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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2304-0106</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Anales de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Anales de la ACC]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2304-0106</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Academia de Ciencias de Cuba]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2304-01062021000100021</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Cuidados de las personas con demencia durante la Covid-19]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Care taking of people with dementia during the pandemic of COVID-19]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Llibre Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan de Jesús]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gutiérrez Herrera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raúl]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zayas Llerena]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tania]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Finlay-Albarrán ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Monterrey Nuevo León]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Finlay-Albarrán ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>11</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2304-01062021000100021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2304-01062021000100021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2304-01062021000100021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN En el mundo 50 millones de personas viven con demencia. El 10 % de las personas de 65 años y más, aproximadamente, 170 000 personas, que representan el 1,3 % de la población cubana, viven con demencia, fundamentalmente enfermedad de Alzheimer. El objetivo de la presente revisión es ofrecer información acerca del impacto de la COVID-19 en uno de los grupos más vulnerables de la población, las personas con demencias y ofrecer recomendaciones útiles a los profesionales de la salud, las familias y los cuidadores. Con este propósito se realizó una revisión de la literatura sobre el tema publicada entre el 10 de enero y el 30 de julio del 2020, que incluyó las bases de datos (PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE Lilacs, Scielo, y Cochrane Central, utilizando los términos &#8220;Alzheimer&#8221;, OR &#8220;demencia&#8221;, OR &#8220;envejecimiento&#8221; AND &#8220;COVID-19&#8221;, AND &#8220;coronavirus&#8221; and pandemia&#8221;.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT In Cuba, 10 % of people aged 65 years and over are living with dementia, mainly Alzheimer's disease. The aim of this review is to provide information about the impact of COVID 19 on one of the most vulnerable groups in the population, people with dementia, and to provide useful recommendations to healthcare professionals, families and caregivers. The search was run in august 2020 of the literature on the subject published between January 10 and July 30, 2020, which included the databases (PubMed / MEDLINE, EMBASE, Lilacs, SciELO and Cochrane CENTRAL, using the terms &#8220;Alzheimer&#8221;, OR &#8220; dementia &#8221;, OR &#8220;aging&#8221; AND &#8220;COVID-19&#8221;, AND &#8220;Coronavirus&#8221; and pandemia&#8221;.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cuidados]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[dementia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Alzheimer's disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
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