Women are at a loss when it comes to receive money from the Canadian government and thus will more then likely finish their lives in poverty. Nearly in Half, Analysis Finds. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. March 9, 1999. November 15, 1999.
Social security is the only thing that keeps the elderly afloat.
Without social security and government benefits poverty among the elderly would be wide spread. The safety net program, which accounts for most productive way to get people out of poverty, lifted 9 out of 10 elderly people that would have been in poverty out of it. In other words if social security or other government benefits did not exist, then much of our elderly population would very easily fall below the poverty line. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. The problem of the elderly being in poverty is not just their problem, but a problem that needs to be addressed by government, social services and social workers.