Irish Senior Citizens Parliament Finds May Older People Felt Cancelled During The Pandemic.

Thursday, 29 July 2021 10:20

Image: Irish Senior Citizens Parliament logo

Older people’s independence and decision-making was reduced disproportionately

Many older people felt "cancelled" during the pandemic.

A new report from seven older persons organisations finds if discrimination against the elderly hadn't been so prevalent, the effects of the crisis on them would have been less severe.

They say older people’s independence and decision-making was reduced disproportionately, as life became a series of instructions.

Today the @AgeSector alliance launched "Telling it like it is", a document shedding a light on the experiences of older people during #COVID19

To read the document and its findings, visit: https://t.co/GcajylhVAl #TellingItLikeItIs pic.twitter.com/uncEYTMGhk
— ISCP (@seniorsparl) July 28, 2021

The review also found restrictions on funerals and bereavement caused deep distress, that will 'reverberate for a long time'.

Chief Executive of the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament, Sue Shaw, joined Clem Ryan on Thursday's edition of Kildare Today.

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