• Mok Vincent C T VCT Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Shatin, , Sarah Pendlebury, Adrian Wong, Suvarna Alladi, Lisa Au, Philip M Bath, Geert Jan Biessels, Christopher Chen, Charlotte Cordonnier, Martin Dichgans, Jacqueline Dominguez, Philip B Gorelick, SangYun Kim, Timothy Kwok, Steven M Greenberg, Jianping Jia, Rajesh Kalaria, Miia Kivipelto, Kandiah Naegandran, Lam Linda C W LCW Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China., Bonnie Yin Ka Lam, Allen T C Lee, Hugh S Markus, John O'Brien, Ming-Chyi Pai, Leonardo Pantoni, Perminder Sachdev, Ingmar Skoog, Eric E Smith, Velandai Srikanth, Guk-Hee Suh, Joanna Wardlaw, Ho Ko, Sandra E Black, and Philip Scheltens.
• Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
• Alzheimers Dement. 2020 Nov 1; 16 (11): 1571-1581.

AbstractWe have provided an overview on the profound impact of COVID-19 upon older people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias and the challenges encountered in our management of dementia in different health-care settings, including hospital, out-patient, care homes, and the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have also proposed a conceptual framework and practical suggestions for health-care providers in tackling these challenges, which can also apply to the care of older people in general, with or without other neurological diseases, such as stroke or parkinsonism. We believe this review will provide strategic directions and set standards for health-care leaders in dementia, including governmental bodies around the world in coordinating emergency response plans for protecting and caring for older people with dementia amid the COIVD-19 outbreak, which is likely to continue at varying severity in different regions around the world in the medium term.© 2020 The Authors. Alzheimer's & Dementia published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Alzheimer's Association.

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