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Table 5. Recommendations for informal and formal caregivers, awareness and education of patients and caregivers.

COVID-19=coronavirus disease 2019.

IN COVID-19 POSITIVE/SUSPECTS	IN COVID-19 NEGATIVE CASES
• Education of patients and family that their interactions with the patient and physicians will be limited to telephone, video conferencing or the like. • Patients to be educated about their condition and strategies for self-recovery. • Training and use of Virtual ancillary services whenever necessary. • Reassurance should be given that milder neurological symptoms like headache, dizziness, loss of smell or taste, and sensory changes are likely to improve with minimal intervention	• Therapy training to the caregivers is essential if they are allowed in the designated areas as per hospital protocols • Education on patient self-management; carers (family and professional) being taught how to support self-management; how to facilitate practice, and/or to provide care safely; carers being encouraged to facilitate social integration • Providing patient/family education for self-care after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation at either acute or subacute settings • Education on continuing rehabilitation care in the outpatient setting, and at home through ongoing therapy either in-person or via telehealth.

IN COVID-19 POSITIVE/SUSPECTS

IN COVID-19 NEGATIVE CASES

    •   Education of patients and family that their interactions
with the patient and physicians will be limited to
telephone, video conferencing or the like.
    •   Patients to be educated about their condition and
strategies for self-recovery.
    •   Training and use of Virtual ancillary services whenever
necessary.
    •   Reassurance should be given that milder neurological
symptoms like headache, dizziness, loss of smell or taste,
and sensory changes are likely to improve with minimal
intervention

    •   Therapy training to the caregivers is essential if they are allowed
in the designated areas as per hospital protocols
    •   Education on patient self-management; carers (family and
professional) being taught how to support self-management;
how to facilitate practice, and/or to provide care safely; carers
being encouraged to facilitate social integration
    •   Providing patient/family education for self-care after discharge
from inpatient rehabilitation at either acute or subacute settings
    •   Education on continuing rehabilitation care in the outpatient
setting, and at home through ongoing therapy either in-person
or via telehealth.