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White paper: Loneliness and isolation in older people: everyone’s problem
Kathy Oxtoby, Dr Madihah A Afeez, Dr Amer Taha, Dr Fouad Siddiqui for GM
Loneliness has a devastating impact on older people, and this has been made much worse by the pandemic. Older people’s charity Age UK estimates the number of over-50s experiencing loneliness is set to reach two million by 2025/6. So what can be done, and whose problem is it?
“An older lady came to our Covid vaccination centre. When someone spoke to her she burst into tears. She said: ‘It’s the first time I’ve spoken to somebody in months’. The pandemic has been very difficult for older people. They’ve felt abandoned.” Linda Nazarko, a consultant nurse in older people’s care, and a consultant nurse in physical health, west London, is describing an experience that is all too common — the devastating impact of loneliness on older people, made so much worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. What is the impact of this loneliness and isolation? What should be done and
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