Seniors and Social Isolation: A Complex Issue 2
Working with family members to help aging parents become engaged in the Community Senior centre is a slow process. While the adult children want
this experience for mom/ dad, sometimes the parents are reluctant.
Factors that put seniors at risk of social isolation are listed below. The more risk factors, the greater the likelihood of social isolation:
· Disabilities
· Chronic illness/poor health
· Experiencing a loss (of a spouse, home, job)
· Experiencing abuse, sexism, racism, homophobia, financial issues
· Language issues
· Living alone
· Reduced social networks
· Transportation issues
· Poverty or low income
· Low self-esteem
· Being female
· Being a single man
· New to Country
· Lack of housing
Profile 2 – Characteristics of seniors most vulnerable to isolation are:
· Men and women who have limited assistance with routine activities such as meal preparation, shopping, and transportation, with low emotional support
· Women who have had low support with routine activities, reduced physical leisure activities and/or live alone
· Men who are vulnerable to social isolation and have low emotional support
· Older seniors (age 80 and older) compared to younger seniors (age 65-69) are more
· vulnerable to social isolation if they have low support with routine activities, reduced engagement in physical leisure activities and/or live alone
· Those who have experienced the death of a spouse, close relative or friends
Profile 3 - Seniors most likely to experience the most social exclusion:
· Are older
· Live in urban areas
· Have no partner
· Have activity limitations due to health
· Are born outside of Canada
· Have lower levels of education
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