A cohort study of the impact of COVID-19 on the quality of life of people newly diagnosed with dementia and their family carers.
Ben HicksSanna ReadBo HuRaphael WittenbergAmanda GrahamslawAnomita KarimEvelyn MartinEleanor NuzumJacob ReichentalAlice RussellElaine SiddleBryony StoreyEva TippingKate BaxterYvonne BirksCarol BrayneNicola BrimblecombeMargaret DangoorJosie DixonKate GridleyPeter R HarrisMartin KnappEleanor MilesRotem PerachLouise RobinsonJennifer RustedRob StewartAlan J ThomasSube BanerjeePublished in: Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) (2022)
Maintaining life quality for people with dementia during the pandemic appears to have come at the expense of their family carers. This inequity has fallen hardest on those caring for people with more severe dementia, in deprived areas, and with least support from memory services. These effects may be prevented or reversed by post-diagnostic care.