SELF-INSULATION OF THE ELDERLY (65+)
This article examines the impact of the period of self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological health of the elderly population. Replenishment of the level of social contacts depends not only on the efforts ofloved ones, friends and relatives of the elderly person, but also on the reconstruction of the spaces that surround him even before the pandemic. As a result of the study, based on the experience of the novel coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions, recommendations are drawn up for the creation of projects, organizations and their formats that will reduce the level of depression and loneliness among the elderly during self-isolation.