[Video calls to disoriented elderly persons during the COVID-19 health crisis]. / Appels vidéo auprès de personnes âgées désorientées pendant la crise sanitaire.

Maintaining an exchange between the disoriented elderly patient and his family circle is essential to help reduce patient anxiety. When visits are not possible, the implementation of video calls with highly disoriented individuals shows a benefit of these virtual exchanges. The introduction of new technologies, if accompanied, does not disturb the patient and does not alter the quality of the relationship.

[COVID-19, impact on residents and caregivers]. / Covid-19, impact sur les résidents et les soignants.

Following the COVID-19's entry into France, in order to protect the residents, the doors of the accommodation facilities for dependent elderly have been closed and a complete reorganization has been necessary. This confinement and restructuring behind closed doors has many consequences both for the residents and for the staff who accompany them on a daily basis. For the resident, the physical and/or psychological impact will be different depending on his degree of autonomy. The staff fear for their health, their families health, and the one of the elderly they accompany.