ,COVID-19 ,Cognition ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Health Literacy ,Telephone survey ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Caregivers ,Italy ,Warning signs ,Preparedness ,Female ,Symptom Assessment ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
We aimed to explore the awareness and preparedness of dementia caregivers and people with mild cognitive deficits on how to prevent COVID-19 infection and cope with the indirect consequences of the pandemic. A total of 139 patient-caregiver dyads received a telephone survey and 109 completed the survey. The majority of respondents reported having a moderate-to-good knowledge of the typical manifestations of COVID-19. Conversely, only few of them were informed of the atypical presentations and on how to recognize emergency warning signs. Filling the knowledge gaps on COVID-19 in the most vulnerable people may represent a significant resource to tackle the pandemic.
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- 2021
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