Changes in Older People's Activities During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Japan

The rapid spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led state and local leaders to introduce social/physical distancing and self-isolation. Aggregated mobility data collected by private companies have been available to help understand the impact of such measures on population mobility patterns.1 However, because the older population is not likely to be represented in such data, partly because of their technology adaptation issues,2,3 we may not know how older adults have reacted to these community/policy messages.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - August 2, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Yukari Yamada, Tomoe Uchida, Mari Ogino, Tatsuyoshi Ikenoue, Takayuki Shiose, Shingo Fukuma Tags: COVID-19 Source Type: research