He notes the issues that many older people faced during the pandemic 10 including those living in care homes often being unable to see their loves ones , the loneliness 4 Projected Population of Scotland (Interim) 2020-based, National Records of Scotland, retrieved March 2025 from: . https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/media/aunkohtb/population-projections-2020-scotland-nat-pub.pdf 5 Life Expectancy in Scotland 2021-2023 - National Records of Scotland, retrieved March 2025 from: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/life-expectancy-in-scotland-2021- 2023/#:~:text=In%20Scotland%2C%20life%20expectancy%20at,expectancy%20was%20increasing%20in%20Scotl and. 6 COVID-19 deaths in Scotland 2022, by age and gender | Statista, retrieved March 2025 from: . https://www.statista.com/statistics/1291728/covid-19-deaths-in-scotland-by-age-and-gender 7 Life Expectancy in Scotland 2021-2023 - National Records of Scotland, retrieved March 2025 from: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/life-expectancy-in-scotland-2021- 2023/#:~:text=In%20Scotland%2C%20life%20expectancy%20at,expectancy%20was%20increasing%20in%20Scotl and. 8 Age Scotland news release July 2022, retrieved March 2025 from: https://www.agescotland.org.uk/news/292-age- scotland-calls-for-more-action-to-prepare-for-ageing-population 9 final_consultation_commissionerolderpeople.pdf. 10 Behind the headlines: why in person care home visiting must get going again, Age Scotland, December 20202, . retrieved March 2025 from: behind-the-headlines_in-person-care-home-visiting-decemeber-2020.pdf 3 This document relates to the Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 64) as introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 2 April 2025 11 and isolation often caused by lockdowns and social distancing measures , the removal of social 12 13 care packages , difficulties in accessing medicines...