The COVID-19 rehabilitation pandemic

Sarah De Biase; Laura Cook; Dawn A. Skelton; Miles Witham; Ruth Ten Hove

doi:10.1093/ageing/afaa118

The COVID-19 rehabilitation pandemic

Sarah De Biase, Laura Cook, Dawn A. Skelton, Miles Witham, Ruth Ten Hove

Physiotherapy

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Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the response to the pandemic are combining to produce a tidal wave of need for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation will be needed for survivors of COVID-19, many of whom are older, with underlying health problems. In addition, rehabilitation will be needed for those who have become deconditioned as a result of movement restrictions, social isolation, and inability to access healthcare for pre-existing or new non-COVID-19 illnesses. Delivering rehabilitation in the same way as before the pandemic will not be practical, nor will this approach meet the likely scale of need for rehabilitation. This commentary reviews the likely rehabilitation needs of older people both with and without COVID-19 and discusses how strategies to deliver effective rehabilitation at scale can be designed and implemented in a world living with COVID-19.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	696-700
Number of pages	5
Journal	Age and Ageing
Volume	49
Issue number	5
Early online date	29 May 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa118
Publication status	Published - Sep 2020

Keywords

rehabilitation
COVID-19
organisational delivery
service design
older people

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10.1093/ageing/afaa118

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De Biase, S. et al (2020) The COVID-19 rehabiliation pandemic
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Embargo ends: 29/05/21

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