granny dumping, the practice of abandoning older people

work through, address, grapple with, deal with

seriousness

serious, deep, heavy (topic), profound (change), weighty (matter)

old woman

to throw away / to abandon / to desert; to jilt

question, problem on homework etc. / a question; a matter (of time etc.) / a problem (something that needs to be dealt with); a trouble / an issue; a matter

society (group of people sharing culture) / a class, a world of a certain group

becoming more serious

become more serious