Limitations
dementia
DISEASE, DISEASES, RECRUITMENT
Due to the COVID-19 situation in Germany, it has to be noticed that recruitment took place under challenging and changing conditions. Especially aged adults are affected by the COVID-19 diseases and the imposed measures to protect against the spread of the disease (Additionally, there are significant differences in the perception of health status between the caregiver and the patient (self and proxy). Findings reported by the caregiver might pronounce the caregiver's perspective on health state fluctuations in PlwD (Finally, the scope of this study will be limited to the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. However, previous studies in dementia care research in this state have shown that findings are generalizable to other results nationwide.