Elderly Australians living through Victoria's COVID-19 lockdowns have written of frequent crying, a loss of identity and despair in a world-first loneliness study led by Melbourne researchers.
One older woman, Lisa*, wrote of becoming "teary for the want of human company," in a diary she kept during October 2020, while metropolitan Melbourne remained in the grip of a stage four lockdown, and regional parts of the state under stage three restrictions.
