Worst hit: dementia during coronavirus

Worst hit: dementia during coronavirus Since the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown on 23 March, this investigation found family and friends have spent an extra 92 million hours caring for loved ones with dementia, due to the double impact of lockdown making dementia symptoms worse, and the chronically underfunded social care system leaving them nowhere else to turn. The report states that government must fix social care now, learning lessons to avoid further winter tragedy, as dementia carers struggle with depression, insomnia and exhaustion. Alzheimer’s Society

See also:

• Dementia wellbeing in the COVID-19 pandemic NHS England