Researchers at the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Trinity College Dublin are analysing how the coronavirus outbreak, and subsequent measures to "flatten the curve", have impacted adults aged gover 50 in Ireland.
Over 6,000 TILDA participants will participate in the project to detail how their health, activities, social lives, mood, quality of life, psychological state and expectations have been altered by the pandemic.
Alongside this, a second TILDA Covid-19 project will gather biological samples to establish who has been infected by the virus and determine the risk factors and consequences for developing Covid-19 in older adults in Ireland.