id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-259618-kl0aq0ut De Leo, Diego The fight against COVID-19: a report from the Italian trenches 2020-04-20 .txt text/plain 2507 110 54 On the other hand, in the present situation, caregivers of people with dementia are also exposed to extra stress: limited opportunities to offer the usual level of care; food and cleaning management more problematic; worries and concerns for the possibility of contaminating an older adult that would not survive the disease; and, in a situation like the Italian one, the many "badanti" (carers from Eastern Europe) without a regular contract (Rugolotto et al., 2017) , now impeded to reach the home of the older adults they take care of because they are intercepted by the police at check points. Unfortunately, this elementary strategy to guarantee that health professionals were sufficiently protected toward the virus was not applied with due care, and up to date the number of doctors who died from the infection during their professional activity is unbearable (109 victims, at the time of writing). ./cache/cord-259618-kl0aq0ut.txt ./txt/cord-259618-kl0aq0ut.txt