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Remote primary care consultations for people living with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of people living with dementia and their carers
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has accelerated remote healthcare provision in primary care, with changes potentially permanent. The implementation of remote provision of health care needs to be informed by vulnerable populations, such as people living with dementia. AIM: To understand the remote healthcare ex...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8136581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33630749 http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2020.1094 |
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author | Tuijt, Remco Rait, Greta Frost, Rachael Wilcock, Jane Manthorpe, Jill Walters, Kate |
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description | BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has accelerated remote healthcare provision in primary care, with changes potentially permanent. The implementation of remote provision of health care needs to be informed by vulnerable populations, such as people living with dementia. AIM: To understand the remote healthcare experiences of patients living with dementia and their family carers during the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN AND SETTING: Qualitative interviews with community-based patients living with dementia and their carers were carried out between May–August 2020, while the COVID-19 pandemic was ongoing in England. METHOD: Semi-structured interviews were conducted remotely by telephone or video call with 30 patients living with dementia and 31 carers. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: Three main themes were derived relating to: proactive care at the onset of COVID-19 restrictions; avoidance of healthcare settings and services; and difficulties with remote healthcare encounters. People living with dementia and their carers felt check-up calls were reassuring but limited in scope and content. Some avoided healthcare services, wishing to minimise COVID-19 risk or reduce NHS burden, or encountering technological barriers. Difficulties in remote consultations included lack of prompts to remember problems, dealing with new emerging difficulties, rescheduling/missed calls, and inclusion of the voice of the person with dementia. CONCLUSION: While remote consultations could be effective, proactive calls could be more structured around needs. Consideration should be given to replace non-verbal prompts to describe problems, particularly for new health concerns. In continuing remote consultations, it is important to facilitate engagement with patients living with dementia and their carers to ensure good practice. |
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spelling | pubmed-81365812021-05-24 Remote primary care consultations for people living with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of people living with dementia and their carers Tuijt, Remco Rait, Greta Frost, Rachael Wilcock, Jane Manthorpe, Jill Walters, Kate Br J Gen Pract Research BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has accelerated remote healthcare provision in primary care, with changes potentially permanent. The implementation of remote provision of health care needs to be informed by vulnerable populations, such as people living with dementia. AIM: To understand the remote healthcare experiences of patients living with dementia and their family carers during the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN AND SETTING: Qualitative interviews with community-based patients living with dementia and their carers were carried out between May–August 2020, while the COVID-19 pandemic was ongoing in England. METHOD: Semi-structured interviews were conducted remotely by telephone or video call with 30 patients living with dementia and 31 carers. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: Three main themes were derived relating to: proactive care at the onset of COVID-19 restrictions; avoidance of healthcare settings and services; and difficulties with remote healthcare encounters. People living with dementia and their carers felt check-up calls were reassuring but limited in scope and content. Some avoided healthcare services, wishing to minimise COVID-19 risk or reduce NHS burden, or encountering technological barriers. Difficulties in remote consultations included lack of prompts to remember problems, dealing with new emerging difficulties, rescheduling/missed calls, and inclusion of the voice of the person with dementia. CONCLUSION: While remote consultations could be effective, proactive calls could be more structured around needs. Consideration should be given to replace non-verbal prompts to describe problems, particularly for new health concerns. In continuing remote consultations, it is important to facilitate engagement with patients living with dementia and their carers to ensure good practice. Royal College of General Practitioners 2021-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8136581/ /pubmed/33630749 http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2020.1094 Text en © The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is Open Access: CC BY 4.0 licence (http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ). |
spellingShingle | Research Tuijt, Remco Rait, Greta Frost, Rachael Wilcock, Jane Manthorpe, Jill Walters, Kate Remote primary care consultations for people living with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of people living with dementia and their carers |
title | Remote primary care consultations for people living with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of people living with dementia and their carers |
title_full | Remote primary care consultations for people living with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of people living with dementia and their carers |
title_fullStr | Remote primary care consultations for people living with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of people living with dementia and their carers |
title_full_unstemmed | Remote primary care consultations for people living with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of people living with dementia and their carers |
title_short | Remote primary care consultations for people living with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of people living with dementia and their carers |
title_sort | remote primary care consultations for people living with dementia during the covid-19 pandemic: experiences of people living with dementia and their carers |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8136581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33630749 http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2020.1094 |
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