Tackling challenges in care of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias amid the COVID‐19 pandemic, now and in the future

Mok, Vincent C.T.; Pendlebury, Sarah; Wong, Adrian; Alladi, Suvarna; Au, Lisa; Bath, Philip; Biessels, Geert Jan; Chen, Christopher; Cordonnier, Charlotte; Dichgans, Martin; Dominguez, Jacqueline; Gorelick, Philip B; Kim, SangYun; Kwok, Timothy; Greenberg, Steven M.; Jia, Jianping; Kalaria, Rajesh; Kivipelto, Miia; Naegandran, Kandiah; Lam, Linda C.W.; Lam, Bonnie Yin Ka; Lee, Allen T.C.; Markus, Hugh S.; O�Brien, John; Pai, Ming-Chyi; Pantoni, Leonardo; Sachdev, Perminder; Skoog, Ingmar; Smith, Eric E.; Srikanth, Velandai; Suh, Guk-Hee; Wardlaw, Joanna; Ko, Ho; Black, Sandra E.; Scheltens, Philip

Abstract

We have provided an overview on the profound impact of COVID‐19 upon older people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias and the challenges encountered in our management of dementia in different health‐care settings, including hospital, out‐patient, care homes, and the community during the COVID‐19 pandemic. We have also proposed a conceptual framework and practical suggestions for health‐care providers in tackling these challenges, which can also apply to the care of older people in general, with or without other neurological diseases, such as stroke or parkinsonism. We believe this review will provide strategic directions and set standards for health‐care leaders in dementia, including governmental bodies around the world in coordinating emergency response plans for protecting and caring for older people with dementia amid the COIVD‐19 outbreak, which is likely to continue at varying severity in different regions around the world in the medium term.

Citation

Mok, V. C., Pendlebury, S., Wong, A., Alladi, S., Au, L., Bath, P., Biessels, G. J., Chen, C., Cordonnier, C., Dichgans, M., Dominguez, J., Gorelick, P. B., Kim, S., Kwok, T., Greenberg, S. M., Jia, J., Kalaria, R., Kivipelto, M., Naegandran, K., Lam, L. C., …Scheltens, P. (2020). Tackling challenges in care of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias amid the COVID‐19 pandemic, now and in the future. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 16(11), 1571-1581. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12143

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 15, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Aug 12, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-11
• Deposit Date: Jun 18, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 13, 2021
• Journal: Alzheimer's & Dementia
• Electronic ISSN: 1552-5279
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 1571-1581
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12143
• Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; COVID-19; dementia; older people
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4672552
• Publisher URL: https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/alz.12143
• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Mok, VCT, Pendlebury, S, Wong, A, et al. Tackling challenges in care of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias amid the COVID‐19 pandemic, now and in the future. Alzheimer's Dement. 2020, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12143. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.