Depressed mood and frailty among older people in Tokyo during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tsuyoshi OkamuraMika SugiyamaHiroki InagakiFumiko MiyamaeChiaki UraNaoko SakumaAyako EdahiroTsutomu TagaShuji TsudaShuichi AwataPublished in: Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society (2021)
Older people with subjective memory impairment may be a high-risk group during the coronavirus pandemic. Telephone outreach for frail older people could be an effective solution. We recommend extending the scope of the 'reasonable accommodation' concept beyond disability and including older people to build an age-friendly and crisis-resistant community.