ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Caring for People with Dementia Under COVID-19 Restrictions: The Role of Loneliness and Resilience

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Personality/Emotion Psychology

  • 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