In addition to any associated comorbidities, poorer outcomes for people with disabilities can come from difficulty to detect or communicate the infection symptoms as well as from the restricted or delayed access to essential public health information and life-saving healthcare

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- Initial unpreparedness of the facilities at the pandemic outset
- Shared use of essential living spaces, crowding and shared rooms, proximity to other residents
- Residents’ difficulty understanding new rules imposed suddenly
- Difficulty in maintaining standards of hygiene during home visits 
- Multiple shift staffing patterns, staff working in multiple settings
- High levels of personal care assistance required from staff 

Risk factors of COVID-19 infection on disability population 

Kamalakannan S, Bhattacharjya S, Bogdanova Y, Papadimitriou C, Arango-Lasprilla JC, Bentley J, Jesus TS, Refugee Empowerment Task Force International Networking Group Of The American Congress Of Rehabilitation Medicine. Health Risks and Consequences of a COVID-19 Infection for People with Disabilities: Scoping Review and Descriptive Thematic Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 20;18(8):4348. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18084348. PMID: 33923986; PMCID: PMC8074171. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8074171/

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