COVID-19 and dementia: Isolation has had negative impact on people living with cognitive impairment
By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Social isolation during the pandemic has brought a myriad of changes, from the inconsequential to the life-changing.
For people with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, isolation can have lasting negative effects.
Kathleen O’Brien, a nurse practitioner retired from University of Rochester, has years of experience in caring for dementia patients. A resident of Bristol with her husband, Graham Thompson, O’Brien has early-onset dementia. She is 68.
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