Older Persons "Lost" to the COVID-19 Vaccination: Where Are They?

The pandemic has made clear that the hospital-centered design of our healthcare systems is not suitable for many persons living with frailty (3). Furthermore, the lifestyle modifications forcedly brought by the pandemic have negatively impacted on the health status of the most vulnerable persons, worsening their functions and clinical conditions (5,6). Interestingly, a recent study by Ankuda and colleagues (7) has recently described an exponential increase of community-dwelling older persons who have become home-bound (i.e., leaving the house once a week or less) during these months of pandemics. [...]the adoption of shared technologies is not an option anymore.