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The Impact of COVID-19 and Associated Restrictions on Physical Activity Among Assisted Living Residents
COVID-19 and associated restrictions significantly impacted residents in assisted living (AL) communities. This was a descriptive study of 35 AL communities that were participating in an implementation trial of Function Focused Care for Assisted Living Residents with Dementia during the COVID-19 pan...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8680209/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1614 |
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description | COVID-19 and associated restrictions significantly impacted residents in assisted living (AL) communities. This was a descriptive study of 35 AL communities that were participating in an implementation trial of Function Focused Care for Assisted Living Residents with Dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Within twelve months of the COVID-19 pandemic, 18% of the AL communities had at least one resident who was positive for COVID-19. Almost half of the ALs allowed health care providers into the setting. All of the ALs facilitated family visits outside and by telephone and technology, but only 11% allowed visitors inside the community. Over 50% stopped using recreational supplies to encourage physical activity and 28% reported that residents experienced more behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. Restrictions designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 may have negatively impacted resident behavior and the AL staff’s engagement of residents in physical and recreational activities during the pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-86802092021-12-17 The Impact of COVID-19 and Associated Restrictions on Physical Activity Among Assisted Living Residents Galik, Elizabeth Resnick, Barbara McPherson, Rachel Innov Aging Abstracts COVID-19 and associated restrictions significantly impacted residents in assisted living (AL) communities. This was a descriptive study of 35 AL communities that were participating in an implementation trial of Function Focused Care for Assisted Living Residents with Dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Within twelve months of the COVID-19 pandemic, 18% of the AL communities had at least one resident who was positive for COVID-19. Almost half of the ALs allowed health care providers into the setting. All of the ALs facilitated family visits outside and by telephone and technology, but only 11% allowed visitors inside the community. Over 50% stopped using recreational supplies to encourage physical activity and 28% reported that residents experienced more behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. Restrictions designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 may have negatively impacted resident behavior and the AL staff’s engagement of residents in physical and recreational activities during the pandemic. Oxford University Press 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8680209/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1614 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstracts Galik, Elizabeth Resnick, Barbara McPherson, Rachel The Impact of COVID-19 and Associated Restrictions on Physical Activity Among Assisted Living Residents |
title | The Impact of COVID-19 and Associated Restrictions on Physical Activity Among Assisted Living Residents |
title_full | The Impact of COVID-19 and Associated Restrictions on Physical Activity Among Assisted Living Residents |
title_fullStr | The Impact of COVID-19 and Associated Restrictions on Physical Activity Among Assisted Living Residents |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of COVID-19 and Associated Restrictions on Physical Activity Among Assisted Living Residents |
title_short | The Impact of COVID-19 and Associated Restrictions on Physical Activity Among Assisted Living Residents |
title_sort | impact of covid-19 and associated restrictions on physical activity among assisted living residents |
topic | Abstracts |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8680209/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1614 |
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