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Table 2 Emergent themes

From: Person-centered dementia care during COVID-19: a qualitative case study of impact on and collaborations between caregivers

Re-acknowledgement of care priorities

 Best practice on COVID-19 restrictions

 Re-acknowledgement of individualized care continuity

 Re-confirming advanced care planning

Rebuilding of relationships

 Re-acknowledgement of person-centered relationship

 Rebuilding relationships with healthcare and long-term care professionals

 Rebuilding relationships with family members

Re-recognition of trust

 Trust in primary physician

 Trust in healthcare and long-term care professionals

 Trust in family members

Strengthening the close relationships

 Sympathetic feelings between families

 Cohesiveness of healthcare and long-term care team

 Enhancing peer support

Anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic

 Self-care to prevent infection

 Anxiety about care in long-term care facilities

 Anxiety caused by restrictions on visits to the facilities

 Anxiety about continuity of long-term care insurance services

 Conflict arising from changes in the environment of older PWD

 Caring for older PWD while taking infection control measures

Gap in perception

 Gap in perception of families and healthcare and long-term care professionals

 Difficulties in agreeing upon the direction of care among healthcare and long-term care professionals

 Gap in perception of government and others

 Differences in opinion on preventing the spread of infection in the region

  1. PWD people with dementia