Worsening behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

Psychogeriatrics. 2020 Nov;20(6):916-917. doi: 10.1111/psyg.12608. Epub 2020 Sep 14.

Authors

Yat Fung Shea¹, Chun Keung Shum², Wai Hin Wan³, Maggie Mee Kie Chan³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
² Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
³ School of Nursing, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 32929863
DOI: 10.1111/psyg.12608

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease / drug therapy
Alzheimer Disease / physiopathology*
Alzheimer Disease / psychology
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections* / prevention & control
Female
Humans
Infection Control
Male
Pandemics* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / prevention & control
Social Isolation*
Symptom Flare Up*