Older people with frailty or cognitive impairment and COVID‐19: • This population includes older people (usually aged > 65 years) with impairments of physical, cognitive and/or physiological function, or who have frailty. Frailty is a multifaceted syndrome that includes physical impairments and higher susceptibility to disease. Comorbidities are often present, such as cerebrovascular disease, dementia, heart failure, and chronic lung disease.

People with COVID‐19 and who require palliative care: • This population includes people with COVID‐19 whose prognosis due to coexisting advanced progressive disease is limited or uncertain or people with critical COVID‐19 illness where recovery is not expected.

COVID‐19 = coronavirus disease 2019.