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The Covid 19 outbreak quickly spread to many countries and was declared a pandemic on March11, 2020. In terms of morbidity and mortality rates, the elderly were considered at the top of the risky groups, and the elderly were the most affected by the social isolation and quarantine measures. Fethiye Refreshment University, which is a social responsibility project and carries out face-to-face activities with people aged 60 and over, has structured this activity as a videoconference training and support program together with the pandemic. Fethiye Refreshment University, which is a social responsibility project and carries out face-to-face activities with people aged 60 and over, has structured this activity as a videoconference training and support program together with the pandemic. The research aims to examine the effects of the pandemic on the daily life of people participating in this program. It is of the descriptive type. A sample of 66 people was taken from among those who participated the program. The data were collected by online survey between 30 June 2021-14 July 2021. The data were evaluated with number and percentage calculations in SPSS 22 program. According to the findings; the proportion of those who engage in regular physical activity (74.2%) has decreased significantly (28.1%) during the pandemic. It was found that individuals paid more attention to their nutrition (63.6%), nearly half of them gained weight (45.5%) and had sleep problems (47.0%). Participants experienced fears, in varying severity, of contracting Covid-19 (80.4%) and the fear of losing the lives of more relatives (83%) than themselves (53.4%).Participants have reported that they have difficulties in maintaining social relations (80.4%), being together with family members (65.7%), shopping (62.5%) and transportation (59.1%), mobile phone (49.2%) stated that their computer (64.6%) and internet usage skills increased (50.8%). As a result; although the pandemic process has caused fears and some negative effects on daily life, it can be said that it has increased the skills related to the use of computer and communication technologies.