' Exhausted ' family and friends spent 92 million extra hours caring for loved ones with dementia since lockdown, Alzheimer ' s Society

Alzheimer ' s Society ' s new report, ' Worst hit: dementia during coronavirus ' , says Government must fix social care now, learning lessons to avoid further winter tragedy, as dementia carers struggle with depression, insomnia and exhaustion. Since coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown on 23 March, an Alzheimer ' s Society investigation has discovered family and friends have spent an extra 92 million hours caring for loved ones with dementia1, due to the double whammy of lockdown making dementia symptoms worse, and the chronically underfunded social care system leaving them nowhere else to turn.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news