The risk of severe coronavirus symptoms rises steeply with age. Nine in 10 deaths have been people over 60. There’s more evidence showing a person with dementia in a care home is actually at higher risk of catching COVID-19. So how do you go about isolating someone, for whom isolation is the worst thing possible? And how to explain to them what the coronavirus is and how to respond, when they keep forgetting? We’ll talk to a dementia nurse about that in a moment. First this report on how a family’s coping with the same situation in India.
How the coronavirus pandemic challenges dementia patients and nurses | COVID-19 Update
