In addition to poverty, loneliness and lack of self-respect, the old also have to cope with illness and physical decline. For many this is when life loses its luster, and thoughts turn to ending it all.
窮困、寂寞、沒有自尊，再加上年老體衰、疾病纏身，老人家自然覺得人生乏味，亟思解脫。