Our government and the Canadian households are challenged by the burgeoning seniors’ population and their problems associated with them. For example, a Canadian survey in 2014 showed, over 6 million Canadians were aged 65 or older, representing 15.6 percent of Canada'spopulation. The survey predicts that 23 percent of the Canadianswill be seniors by the year 2030. Another study shows that loneliness/boredom is the number one concern with the elderlies. What can we do to tackle these problems and harness the prospect associated with our seniors?
Government of Canada has made every effort, ensuring that the seniors have access to information, services and benefits they need. But the seniors have many other needs, apart from the financial and healthcare benefits. Although, many seniors can't survive without the government's financial and healthcare benefits, they've other needs also. For example, studies shows that most of the seniors are bored and lonely. In today's nuclear family system, most senior can't expect to be looked after in their own home by their own family members. Invariably they end up taking refuse in some Centre when they reach to their end-of-life-cycle.
But most seniors are better off financially than the younger generation according to Maryalene LaPonsie who writes for the US News. Marylalene sites "In 2000, 45- to 54-year-olds topped the index, with 75 percent being financially secure. By 2014, that group dropped to 68 percent, while the score for 65- to 74-year-olds increased to 69 percent. The group with the lowest financial security is 25- to 34-year-olds, with only about half (56 percent) being financially secure in 2014".
So, today's seniors don't just impose problem on the younger generation, they bring job prospects for the young people also.
Furthermore, taking care of seniors shouldn't just be government's responsibility. The family members and the public at large need to remember their own responsibilities with regards to their seniors. Since both of these groups benefits from the seniors' saving and tax payments, government alone shouldn't be the one to blame for our elders' problems including their boredom and looniness.
Government of Canada has made every effort, ensuring that the seniors have access to information, services and benefits they need. But the seniors have many other needs, apart from the financial and healthcare benefits. Although, many seniors can't survive without the government's financial and healthcare benefits, they've other needs also. For example, studies shows that most of the seniors are bored and lonely. In today's nuclear family system, most senior can't expect to be looked after in their own home by their own family members. Invariably they end up taking refuse in some Centre when they reach to their end-of-life-cycle.
But most seniors are better off financially than the younger generation according to Maryalene LaPonsie who writes for the US News. Marylalene sites "In 2000, 45- to 54-year-olds topped the index, with 75 percent being financially secure. By 2014, that group dropped to 68 percent, while the score for 65- to 74-year-olds increased to 69 percent. The group with the lowest financial security is 25- to 34-year-olds, with only about half (56 percent) being financially secure in 2014".
So, today's seniors don't just impose problem on the younger generation, they bring job prospects for the young people also.
Furthermore, taking care of seniors shouldn't just be government's responsibility. The family members and the public at large need to remember their own responsibilities with regards to their seniors. Since both of these groups benefits from the seniors' saving and tax payments, government alone shouldn't be the one to blame for our elders' problems including their boredom and looniness.
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