id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-263321-pzmo4hja Roach, P. Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being and virtual care for people living with dementia and care partners living in the community 2020-06-05 .txt text/plain 5111 262 48 To understand the lived experience of social and physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada we remotely interviewed 21 participants who normally attend a dementia specialty clinic in Calgary, Alberta, during a period where essential businesses were closed and healthcare had abruptly transitioned to telemedicine. . https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.04.20122192 doi: medRxiv preprint Social distancing and cognitive decline A number of participants also expressed concern that the person living with dementia was experiencing more cognitive decline since the start of the public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Strengths of the study include that it was embedded in a prospective clinic registry which enabled us to quickly contact people living with dementia and their care partners during the COVID-19 pandemic, and link their data to physician collected information on cognitive assessment and disease diagnosis. ./cache/cord-263321-pzmo4hja.txt ./txt/cord-263321-pzmo4hja.txt