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ArticleGeriatrics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

How Well Did the Healthcare System Respond to the Healthcare Needs of Older People with and without Dementia during the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Perception of Healthcare Providers and Older People from the SI4CARE Project in the ADRION Region.

Stella Fragkiadaki, Dionysia Kontaxopoulou, Evangelia Stanitsa, Efthalia Angelopoulou, Dimosthenis Pavlou, Darja Šemrov, Simon Colnar, Mitja Lustrek, Bojan Blažica, Inga Vučica and 19 more

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Article in Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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29 authors.

Stella Fragkiadaki1st Department of Neurology, Aiginition University Hospital, Vasilissis Sofias Street 72-74, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Dionysia Kontaxopoulou1st Department of Neurology, Aiginition University Hospital, Vasilissis Sofias Street 72-74, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Evangelia Stanitsa1st Department of Neurology, Aiginition University Hospital, Vasilissis Sofias Street 72-74, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5448-3675
Efthalia Angelopoulou1st Department of Neurology, Aiginition University Hospital, Vasilissis Sofias Street 72-74, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1426-3384
Dimosthenis PavlouSchool of Topography and Geoinformatics, University of West Attica, Ag. Spyridonos Str., 12243 Aigalew, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5235-4263
Darja ŠemrovFaculty of Civic and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana Jamova cesta 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-7783-923X
Simon ColnarSchool of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana Kardeljeva ploščad 17, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-3872-6937
Mitja LustrekDepartment of Intelligent Systems, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0003-3219-2935
Bojan BlažicaComputer Systems Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Inga VučicaDepartment of Gerontology, Teaching Institute for Public Health of Split and Dalmatian County, Vukovarska 46, 21000 Split, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-9267-6099
Roberta MatkovićDepartment for Research Data Collecting and Analysis, Teaching Institute for Public Health of Split and Dalmatian County, Vukovarska 46, 21000 Split, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-6967-4148
Katarina VukojevicDepartment of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Split School of Medicine, Šoltanska ul. 2, 21000 Split, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0003-2182-2890
Ana JelicicDepartment of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Split School of Medicine, Šoltanska ul. 2, 21000 Split, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-5709-4448
Pietro Hiram GuzziMunicipality of Miglierina, Street B. Telesio 88040, Italy and University of Catanzaro, viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5542-2997
Vlatka MartinovićFaculty of Medicine, University Hospital Mostar, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Amina Pekmez MedinaHealth Insurance and Reinsurance Fund of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trg Heroja 14, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Guido PiccoliALOT, SI4CARE-TEAM Street Cipro, 16, 25124 Brescia, Italy.
Margherita MenonALOT, SI4CARE-TEAM Street Cipro, 16, 25124 Brescia, Italy.
Srdjan KozetinacSpecial Hospital Merkur, Cara Dusana 3, 36210 Vrnjaka Banja, Serbia.
Miodrag MiljkovićSpecial Hospital Merkur, Cara Dusana 3, 36210 Vrnjaka Banja, Serbia.
Chrysanthi KiskiniDepartment of European Union, Projects of Regional Development Fund of Central Macedonia, Vas. Olgas 198, 54 655, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Themis KokorotsikosDepartment of European Union, Projects of Regional Development Fund of Central Macedonia, Vas. Olgas 198, 54 655, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Vasiliki ZilidouLab of Medical Physics & Digital Innovation, and Thessaloniki Active & Healthy Ageing Living Lab, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4859-6996
Ivan RadevićFaculty of Economics, University of Montenegro, 37 Bulevar Jovana Tomaševića, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro.ORCID 0000-0003-2810-5579
John Papatriantafyllou1st Department of Neurology, Aiginition University Hospital, Vasilissis Sofias Street 72-74, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7835-2706
Eleftherios ThireosNational Health System, Athens Medical Society, Meandrou 23, 115 28 Athens, Greece.
Agis TsourosDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Vlado DimovskiSchool of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana Kardeljeva ploščad 17, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Sokratis G Papageorgiou1st Department of Neurology, Aiginition University Hospital, Vasilissis Sofias Street 72-74, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8863-3635

Funding

European Regional Development Fund and IPA II fund. 1228
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One major challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic was the limited accessibility to healthcare facilities, especially for the older population. The aim of the current study was the exploration of the extent to which the healthcare systems responded to the healthcare needs of the older people with or without cognitive impairment and their caregivers in the Adrion/Ionian region. Data were collected through e-questionnaires regarding the adequacy of the healthcare system and were anonymously administered to older individuals and stakeholder providers in the following countries: Slovenia, Italy (Calabria), Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia. Overall, 722 older people and 267 healthcare stakeholders participated in the study. During the COVID-19 pandemic, both healthcare stakeholders and the older population claimed that the healthcare needs of the older people and their caregivers increased dramatically in all countries, especially in Italy (Calabria), Croatia and BiH. According to our results, countries from the Adrion/Ionian regions faced significant challenges to adjust to the special needs of the older people during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was possibly due to limited accessibility opportunities to healthcare facilities. These results highlight the need for the development of alternative ways of providing medical assistance and supervision when in-person care is not possible.

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accessibilityAdrion–Ionian regioncaregiverscognitive impairmentCOVID-19 pandemicdementiahealthcare challengeshealthcare system responsesolder peopletelemedicine

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PMCPMC9957093

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