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- Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030036848Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper examines the main reasons why 1) the elderly and 2) younger people need mobility support devices.
Release date: 2004-05-18 - 12. A C/QPP overview ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200410113110Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article takes a question-and-answer approach to provide some basic information about the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans (C/QPP), highlighting recent changes that may not be well understood. Also discussed is the increasing importance of C/QPP benefits for seniors in recent decades and the interaction of the plans with other income support programs.
Release date: 2004-03-19 - 13. Retirement plan awareness ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200410113111Geography: CanadaDescription:
Many employers offer registered pension plans to their employees, but group registered retired saving plans (RRSPs) are becoming more common. This product looks at how well full-time permanent employees in the private sector in 2001 understood their retirement pension plan coverage.
Release date: 2004-03-19 - 14. More seniors at work ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200410213113Geography: CanadaDescription:
Why are so many seniors still at work? Some enjoy their job and intend on working indefinitely, while others feel forced to work for economic reasons. The 2001 Census is used to update an earlier study focussing on the occupations of seniors who continue to work beyond the age of 65, the traditional age of retirement.
Release date: 2004-03-19
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- Articles and reports: 11-008-X20040037731Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article explores whether those who are forced to retire have had adequate opportunity to prepare for retirement, either financially or psychologically. It uses new information from the 2002 General Social Survey (GSS) to examine the match between the retirement preferences and experiences of people who retired during the period from 1992 to 2002.
Release date: 2004-12-07 - 2. Retaining older workers ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200411013129Geography: CanadaDescription:
As a large number of people near the traditional retirement age, what are the social and economic consequences of a mass exit from the labour force? Would older workers remain on the job if mandatory retirement policies were eliminated or if, for example, incentives such as part-time work or more vacation leave were offered?
Release date: 2004-10-26 - 3. Vision problems among seniors ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040017041Geography: CanadaDescription:
In this Health Reports article, data from the Canadian Community Health survey are used to estimate the number of seniors with vision problems, covering topics such as cataracts and glaucoma, diabetes and vision care insurance.
Release date: 2004-10-19 - 4. Housing costs of elderly families ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200410713124Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article examines housing costs within the context of income and assets, focusing on elderly homeowners but including younger families and renters for comparison. The low-income dimension is also explored.
Release date: 2004-09-21 - 5. Looking after seniors: Who does what for whom? ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20040027002Geography: CanadaDescription:
Who provides care to our aging population, and how can we best support them? This article examines caregivers aged 45 to 64 and those 65 and over, and the particular issues for each group.
Release date: 2004-09-14 - 6. Living Longer, Living Better ArchivedArticles and reports: 89-584-M2004006Geography: CanadaDescription:
In the face of increasing life expectancy, population aging and feminization of the older population, historic lack of interest in the latter stages of the life course has given way to a more intense focus on later life transitions such as widowhood and shifting living arrangements. In this paper we examine the reallocation of daily activities and change in attitudes of Canadians that occur with the passages associated with living longer.
Release date: 2004-09-09 - Articles and reports: 11-621-M2004015Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article analyses the impact of widowhood on income, as well as changes in the low-income rate and the sources of income, among women 65 years of age and over, between 1990 and 2001, using data from Statistics Canada's Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD).
Release date: 2004-07-22 - 8. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20030046978Geography: CanadaDescription:
- Between 1979 and 2001, 599 deaths in Canada were attributed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), only one of which was related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), known as "mad cow disease."
- CJD mortality rates rise with age and are highest among people in their seventies.
Release date: 2004-07-21 - 9. Family violence against older adults ArchivedArticles and reports: 85-224-X20040006984Geography: CanadaDescription:
With the aging of Canada's population in recent years, there has been a corresponding shift in how to meet the needs of Canada's older adults. Community-based care has become the preferred method over institutional care for seniors who require assistance, with the majority of the caregiving duties being left to family members and friends
Release date: 2004-07-06 - 10. Income replacement among recent widows ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200410513120Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper compares the economic well-being of recent widows in four OECD countries (Canada, the United States, Great Britain and Germany) during the 1990s.
Release date: 2004-06-14
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