key: cord-0844249-zl6dzq17
authors: Ortelli, Paola; Ferrazzoli, Davide; Versace, Viviana; Saltuari, Leopold; Sebastianelli, Luca
title: The need for psychological, caregiver‐centered intervention in the time of COVID‐19
date: 2021-05-12
journal: Alzheimers Dement (N Y)
DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12166
sha: 653fb8cc96e12ecf294ce03229260791e0a5b1cc
doc_id: 844249
cord_uid: zl6dzq17

We focus attention on problems that are affecting the informal caregivers of patients with neurodegenerative disorders in the time of COVID‐19. The pandemic is increasing difficulties in the management of the frailest people and their isolation is actually even more tangible than it was in the past. The social restrictions and the lockdown of many activities are putting the system of care provided by informal caregivers on the edge of collapse. We incite the scientific community to face these concerns and provide clinicians clear indications for assisting and supporting caregivers in the care of their relatives during this period. We suggest that e‐health programs could become the ideal “environment” to favor the continuity of care for patients with neurodegenerative conditions and guarantee the required support to their caregivers, both directly in terms of psychological management and indirectly for helping them in disease management.

clinicians clear indications for assisting and supporting caregivers in the care of their relatives during this period. We suggest that e-health programs could become the ideal "environment" to favor the continuity of care for patients with neurodegenerative conditions and guarantee the required support to their caregivers, both directly in terms of psychological management and indirectly for helping them in disease management. Helmich and Bloem 5 discussed several short-term and long-term adverse consequences for individuals with PD that could be attributed to increased psychological stress: (1) worsening of motor symptoms, 6 Alzheimer's Dement. 2021;7:e12166.

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