Loneliness and Isolation in Long-term Care and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 966-967

  Simard, Joyce ^a   Volicer, Ladislav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY THERAPY; GRANDCHILD; HORTICULTURAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONELINESS; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEMORY; MORTALITY RATE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBESITY; PANDEMIC; PATIENT ISOLATION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATED PRESENCE THERAPY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPOUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TERMINAL CARE; UCLA LONELINESS SCALE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85085698926     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.05.006     Document Type: Editorial

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