Seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic

: The article is devoted to seniors, for whom it was a period of intense fear of dying. Many of them actually died, many lost their health, and many lost their loved ones. The study described in the article analysed the situation of seniors during the pandemic on the basis of the interview technique. The analysis focused on several problems faced by the respondents during the pandemic. The problems were selected out of those reported in subject literature and included: treatment, shopping opportunities, loneliness, social isolation, inactivity, information chaos exacerbated by seniors’ reduced ability to access electronic sources, fear of illness and fear of death. The interviews were conducted with 12 seniors and one caregiver who worked in a nursing home. They revealed that the main and most painful problems the respondents faced during the pandemic were: loneliness, inactivity, lack of access to religious practices in places of worship, as well as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder they experienced in response to the situation. The results indicated that seniors should be provided with extra care – not only psychological but also medical and physiotherapeutic.