In his words, now we have a floating population of more than 200 million, which means there are many olderly empty nesters, or old people living alone.
The commission is also asking local governments to carry out mental health assessments for people aged 65 and over, with a particular focus on empty nesters, and those with economic difficulties.
MARY AKERS: When I became an empty nester, my three kids had graduated, I said, " Now I can do what I wanna do, right? " I was going through menopause.
The term " empty-nesters" (nesters) is used to describe families where the parents are older and their children have grown up and moved out to start living on their own or with other people or having families of their own.