However, he reiterated that this isn’t always the case. “Sometimes, the seniors who died by suicide were living with their spouses and families but were not socially supported. They experience loneliness, face financial difficulties or suffer from physical impairments that contribute to their beliefs of being a burden to others or losing purpose.”
Roberts agreed. “I believe what cuts across is not the housing type but the sense of loneliness, despair and lack of purpose,” he said. “In reality, many who took their lives were still married and were wonderful grandparents.”
