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Health Care System Sustainability a Key Concern as Canadians Get Older

Health Care System Sustainability a Key Concern as Canadians Get Older

Recently released Census data showed that, for the first time ever, seniors now outnumber children in Canada. These changing demographics present a unique challenge to the sustainability of the Canadian health care system that will have pressing implications for public spending, the labour market, and housing and institutional infrastructure. In 2016, Canada’s total health expenditures reached an estimated $228 billion—representing more[Read More…]

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Work Reimagined for the 21st Century – the Age of 65, 100 Years Later

Work Reimagined for the 21st Century – the Age of 65, 100 Years Later

The fabric of the world today, almost two decades into the 21st century, is profoundly different than ever seen before. With an almost frenetic pace of change and technological advancement, an aging society and the massive urbanization movement, many of the structures of society have not evolved in-step and no longer adequately serve its needs. By Peter R. Nicholson, Vice President, Business[Read More…]

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Baby Boomers’ Challenging Retirement Math

Baby Boomers’ Challenging Retirement Math

The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) its latest report on the Baby Boomer generation’s expectations and readiness for retirement. Since IRI’s inaugural Baby Boomer report in 2011, the number of Americans over the age of 65 has risen over 18 percent, reaching nearly 48 million in 2015. As they move into their pre-retirement and retirement years, most Boomers report insufficient retirement[Read More…]

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Loneliness and the aging population

Loneliness and the aging population

Despite the societal impact of a rapidly growing aging population struggling with loneliness, a recent study by IBM (NYSE: IBM) finds there is also a tremendous opportunity for new and existing organizations to create solutions that improve how older adults engage with the world. Cognitive and cloud technology can be used to aggregate and interpret data, connect organizations, and help[Read More…]

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Fiscal Challenges of Population Aging in Brazil

Fiscal Challenges of Population Aging in Brazil

Brazil’s population is aging. Declining fertility rates and increasing life expectancy are important drivers of demographic changes in Brazil and Latin America, contributing to slowing population growth and a rising share of the elderly in the population. Over the past half a century, the fertility rate in Brazil has halved and is now in line with that of more advanced[Read More…]

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How an Ageing Society Profits from 3D Printing

How an Ageing Society Profits from 3D Printing

Due to changes in society, Assistive Technology is a growing fast. It can help overcome the problems of an aging society.  As the populations in first world countries are getting older and older, aging and the limitations it causes are becoming problems more common harder to ignore. Demographic change is not simply some abstract numbers in a study, but becoming the[Read More…]

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Tourism : Boomers expectations (USA)

Tourism : Boomers expectations (USA)

The main trends of the Boomers’ trip in 2017 were the subject of an AARP study in the USA. The study shows that almost all will travel for vacations with about half traveling abroad. Top 2017 Boomer travel trends show that almost all will travel for leisure with about half traveling internationally. General Travel Insights Travel in 2017 looks very[Read More…]

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16 recommandations for an Ageing Workforce [UK]

16 recommandations for an Ageing Workforce [UK]

People in Britain are living longer and as a result, many are working longer than ever before. Despite a number of policy drives aimed at delaying retirement, questions remain on how employers will adapt their policies to suit a more age-diverse workforce and how skills provision can deliver for an ageing population. Furthermore, the potential outcome of the UK’s decision[Read More…]

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Population ageing : main facts

Population ageing : main facts

According to data from World Population Prospects : the 2015 Revision (United Nations, 2015), the number of older persons—those aged 60 years or over—has increased substantially in recent years in most countries and regions, and that growth is projected to accelerate in the coming decades. Between 2015 and 2030, the number of people in the world aged 60 years or over[Read More…]

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Family caregivers are spending $7,000 per year

Family caregivers are spending $7,000 per year

AARP conducted a study among family caregivers caring for an adult over the age of 18 to explore the out-of-pocket costs of caregiving and the financial strain on the family caregiver. This report estimates the monetary costs of caring for an adult with care needs by quantifying the out-of-pocket costs family caregivers are incurring. In addition to out-of-pocket costs, this[Read More…]

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