title: Everyday reality at nursing home care facilities experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic
abstract: Most studies on COVID-19 and ageing are primarily concerned with analysing the issue from a medical science perspective, as ageing itself is an important risk factor for severe illness and death due to COVID-19. However, it must be remembered that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, in addition to its profound and still unfolding health effects, also leaves its mark on the daily functioning of older people, both socially and emotionally. In a situation of compulsory isolation, a group particularly vulnerab