COVID-19 doubled mental health risk, loneliness and financial problems among elderly: Study

COVID-19 doubled mental health risk, loneliness and financial problems among elderly: Study

An estimated 40 percent of older people with probable COVID-19 infection experienced more financial hardship than before the pandemic, compared to 20 percent of people without infection. Feelings of loneliness were also twice as high in older people with probable infection than in those without. Photo: iStock London: Older adults seem twice as likely to … Read more