Mental Health Status of the Older Adults in Japan During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Innovation for Future Society Nagoya University Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Department of Community Healthcare and Geriatrics Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
² Institute of Innovation for Future Society Nagoya University Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Electronic address: kuzuya@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
³ Department of Community Healthcare and Geriatrics Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Comment

Kosuke Fujita et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;22(1):220-221.

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.11.023. Epub 2020 Nov 24.

¹ Institute of Innovation for Future Society Nagoya University Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Department of Community Healthcare and Geriatrics Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
² Institute of Innovation for Future Society Nagoya University Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Electronic address: kuzuya@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
³ Department of Community Healthcare and Geriatrics Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

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Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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