#387 CHNET-Works! Emerging trends on issues affecting seniors in Canada

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)

jbarratt@ifa-fiv.org

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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

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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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