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dc.contributor.authorGiebel, C.
dc.contributor.authorPulford, D.
dc.contributor.authorCooper, C.
dc.contributor.authorLord, Kathryn
dc.contributor.authorShenton, J.
dc.contributor.authorCannon, J.
dc.contributor.authorShaw, L.
dc.contributor.authorTetlow, H.
dc.contributor.authorLimbert, S.
dc.contributor.authorCallaghan, S.
dc.contributor.authorWhittington, R.
dc.contributor.authorRogers, C.
dc.contributor.authorKomuravelli, A.
dc.contributor.authorRajagopal, M.
dc.contributor.authorEley, R.
dc.contributor.authorDowns, Murna G.
dc.contributor.authorReilly, Siobhan T.
dc.contributor.authorWard, K.
dc.contributor.authorGaughan, A.
dc.contributor.authorButchard, S.
dc.contributor.authorBeresford-Dent, Jules
dc.contributor.authorWatkins, C.
dc.contributor.authorBennett, K.
dc.contributor.authorGabbay, M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-29T15:38:20Z
dc.date.available2021-01-29T15:38:20Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-04
dc.identifier.citationGiebel C, Pulford D, Cooper C et al (2021) COVID-19-related social support service closures and mental well-being in older adults and those affected by dementia: a UK longitudinal survey. BMJ Open. 11(1): e045889.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/18329
dc.descriptionYesen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on delivery of social support services. This might be expected to particularly affect older adults and people living with dementia (PLWD), and to reduce their well- being. Aims: To explore how social support service use by older adults, carers and PLWD, and their mental well-being changed over the first 3 months since the pandemic outbreak. Methods: Unpaid dementia carers, PLWD and older adults took part in a longitudinal online or telephone survey collected between April and May 2020, and at two subsequent timepoints 6 and 12 weeks after baseline. Participants were asked about their social support service usage in a typical week prior to the pandemic (at baseline), and in the past week at each of the three timepoints. They also completed measures of levels of depression, anxiety and mental well-being. Results: 377 participants had complete data at all three timepoints. Social support service usage dropped shortly after lockdown measures were imposed at timepoint 1 (T1), to then increase again by T3. The access to paid care was least affected by COVID-19. Cases of anxiety dropped significantly across the study period, while cases of depression rose. Well-being increased significantly for older adults and PLWD from T1 to T3. Conclusions: Access to social support services has been significantly affected by the pandemic, which is starting to recover slowly. With mental well-being differently affected across groups, support needs to be put in place to maintain better well-being across those vulnerable groups during the ongoing pandemic.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Liverpool COVID-19 Strategic Research Fund, National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast, The University of Bradford QR Research Funden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.en_US
dc.subjectDementiaen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectSocial supporten_US
dc.subjectMental well-beingen_US
dc.subjectOlder adultsen_US
dc.subjectResearch Development Fund Publication Prize Award
dc.titleCOVID-19-related social support service closures and mental well-being in older adults and those affected by dementia: a UK longitudinal surveyen_US
dc.status.refereedYesen_US
dc.date.Accepted2021-01-04
dc.date.application2021-01-17
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.type.versionPublished versionen_US
dc.description.publicnotesResearch Development Fund Publication Prize Award winner, Jan 2021.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045889
refterms.dateFOA2021-01-29T15:42:18Z
dc.openaccess.statusGolden_US


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