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| Title: | Delayed health consequences of COVID-19 lockdown in an older adult | Authors: | Aroos, Rana LING LING, BEATRIX WONG MERCHANT, RESHMA AZIZ |
Keywords: | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Geriatrics & Gerontology COVID-19 lockdown delirium diagnostic delay older adult social isolation ELDERLY ADULTS DELIRIUM |
Issue Date: | 1-May-2021 | Publisher: | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Citation: | Aroos, Rana, LING LING, BEATRIX WONG, MERCHANT, RESHMA AZIZ (2021-05-01). Delayed health consequences of COVID-19 lockdown in an older adult. AGE AND AGEING 50 (3) : 673-675. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab052 | Abstract: | We report a case of a retired school teacher who presented with rapid cognitive and functional decline following the COVID-19 lockdown period that was diagnosed as worsening depression by referring physician. This highlights the potentially life-threatening consequences of delayed diagnosis and management of delirium, an often reversible syndrome, due to lockdown restrictions. As the pandemic outlives its initial projections, its downstream impact on an already vulnerable population continues to emerge. | Source Title: | AGE AND AGEING | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/207558 | ISSN: | 0002-0729 1468-2834 |
DOI: | 10.1093/ageing/afab052 |
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