'Covid made things worse for me': Older people felt lonely and neglected during pandemic

Many older people said their greatest challenge was coping with the loneliness brought on by the pandemic. File picture

Hope and optimism are returning for older people but a new report also shows the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic led to loneliness and a feeling they were being neglected.

The report, published by the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (Tilda), uses the experiences of 4,000 older people involved in the project to outline just how the pandemic has affected them since March 2020.