15 February, 2021
An NIHR Alert summarised the findings of a study that observed interactions between health professionals and people with dementia to determine how best to phrase requests in order to get a positive response
Citation: Nursing times (2021) Careful phrasing of requests could help people with dementia accept care.
Nursing Times [online]; 117: 3, 38.
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This is a summary of an NIHR Alert, published in full on the NIHR Evidence website. To read the full Alert with references go here
Updated / Wednesday, 10 Feb 2021
07:44 While men are at increased risk of severe infection, that women seem to be more affected by long Covid may reflect their different or changing hormone status . Photo: fizkes/ Shutterstock
Analysis: research into the causes and treatments of long Covid will be needed long after the outbreak itself has subsided.
For most people, infection with SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes Covid-19 – leads to mild, short-term symptoms, acute respiratory illness, or possibly no symptoms at all. But some people have long-lasting symptoms after their infection – this has been dubbed long Covid .
Scientists are still researching long Covid. It s not well understood, though our knowledge about it is growing. Here I take a look at what we ve learned about it so far – who is at risk, how common it is and what its effects are.