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People protest outside the Tendercare Living Centre long-term-care facility in Scarborough, Ont. on Dec. 29, 2020. This LTC home has been hit hard by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)

Enabling better aging: The 4 things seniors need, and the 4 things that need to change

Don Drummond, Queen's University, Ontario and Duncan Sinclair, Queen's University, Ontario

Canadians are living longer, but are they living well? The challenges to aging well go beyond the problems in long-term care. Substantial change to Canada’s support service systems is long overdue.
Our rapidly aging society will place even greater pressure on the already expensive and mediocre Canadian health-care system. (Shutterstock)

How healthy is the Canadian health‑care system?

Chris Simpson, Queen's University, Ontario; David M.C. Walker, Queen's University, Ontario; Don Drummond, Queen's University, Ontario; Duncan Sinclair, Queen's University, Ontario, and Ruth Wilson, Queen's University, Ontario

Bold leadership is needed to adapt Canada’s expensive and mediocre health-care system for an aging population struggling with chronic disease.
La population canadienne vieillit rapidement, une nouvelle donne qui pèsera encore davantage sur son système de santé, déjà cher et peu efficace. (Shutterstock)

Système de santé canadien : un bilan en demi‑teinte

Chris Simpson, Queen's University, Ontario; David M.C. Walker, Queen's University, Ontario; Don Drummond, Queen's University, Ontario; Duncan Sinclair, Queen's University, Ontario, and Ruth Wilson, Queen's University, Ontario

Le système canadien est cher et peu efficace. Confronté au vieillissement de la population et à l’augmentation des maladies chroniques, il a besoin d’initiatives audacieuses pour être réformé.

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