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Mental health of Filipino older adults with dementia during COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections and viewpoints

The COVID‐19 pandemic and its recent resurgences have reminded the world about common humanity in times of crisis. It also exposed wide‐scale issues of social inequality, with vulnerable groups facing the worst consequences of this global crisis. While the older adult population is the most vulnerab...

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Main Authors: Soriano, Jennifer Rose J, Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R *
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Published: Wiley 2022
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Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/3080/
https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5811
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spelling my.sunway.eprints.30802024-08-12T09:03:39Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/3080/ Mental health of Filipino older adults with dementia during COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections and viewpoints Soriano, Jennifer Rose J Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R * RA Public aspects of medicine RC Internal medicine The COVID‐19 pandemic and its recent resurgences have reminded the world about common humanity in times of crisis. It also exposed wide‐scale issues of social inequality, with vulnerable groups facing the worst consequences of this global crisis. While the older adult population is the most vulnerable to the threats of COVID‐19 infection, 1 the challenges faced by older adults with dementia are likely amplified due to the needs unique to their condition. Dementia is characterized as a syndrome marked by deterioration in cognitive function beyond what might be expected from the usual consequences of biological aging, 2 with often co‐occurrence of behavioral and psychological symptoms. 3 The mental health needs of older adults with dementia have been largely neglected, especially in low‐ and middle‐income countries like the Philippines. Wiley 2022 Article PeerReviewed Soriano, Jennifer Rose J and Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R * (2022) Mental health of Filipino older adults with dementia during COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections and viewpoints. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 37 (10). ISSN 1099-1166 https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5811 10.1002/gps.5811
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Soriano, Jennifer Rose J
Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R *
Mental health of Filipino older adults with dementia during COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections and viewpoints
description The COVID‐19 pandemic and its recent resurgences have reminded the world about common humanity in times of crisis. It also exposed wide‐scale issues of social inequality, with vulnerable groups facing the worst consequences of this global crisis. While the older adult population is the most vulnerable to the threats of COVID‐19 infection, 1 the challenges faced by older adults with dementia are likely amplified due to the needs unique to their condition. Dementia is characterized as a syndrome marked by deterioration in cognitive function beyond what might be expected from the usual consequences of biological aging, 2 with often co‐occurrence of behavioral and psychological symptoms. 3 The mental health needs of older adults with dementia have been largely neglected, especially in low‐ and middle‐income countries like the Philippines.
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author Soriano, Jennifer Rose J
Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R *
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Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R *
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title Mental health of Filipino older adults with dementia during COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections and viewpoints
title_short Mental health of Filipino older adults with dementia during COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections and viewpoints
title_full Mental health of Filipino older adults with dementia during COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections and viewpoints
title_fullStr Mental health of Filipino older adults with dementia during COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections and viewpoints
title_full_unstemmed Mental health of Filipino older adults with dementia during COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections and viewpoints
title_sort mental health of filipino older adults with dementia during covid-19 pandemic: reflections and viewpoints
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https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5811
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