Multicomponent Rehabilitation After COVID-19 for Nursing Home Residents

May 7, 2021
JAMDA

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. Nursing homes were particularly struck by the COVID-19 outbreak, with some authors considering the COVID-19 pandemic as the “ground zero” for these structures.1 Increasing literature has shown that the consequences of COVID-19 in older people may include malnutrition, sarcopenia, bedridden syndrome, and finally mortality.2 Nutritional suggestions are therefore important in older people previously affected by COVID-19.