Facing up to loneliness in Kells
Updated / Friday, 18 Dec 2020
10:22
Prime Time Reporter
The generation gap has never been more acute than 2020, as large swathes of our older people were locked away behind the unflattering cocooning label.
However a school project undertaken by a group of Meath schoolgirls prior to the pandemic proved invaluable to older people when Covid-19 hit.
Last year, RTÉ s Prime Time filmed students from Eureka Secondary School in Kells collaborating with a group of elderly locals on an innovative project.
The transition year students developed an eight-week programme with senior citizens to help combat loneliness and social isolation.
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