Cancer survivors, struggling with COVID-19 restrictions, are part of an ongoing research project on cognitive decline led by scientist Yafit Gilboa of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University.
“Healthy people are already going back to work, but these people stay at home and avoid anything that involves going outside, including visiting hospitals for appointments and getting support,” Gilboa said. “And because of the pandemic, people who usually join support groups are not going to the meetings anymore. They’re more depressed and less occupied because they can’t participate in meaningful activities.”
Gilboa’s “occupational-based tele-rehabilitation” study, which began two years ago, has taken on added urgency in the age of coronavirus. The study compares how cancer survivors respond to cognitive training and targeted functional rehabilitation with those who receive no additional therapy at all, and is supported by a four-year grant from the Israel Cancer Research Fund.
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