aging population

Getting sick is something we all face. But, what happens to you in such a situation depends very much on where you work and who you work for.

As much as we’ve talked about Canada’s aging population, it’s hard to appreciate it without seeing it in action

An epidemic of loneliness is Britain’s ‘national shame’ and a growing health crisis among the elderly

Anyone paying even glancing attention to public policy debates over the past decade or so can’t have avoided taking in the received wisdom that an aging population is one of the most pressing challenges.

Population aging is affecting the recovery

Elderly patients are responsible for only a tiny fraction of healthcare spending increases

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s decision to lay down the law, rather than open up negotiations, on health care transfers from the federal government to the provinces might have been a tad undiplomatic. But there’s only so much anyone can say about the etiquette of federal-provincial relations without losing all contact with reality, and that leaves us with numbers, not niceties, to consider.

Can home care fix our crumbling health system?

Canada’s population may be aging, but it’s also less stressed

Each day in Canada, 7,550 hospital beds are filled with the elderly who don’t belong there—and it’s bad for their health

Studies predict fewer teachers needed in Ontario, more “moderatist” profs in the United States