Current and Emerging Issues
Facing Canadian Seniors
Dr. Jane Barratt
Secretary General, International Federation on Ageing
Welcome to Fireside Chat #387
April 23, 2014 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern Time
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Advisor on Tap:
Dr. Jane Barratt Secretary General
International Federation on Ageing (IFA)
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Urbanization
Population Ageing
Urbanisation
Globalization
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To improve policy responses to
age-related issues
through
Analysis of country trends
applicable to the Canadian context
GOAL
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METHODOLOGY
What do you consider to be the
5 current and emerging issues in your country?
Gathering intelligence
Mixed methods
- Interviews and surveys
Tiered approach
Across sectors and
disciplines
Validating responses
Making sense of information
Synthesis of subject matter
Validation of priorities
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CURRENT AGEING ISSUES
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EMERGING ISSUES
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PRIORITIES
Elder Abuse
Ageism and Discrimination
Ageing Workforce
Being Active and Connected
Healthcare Sustainability
Caregiving
Ageing in Place
WHOSE PRIORITIES AND WHY?
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Synthesis Outcome
Care Active
Ageing
Ageing in Place
Caregiving
Hlthcare Sust. Connected
Contribution vs
Dependency
Issues
SYNTHESIS THROUGH WHAT LENS IS POLICY
DEVELOPED
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ACTIVE AGEING POLICY FRAMEWORK
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A NEW APPROACH
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LINEAR LIFE PLAN
Age
Education Work Leisure
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 85
“Longevity
Bonus”
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CYCLIC LIFE PLAN
Education Work Leisure
“Longevity Bonus”
“Longevity Bonus”
“Longevity Bonus”
“Longevity Bonus”
Age
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 85
Leisure
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Flexible Work
Conditions
• Family care duties
• Health issues
2nd and 3rd Careers
• Choice / or not to work
• No retraining opportunities
Retirement • Volunteerism
• Stigmatism 20
RELATIONSHIP TO ACTIVE AGEING
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Non-communicable Diseases, WHO
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 4 diseases, 4 modifiable shared risk factors
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Age
Dev
elo
pm
ent
of
NC
D
Fetal Life
Adult Life
Adolescence
Infancy and Childhood
SEP diseases growth rate
obesity lack of PA smoking
SES, established adult behavioural/biological risk factors
SEP; birth weight, maternal
nutrition status
Source:Aboderin et al., 2002
Accumulated Risk
(Range)
high Fetal Life
SCOPE FOR PREVENTION
low
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FACTORS IMPACTING CHANGE
National
Index of
Wellbeing
Coordinating
Implementation
Laws
Voice of
Older
People Office
Champions Minister
Prevailing
Orthodoxies
Impatience
Culture
Fear
of
Change
Ageism
Above the water-line ‘hard factors’
Below the water-line ‘soft factors’
Stereo-
typing
Values
Inter-
Generational
Conflict
Whole
System
Change
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Specific Research
Gap
Knowledge mobilisation
Gap
Policy and Practice
Gap
Resource and Action Gap
NGOs
Business
Academia
Government
RESPONDING TO THE GAPS
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Is it possible to [provide] ‘care’
without ‘caring’?
• Preventing premature death
linked to social and familial
change
• Speed of ageing impacts the
ability of systems
• Priorities change within and
across gender and culture
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What is the social and economic
dividend associated with longevity?
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