Thank you.
I would like to just share one of the experiences that we went through. As I said, cultural differences between the South Asian community, South Asian seniors, and the Canadian culture really exist. The seniors living with their children during the COVID situation do face a lot of restrictions on their movements. Just to take a walk, one of the seniors shared this experience. They said, “I not go even for five minutes to take a walk, and I stay in the basement because I don't want my children to blame me if anything happens. If anybody contracts or is exposed to COVID-19, for whatever reason, they may say that I went out and probably brought that in.”
That is the stress and the mental state that our seniors are going through because of this COVID situation. They don't want to hurt their families. They kill their own desire to go out. They want to go out. They want to socialize. They want at least to step out of the house to get fresh air, but they do not, because they do not want their families to suffer, and they don't want to get the blame for that.
That is something that has really gravely affected the seniors, and that's just one example. There are many who do not even go for a walk, or they don't talk to their friends. They don't even go and interact with their own family members, because they don't want to be a burden if they contract this disease.