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Elderly Isolation
Soumya Sarah AlexErangi AluwihareNinja N. Christian
Ripple MacwanBijal PatelNitin Saini
Elder Abuse - It's Time To Face The Reality (Video)
http://www.seniors.gc.ca/[email protected]?lang=eng&geo=110&cid=161
Introduction The social problem that we chose to analyze
for this project is elderly isolation. Social isolation of older citizens is one of the emerging problems of our society which has not received its due importance. Anyone can become isolated socially but seniors are especially at risk of social isolation.
Introduction - Continued The social isolation among seniors might be
due to many reasons. Some of them includes lose of spouse, living alone without any family, poor health, and retirement.
Elderly isolation is a type of neglect and is abuse, which is a crime in Canada.
Social AnalysisWhat is the social problem? The social problem that we choice, as
mentioned before is elderly isolation.
Who defines it? Since we all have or is in some way or form
touched by an elderly person in our lives, the simple answer to the question is that society defines elderly isolation as a problem.
Social Analysis - Continued
Why is it considered a social problem? Elderly isolation causes depression in the
elderly that can lead to a premature death.
More seniors are being isolated and being
send to nursing homes and the government have to spend more money on these homes.
Social Analysis - Continued
Who or what effected?
Families
Communities
Economy or even global economy
Social Analysis - Continued
Who benefits? Overall no one benefits. Maybe the family for
a short amount of time.
Who loses? Elderly Society
Social Analysis - Continued
What are possible solutions?
Educate the public of elderly isolation and to make the seniors part of the community again and eliminating the loneliness in their life.
Being students, we have the greatest opportunity of conveying our message to the most important and the strongest in the society, the youth.
Social Analysis - ContinuedWhat is the overall cost to society? Micro level: Depression, premature death, diminished
quality of life, potential for abuse, physical as well as mental declining of health.
Meso level: Communities not getting resources that the elderly would have to offer.
Macro level: Money that the government has to pay to keep our seniors save and taken care of in nursing homes.
Action Plan
Here are some things that we thought students are able to do:
We could meet with some of the elderly population. Prepare a good and effective story that reflects the
problems that the old people are facing. Post it on facebook and printouts can be distributed
in the schools. Paste printouts on the bus stops and subway
stations; in the malls and where crowds of all age groups are present.
Action Plan - Continued
We can use blogs to advertise this issue and create awareness.
In college we can talk to the young people about the problems of senior isolation.
We can also have street plays depicting the isolation as a social problem and spread awareness about it so it can be prevented.
Banners can be made and once college work has been done even they can spread awareness in their groups.
Current Social Action Initiatives
Seniors Canada – Working for Seniors
http://www.seniors.gc.ca/[email protected]?lang=eng&geo=110&cid=161
Reference
Seniors Canada (2009). Elder Abuse - It's Time To Face The Reality [Web]. Available from http://www.seniors.gc.ca/[email protected]?lang=eng&geo=110&cid=161
Seniors Canada- working for seniors. (2011, July 14). Retrieved from http://www.seniors.gc.ca/[email protected]?lang=eng&geo=110&cid=161
Questions
What type of elderly abuse did our group use as our social issue?
Elderly Neglect = Elderly Isolation
Questions
Name one of the ways our group talked about informing the public of this issue?
Use social network sites to spread the word.
Use public places to inform the public of this issue.
Create a drama or a play to convey this problem.