Health and Social Care During Coronavirus Outbreak: The Exploitation of Long Lasting Memories - LLM Care.

Romanopoulou, Evangelia; Zilidou, Vasiliki; Gylou, Sotiria; Dratsiou, Ioanna; Katsouli, Aikaterini; Karagianni, Maria; Petronikolou, Vasileia; Varella, Annita; Bamidis, Panagiotis

The Covid-19 pandemic has globally introduced a new crisis with severe consequences and led to a series of pandemic-related containment measures, including social distancing and self-isolation may cause significant impact on mental health. This study describes a social care initiative that was actualized during the Covid-19 outbreak with regard to the potential benefits in older adults' quality of life through the use of the Integrated Healthcare System Long Lasting Memories Care (LLM Care), and specifically the web-based cognitive training software. Online questionnaires, assessing various psychosocial and mental health domains, were distributed to 28 older adults before and after the interaction with the software aiming at evaluating the potential positive effect and usability of cognitive training software. Overall, the study demonstrates that the interaction with the web-based cognitive training software during the pandemic plays a significant role in maintaining mental health among older people, through improvements in well-being.