Ann Clin Med Res | Volume 1, Issue 4 | Research Article | Open Access

The Impact of Circuit Breaker (COVID-19) on the Older Adults and Their Caregivers

Espeleta Wrenzie Del Valle, Barrera Vivian Cantiller, Sigaya Kenneth Villan, Arroyo Shiela Panao and Si Ching Lim^*

Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore

^*Correspondance to: Si Ching Lim 

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Abstract

The Novel Coronavirus 19 has caused a global pandemic in 2020 with millions of people affected worldwide with hundreds of thousands of deaths reported thus far. In Singapore, even though the death rate has been under control the measures taken by the government to control the spread of COVID-19 had some impact on our elderly, especially the elderly living with dementia. This study showed that our caregivers for the older persons with dementia seemed to have coped well and some have even reported positive impact of COVID 19 on their PWD and themselves.

Keywords:

COVID-19; Dementia; BPSD; Caregiver stress; Covid-19; Covid; Corona Virus; Coronavirus disease 2019

Citation:

Del Valle EW, Vivian B, Villan SK, Panao AS, Lim SC. The Impact of Circuit Breaker (COVID-19) on the Older Adults and Their Caregivers. Ann Clin Med Res. 2020; 1(4): 1016..