COVID-19-related social support service closures and mental well-being in older adults and those affected by dementia: a UK longitudinal survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on delivery of social support services. This might be expected to particularly affect older adults and people living with dementia (PLWD), and to reduce their well-being.

Aims

To explore how social support service use by older adults, carers and PLWD, and their mental well-being changed over the first 3 months since the pandemic outbreak.

Methods

Unpaid dementia carers, PLWD and older adults took part in a longitudinal online or telephone survey collected between April and May 2020, and at two subsequent timepoints 6 and 12 weeks after baseline. Participants were asked about their social support service usage in a typical week prior to the pandemic (at baseline), and in the past week at each of the three timepoin

SUBMITTER: Giebel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7813330 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature