Caring for a Family Member Living With Dementia When Adult Day Services Close | Zendy

Katherine Marx | Zendy; Lauren Parker | Zendy; Joseph E. Gaugler | Zendy; Holly DabelkoSchoeny | Zendy; Laura N. Gitlin | Zendy

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Caring for a Family Member Living With Dementia When Adult Day Services Close

Author(s) -

Katherine Marx,

Lauren Parker,

Joseph E. Gaugler,

Holly DabelkoSchoeny,

Laura N. Gitlin

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

innovation in aging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2399-5300

DOI - 10.1093/geroni/igab046.421

Subject(s) - loneliness , family member , feeling , dementia , mental health , pandemic , covid-19 , gerontology , family caregivers , ucla loneliness scale , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , family medicine , social psychology , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Adult Day Service (ADS) centers play an important role in community services that help families keep a person living with dementia (PLWD) at home. We interviewed 33 family caregivers about their experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the shutdown of the ADS centers where the PLWD attends. All 33 (100%) reported that the ADS center was shut for a period of time (range: 2 weeks – remain closed). Caregivers reported a decline in their physical health (33%,n=11) and mental health (52%,n=17) and an increase in feelings of loneliness (48%,n=16). For the PLWD, the caregivers noted, a decline in physical (48%,n=16) and mental (55%,n=18) health and an increase in behaviors (39%,n=13). The shutdown of most ADS centers across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic has had implications not only for the ADS sites but for the families that entrust them with the care for a family member.

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