Earlier we were talking about the question with respect to CPP for caregivers and the dropout possibilities. I want to look overall at the depth of poverty of seniors and women who are in the workforce, doing caregiving, and then becoming the poor seniors of tomorrow, which is what we seem to be looking at.
I understand from the data that it shows the number of low-income rates among seniors and women has gone down, but I'm looking more at the depth of poverty, which is a little more than just the income they receive. I know there are a lot of seniors who are not getting GIS but are on the cusp or just above it. By the time you add rent, they're really in a wholly different bracket, because housing is a huge problem and there is a lack of supportive housing if they need assistance.
My question is this. Have you done any studies to measure the depth of poverty of seniors, not only the absolute income they receive when they happen to be above a threshold, or they're not above it and are therefore fine, but in terms of other factors like housing, drug costs, the need for caregiver programs, and so on?
Could you give me an idea of what that picture looks like? I think that's probably a little more realistic than looking at the hard numbers.