Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the family carers of older people living with dementia in Italy and in Hungary

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major effect on both people with dementia and families caring for them. The aim of the research was to compare the difficulties of family carers of dementia patients in Italy and in Hungary, before and during the first wave of the pandemic. Research questions: (1) How has the pandemic changed the lives of family carers? (2) How did government stringency measures change the availability of care-related help? (3) What other changes did families experience? Due to the difficulty of reaching the target group, as well as restrictions, an online questionnaire was designed and distributed in both countries via social media (self-help Facebook groups of family carers of people with dementia).

Author(s): Laszlo Arpad KOSTYAL

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