Canadian-born older adults more like to successfully age than immigrants, recent study finds
The process of aging may be inevitable, but a recent study shows that the aging experience for Canada’s immigrants is worse than those born in Canada, and more policies and health interventions are needed to improve the experience and help older people age successfully.
Immigrants make up 21.9 per cent of the Canadian population, and while some studies have found that older immigrants often do better if they have strong social networks, social participation, and access to the internet, others have found that those who have recently immigrated may experience psychological distress as the adjust and potentially face economic hardships, negative employment experiences, lack of social support and ethnic discrimination.
No money need be spent. We shouldn’t be accepting older immigrants & certainly not those who can’t or won’t adapt. Look after our own for a change.
