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Baumbusch, Jennifer; Cooke, Heather A.; Seetharaman, Kishore; Khan, A.; Khan, Koushambhi Basu

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community-dwelling people living with dementia and their family caregivers have experienced many challenges. The unanticipated consequences of public health measures have impacted these families in a myriad of ways. In this interpretive policy analysis, which used a longitudinal, qualitative methodology, we purposively recruited 12 families in British Columbia, Canada, to explore the impacts of pandemic public health measures over time. Semistructured interviews were conducted every 3 months and participants completed diary entries. Twenty-eight interviews and 34 diary entries were thematically analyzed. The findings explore ways that families adopted and adapted to public health measures, loss of supports, both formal and informal, and the subsequent consequences for their mental and physical wellbeing. Within the ongoing context of the pandemic, as well as potential future wide-spread emergencies, it is imperative that programs and supports are restarted and maintained to avoid further harm to these families.

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eng

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0423500

Applied Science, Faculty of; Science, Faculty of; Non UBC; Microbiology and Immunology, Department of; Nursing, School of

10.1177/10748407221100284

Faculty; Researcher; Postdoctoral; Graduate; Undergraduate

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