SynthesisAging & mental health2023
The early impacts of COVID-19 on unpaid carers of people living with dementia: part II of a mixed-methods systematic review.
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- The Importance of the Social Environment for People Living With Dementia and Their Carers: Qualitative Evidence From DETERMIND and PriDem on the Impact of COVID-19 Service Changes and Restrictions in England and Wales.Dementia (London, England) · 2026Article
- "Necessity is the mother of invention": Experiences of accessing and delivering dementia-related support services by information communication technology during the pandemic in the UK.Dementia (London, England) · 2025Article
- What influences life expectancy in people with dementia? Social support as an emerging protective factor.Age and ageing · 2024Article
- Long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of life of people with dementia and their family carers.Age and ageing · 2024Article
- Double-duty caregivers enduring COVID-19 pandemic to endemic: "It's just wearing me down".PloS one · 2024Article
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- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Psychological Well-Being of Caregivers of People with Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Social support services for dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal survey exploring service adaptations in the United Kingdom.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Article
- "I felt like I had been put on the shelf and forgotten about" - lasting lessons about the impact of COVID-19 on people affected by rarer dementias.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Using digital technologies to facilitate social inclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of co-resident and non-co-resident family carers of people with dementia from DETERMIND-C19.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2023Article
- Mental health and self-rated health of older carers during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from England.Aging & mental healthArticle
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9 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesWith a lack of existing comprehensive reviews, the aim of this mixed-method systematic review was to synthesise the evidence on the early impacts of the pandemic on unpaid dementia carers across the globe.
methodsThis review was registered on PROSPERO [CDR42021248050]. PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, Scopus and Web of Science were searched from 2020 to July 2021. Studies were included if they reported on the different impacts of the pandemic on unpaid dementia carers aged 18+, with papers published in English, German, Polish, or Spanish. A number of research team members were involved in the selection of studies following PRISMA guidance.
resultsThirty-six studies (43 papers) from 18 countries reported on the early impact of the pandemic on unpaid dementia carers. Impacts were noted on accessing care and support; carer burden; and well-being. Studies found that carers had limited access to care and support services, increased workload, enhanced feelings of social isolation, and reduced wellbeing. Specifically, reductions in access to care and support increased carer's unpaid caring tasks, removing any opportunities for temporary respite, and thus further increasing carer burden and reducing mental well-being in many.
conclusionsThe needs of unpaid dementia carers appear to have increased during the pandemic, without adequate support provided. Policy initiatives need to enable better mental health support and formal care provision for unpaid carers and their relatives with dementia, whilst future research needs to explore the long-term implications of carer needs in light of care home restrictions and care delivery.
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