Elderly immigrants to Canada are not facing positive circumstances ahead of them. There are reports and speculations that elder abuse is coming into news day by day. These aged immigrants are abused by workers and the irony is that their own family members are not left behind when it comes to abusing them.

Happily settled couples often call up their fathers and mothers to the country, but rather than taking care of them in their old age, they end up keeping them as their maids, cleaners or for the job of baby sitting.

In one of the cases, an aged woman received sponsorship from her son and daughter-in-law, only to become the maid of their home, back in the year 1995. The woman in her 70s now was not given the freedom to talk to anyone on phone calls or talk to visitors. In addition, she was physically abused by her alcoholic son, but later, she was taken in by another relative.

Now various communities, including the Greater Toronto community and Newcomer Women’s Services are working in favor of these elderly immigrants. Maya Roy from one of these organizations elaborated that a majority of victims are not even aware of what an elder abuse is. Some of these victims are not willing to voice out their opinions, as they are not willing to spread the news in the society or they are too attached to their grandparents to take any hard step!

In an attempt to curb down the violence, the Government of Canada is coming out with certain strict steps to fight against the abuse, an abuse which exists in various forms: mental, physical, emotional and financial abuse!