I believe you've asked two key questions. One is the integration question and the second is the education or outreach question.
On the integration question, I think you raise wonderful opportunities. It is true that when funding or programs are fragmented across several entities, whether that be in the health care system or the government funding system, I would suggest that their effect is diluted.
If there is an opportunity to somehow create a central point of seniors care and outreach seniors programming, call it what you will, that central point where all seniors-related effort is going through a single point, I think that may bring about a greater and more coordinated impact. That is something for your consideration. I certainly see that.
We've talked about silos that happen in our health care system. We have the acute care silo, where everything is funded globally in our hospitals, etc., but what happens during those transitions from hospital to home? There's a gap there. We often don't have the communications. We often don't have the transfer of information that enables us to then go from the hospital emergency room, from patient discharge, into the home, and have one seamless provision of care. That's a demonstration of where we have the gaps. Transitions invite gaps. I believe you're absolutely asking a good question, and there may be a remedy for that.
With regard to your excellent question, I'll take it down to a finite level of language skills. We certainly know that senior women in particular often have fewer opportunities to learn the language of the community they're living in. That's often the case. That adds to their sense of isolation. That adds to their inability to reach out for help, and it becomes a downward cycle.
Again, I want to sound like a broken record and say that it is services like public health nursing or services that go into homes--outreach services--that can identify these situations early, bring solutions, and connect those vulnerable seniors to services that will help them navigate. That I've seen in action over the years.