Cognitive Telerehabilitation for Older Adults With Neurodegenerative Diseases in the COVID-19 Era: A Perspective Study
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health problem that is radically transforming public and private healthcare organizations around the world, negatively affecting the rehabilitative treatments of non-COVID pathologies as well. In this situation, it becomes crucial to be able to guarantee the continu...
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doaj-8a5cf4e13b9846d1940ec146cbc409cb2021-01-14T05:20:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neurology1664-22952021-01-011110.3389/fneur.2020.623933623933Cognitive Telerehabilitation for Older Adults With Neurodegenerative Diseases in the COVID-19 Era: A Perspective StudySara Bernini0Fabrizio Stasolla1Silvia Panzarasa2Silvana Quaglini3Elena Sinforiani4Giorgio Sandrini5Giorgio Sandrini6Tomaso Vecchi7Tomaso Vecchi8Cristina Tassorelli9Cristina Tassorelli10Sara Bottiroli11Sara Bottiroli12Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS) Mondino Foundation, Pavia, ItalyFaculty of Law, Giustino Fortunato University, Benevento, ItalyDepartment of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, ItalyDepartment of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, ItalyScientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS) Mondino Foundation, Pavia, ItalyScientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS) Mondino Foundation, Pavia, ItalyDepartment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, ItalyScientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS) Mondino Foundation, Pavia, ItalyDepartment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, ItalyScientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS) Mondino Foundation, Pavia, ItalyDepartment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, ItalyScientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS) Mondino Foundation, Pavia, ItalyFaculty of Law, Giustino Fortunato University, Benevento, ItalyThe COVID-19 pandemic is a global health problem that is radically transforming public and private healthcare organizations around the world, negatively affecting the rehabilitative treatments of non-COVID pathologies as well. In this situation, it becomes crucial to be able to guarantee the continuity of care also to all those patients with neurodegenerative diseases unable to reach healthcare services. Remote communication technologies are gaining momentum as potentially effective options to support health care interventions—including cognitive rehabilitation—while patients can stay safely at home. In this context, we are implementing HomeCoRe (i.e., Home Cognitive Rehabilitation software) in order to offer an innovative approach and a valid support for home-based cognitive rehabilitation in neurodegenerative diseases, such as mild cognitive impairment and early dementia. HomeCoRe has been developed within a research project between engineers and clinicians in order to obtain a usable and safe cognitive rehabilitation tool. This software has multiple advantages for patients and therapists over traditional approaches, as shown in its use in hospital settings. HomeCoRe could then represent an opportunity for accessing cognitive rehabilitation in all those situations where patients and therapists are not in the same location due to particular restrictions, such as COVID-19 pandemic.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2020.623933/fulltelerehabilitationtelemedicineinformation and communication technologiesCOVID-19 pandemiccognitive impairmentcognitive rehabilitation |
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Sara Bernini Fabrizio Stasolla Silvia Panzarasa Silvana Quaglini Elena Sinforiani Giorgio Sandrini Giorgio Sandrini Tomaso Vecchi Tomaso Vecchi Cristina Tassorelli Cristina Tassorelli Sara Bottiroli Sara Bottiroli |
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Cognitive Telerehabilitation for Older Adults With Neurodegenerative Diseases in the COVID-19 Era: A Perspective Study |
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Cognitive Telerehabilitation for Older Adults With Neurodegenerative Diseases in the COVID-19 Era: A Perspective Study |
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Cognitive Telerehabilitation for Older Adults With Neurodegenerative Diseases in the COVID-19 Era: A Perspective Study |
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Cognitive Telerehabilitation for Older Adults With Neurodegenerative Diseases in the COVID-19 Era: A Perspective Study |
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Cognitive Telerehabilitation for Older Adults With Neurodegenerative Diseases in the COVID-19 Era: A Perspective Study |
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cognitive telerehabilitation for older adults with neurodegenerative diseases in the covid-19 era: a perspective study |
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health problem that is radically transforming public and private healthcare organizations around the world, negatively affecting the rehabilitative treatments of non-COVID pathologies as well. In this situation, it becomes crucial to be able to guarantee the continuity of care also to all those patients with neurodegenerative diseases unable to reach healthcare services. Remote communication technologies are gaining momentum as potentially effective options to support health care interventions—including cognitive rehabilitation—while patients can stay safely at home. In this context, we are implementing HomeCoRe (i.e., Home Cognitive Rehabilitation software) in order to offer an innovative approach and a valid support for home-based cognitive rehabilitation in neurodegenerative diseases, such as mild cognitive impairment and early dementia. HomeCoRe has been developed within a research project between engineers and clinicians in order to obtain a usable and safe cognitive rehabilitation tool. This software has multiple advantages for patients and therapists over traditional approaches, as shown in its use in hospital settings. HomeCoRe could then represent an opportunity for accessing cognitive rehabilitation in all those situations where patients and therapists are not in the same location due to particular restrictions, such as COVID-19 pandemic. |
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telerehabilitation telemedicine information and communication technologies COVID-19 pandemic cognitive impairment cognitive rehabilitation |
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