ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Caring for People with Dementia Under COVID-19 Restrictions: The Role of Loneliness and Resilience
- Elena Carbone
University of Padua - Rocco Palumbo
University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara - Di Domenico Alberto
Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara - Silvia Vettor
Istituto per Servizi di Ricovero e Assistenza agli Anziani (ISRAA)- Treviso - Giorgio Pavan
Istituto per Servizi di Ricovero e Assistenza agli Anziani (ISRAA)- Treviso - Erika Borella
University of Padua
Abstract
We explored the associations between caregivers’ perceived changes due COVID-19 lockdown in their relatives with dementia (RwD) symptoms and their distress, their loneliness and resilience. Caring for RwD might become more stressful under lockdown for those caregivers feeling emotionally and socially lonely and lacking resources to cope with caregiving challenges.
Aging