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On March 19, the Dutch government decided to put long-term elderly care and inpatient mental health organizations under quarantine
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionally affects older persons, as the prognosis of a COVID-19 infection dramatically worsens with increasing age (Wang et al, 2020)
The measurements taken in the Netherlands, that is, social distancing and self-isolation, may pose an additional burden on older persons with mental illnesses and/or multimorbidity
Summary
In the first week of March, most mental health and nursing home organizations took the first measures to prevent the risk of infection for their patients and staff. These measures were rapidly extended, resulting in social distance, that is, no handshakes and keeping 1.5 meters between persons, as well as the use of personal protective equipment when in contact with infected patients. While two-thirds of relatives supported the measures, many suffered as a result of not being able to visit their loved ones This suffering and the threatened well-being of patients has led to the Dutch Alzheimer Association asking the government to allow one visitor per patient on April 2.
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