Inflation has caused no money to socialize, and the loneliness of the elderly in Canada increases

【Source: Nine Pai News】

As Canada's inflation rate has risen to the highest level in nearly 40 years, just like the population of other ages. In the face of economic pressure, the elderly in Canada have to make difficult choices, and they have to reduce the necessary costs.

Azim Jeray

Earlier this year, the cost of rising groceries, hydropower and prescription drugs forced Azim Jeraj to lose their gym membership. The 69 -year -old Alta resident said that the renewal seemed unreasonable.

"I joined a bicycle group for the elderly and rode twice with them twice a week. This does not require any cost," Jeraji said.

However, the elderly are also facing a special, rarely mentioned problem. Experts say that the high inflation rate often leads to intensification of social isolation.

"People do not think that social isolation is related to inflation. Because what we immediately think of is that people will not be able to buy food, can't afford a house, and can't afford medicine." The CEO of Canada's Equity Organization CANAGE Lauhra Tanfa Tanbo Laura Tamblyn Watts said. "But you must establish contact with the outside world in some way, and it takes for contact."

Doctors have shown that maintaining connection and maintaining social activities plays an important role in physical and mental health of this age group. But spend money on going out, even if you just drink coffee with friends, drive to participate in the faith ritual, or take a car to the gym. Many Canadian elderly people rely on fixed pensions or government welfare lives, but Canadian pensions are adjusted only once a year based on inflation, which is far from the speed of recent life cost growth.

Tanblin said that social isolation is part of the "downstream effect of inflation". If the elderly cannot afford the Internet costs, they cannot contact their families through Zoom or Facetime. If they can't afford hearing aids or glasses, their ability to interact with the world will be reduced. If the younger generation is busy working in my spare time to keep up with their own rising costs, they are unlikely to visit their parents or grandparents.

Geraji said he was lucky. He can still afford a car, and he and his wife have worked hard to maintain active and connection through low -cost activities, such as walking and entertaining friends at home.

However, he knew that many of his peers were not so lucky. "I have some relatives who live alone. For them, the cost is a big problem. Social isolation has a considerable impact on them in spirit." Geraji said.

Jiupai News Intern reporter Liu Wenqin

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