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Dementia heightens COVID-19 death risk – 7NEWS.com.au
Dementia sufferers are more likely to catch COVID-19 and die from it as many live in high-risk transmission settings, Australian researchers say.
Australians with dementia are more likely to catch COVID-19 and die from the infection or suffer severe complications, researchers say.
Safeguarding procedures, such as physical distancing and mask wearing, are extremely difficult for people with dementia to follow, increasing their risk of infection, UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) found.
Many people living in aged care homes – a high-risk transmission setting – have dementia, further compounding the risk, co-director of CHeBA…
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