Studies have shown that older adults are particularly susceptible to gambling addiction due to factors such as increased leisure time, potential loneliness, and reduced financial security. This can lead to devastating consequences, impacting not only their own well-being but also their families and communities.
However, it is important to approach this issue with nuance. While shielding older adults from all forms of gambling might seem like a reasonable solution, it may not be the most effective or respectful approach. Many seniors enjoy participating in low-stakes games or social gambling activities as a form of leisure and social interaction. Banning all forms of gambling could unintentionally deprive them of these positive experiences.
I absolutely agree with you. Low stake gambling can be like a medicine for older people. A medicine that costs much less than what they are usually taking, but at the same time more effective too. I'm not going around telling older people to gamble, but I know that I don't actually need to do that. All of them know what gambling is and using it for their entertainment, and I think they are doing the right thing.
I think that people in their way of seeing things have to be very emphatic in what they want, I think that here where I live there is that type of person who already has all that free time because they are very retired and yes, they have a lot of time. free, but I consider that it is time to rest to do what they want, because they have already contributed with their work in their time, that is well deserved, therefore a mapr person who wants to have fun in any way has to do it because the bears have If they are so fair, then this makes things change in their way of being and they can focus on doing things better. I have my grandmother alive on my mother's side, but she is almost 80 years old and is very delicate, and whatever she can have fun with, I support her, and that is something one tries to do, my grandfather died this year. year, because what he liked most was drinking alcohol and he really liked baseball, and when he stopped drinking beer, because he had stomach cancer, and when everything he liked was taken away, he died.
But what does he think when he takes away something that an older adult really likes? They become depressed, they begin to feel very bad, because they become like children again, that's what happens with them, they are very delicate, they become little again, so they must treat themselves and let them do what they like, If they like the casino, no matter what, they have the right to have a good time in what they like, but as long as things are controlled, then given this, many things have to be done, first of all, control them so that it is not going to be addict, because that is bad, however I don't think so, they are people who sometimes control themselves very well and they don't like their money going away just like that, because they like to have fun, I think that's what it must be done.