Plight of Old Immigrants in big Cities

There is evidence that older immigrants are becoming disconnected from society - lonely, isolated and not one to talk to. Many experience language and cultural barriers that are unaddressed. Unlike in the old country when there is always a neighbour to talk to in many metropolitan cities, that is not the case. People just do not have time, not even your family. What to do about older immigrant population.
To find friendships and kindred spirits many older people must become mall-rats. Older immigrants go there to meet people just to talk because life gets so unbearably lonely for them at home - the walls cave in.
“If I don’t come here, I have sealed lips, nobody to talk to,” said Devendra Singh, a 79-year-old widower. Meeting beside the parking lot, the men were oblivious to their fellow mall rats, backpack-carrying teenagers swigging energy drinks.

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Invisible Immigrants, Old and Left With ‘Nobody to Talk To’ - NYTimes.com