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ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2021

Telemedicine-assisted care of an older patient with COVID-19 and dementia: bridging the gap between hospital and home.

Renata Marinello, Enrico Brunetti, Chiara Luppi, Dario Bianca, Vittoria Tibaldi, Gianluca Isaia, Mario Bo

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Article in Aging clinical and experimental research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Renata MarinelloHospital at Home Service, Section of Geriatrics, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Molinette Hospital, Corso Bramante 88, 10126, Turin, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0702-5799
Enrico BrunettiHospital at Home Service, Section of Geriatrics, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Molinette Hospital, Corso Bramante 88, 10126, Turin, Italy. enrico.brunetti@unito.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2028-2319
Chiara LuppiHospital at Home Service, Section of Geriatrics, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Molinette Hospital, Corso Bramante 88, 10126, Turin, Italy.
Dario BiancaHospital at Home Service, Section of Geriatrics, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Molinette Hospital, Corso Bramante 88, 10126, Turin, Italy.
Vittoria TibaldiHospital at Home Service, Section of Geriatrics, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Molinette Hospital, Corso Bramante 88, 10126, Turin, Italy.
Gianluca IsaiaHospital at Home Service, Section of Geriatrics, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Molinette Hospital, Corso Bramante 88, 10126, Turin, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0249-9170
Mario BoHospital at Home Service, Section of Geriatrics, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Molinette Hospital, Corso Bramante 88, 10126, Turin, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2945-0243
Fondazione Ricerca Molinette · IT

Funding

Regione Piemonte POR/FESR 2014/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hospital at Home (HaH) has been proposed as a solution to relieve pressure on hospital beds during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, caregivers' feelings of inadequacy and concerns on the need for tighter clinical monitoring might lead to unnecessary and potentially harmful hospital admissions in frail older patients with mild or atypical COVID-19. Here we report the case of a 91-year old woman with severe dementia and atypical COVID-19 that could be successfully managed by our HaH thanks to her highly motivated caregivers and the support of a telemedicine solution (TMS) to provide caregiver training and support as well as supplementary telemonitoring. Despite some well-known issues on TMS use, the hybrid in-person and tele-visit approach of TMS-assisted HaH could help to create a "secure" environment, empowering caregivers to manage frail older adults with COVID-19 at home, avoiding unnecessary admissions to closed wards and their negative physical, functional and psychological outcomes.

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COVID-19DementiaTelemedicineAgedAged, 80 and overCaregiversFemaleHospitalsHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Caregiver educationCOVID-19Hospital at homeSARS-CoV-2Telemedicine

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PMID34003476
PMCPMC8129597
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