Exploring the impact of Covid-19 on the care and quality of life of people with dementia and their carers: A scoping review | Zendy

Patricia MastersonAlgar | Zendy; Maria CheshireAllen | Zendy; Martin Hyde | Zendy; Norah Keating | Zendy; Gill Windle | Zendy

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Exploring the impact of Covid-19 on the care and quality of life of people with dementia and their carers: A scoping review

Author(s) -

Patricia MastersonAlgar,

Maria CheshireAllen,

Martin Hyde,

Norah Keating,

Gill Windle

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

dementia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1741-2684

pISSN - 1471-3012

DOI - 10.1177/14713012211053971

Subject(s) - dementia , quality of life (healthcare) , covid-19 , demographics , gerontology , medicine , psychology , social support , nursing , disease , sociology , psychotherapist , demography , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)

This article reports on findings of a scoping review aimed to map the published literature concerning the impact of Covid-19 on the care and quality of life of people living with dementia and their carers. Twenty-nine articles were included in the review. Three overarching themes were identified: (1) Impact on people with dementia – unmet and increased care needs; (2) Impact on carers – increased stress and burden and (3) Impact according to demographics. Overall, findings show that Covid-19 has led to a reduction in support from health and social services and to a move towards technology-based support. Furthermore, Covid-19 has had a negative impact on the care and quality of life of people living with dementia and their carers, and that this impact was influenced by the severity of dementia.

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