Welcome to Fireside Chat #387
April 23, 2014 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern Time
Current and Emerging Issues
Facing Canadian Seniors
Dr. Jane Barratt
Secretary General, International Federation on Ageing
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Advisor on Tap:
Dr. Jane Barratt
Secretary General
International Federation on Ageing (IFA)
[email protected]
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Population Ageing
Urbanization
Urbanisation
Globalization
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GOAL
To improve policy responses to
age-related issues
through
Analysis of country trends
applicable to the Canadian context
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METHODOLOGY
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
What do you
consider to be the
5 current and
emerging issues
in your country?
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CURRENT AGEING ISSUES
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EMERGING ISSUES
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WPHOSE
PRIORITIES AND WHY?
RIORITIES
Elder Abuse
Ageing in Place
Ageism and
Discrimination
Ageing
Workforce
Caregiving
Healthcare
Sustainability
Being Active
and Connected
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YNTHESIS
TSHROUGH
WHAT LENS IS POLICY
DEVELOPED
Ageing in
Place
Caregiving
Care
Hlthcare Sust.
Active
Contribution
vs
Ageing
Dependency
Connected
Issues
Synthesis
Outcome
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ACTIVE AGEING POLICY FRAMEWORK
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A NEW APPROACH
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LINEAR LIFE PLAN
“Longevity
Bonus”
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Age
10
20
30
Education
40
50
Work
60
70
80 85
Leisure
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CYCLIC LIFE PLAN
“Longevity
Bonus”
“Longevity
Bonus”
“Longevity
Bonus”
“Longevity
Bonus”
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80 85
Age
Education
Work
Leisure
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Flexible
Work
Conditions
• Family care
duties
• Health
issues
2nd and 3rd
Careers
Retirement
• Choice / or
not to work
• No retraining
opportunities
• Volunteerism
• Stigmatism
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RELATIONSHIP
TO ACTIVE AGEING
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NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
4 diseases, 4 modifiable shared risk factors
Non-communicable Diseases, WHO
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SCOPE FOR PREVENTION
Adult Life
Development of NCD
Fetal
Life
Fetal
Life
SEP;
birth
weight,
Adolescence
Infancy and
Childhood
SEP
diseases
growth rate
obesity
lack of PA
smoking
SES, established adult
behavioural/biological
risk factors
high
Accumulated
Risk
(Range)
maternal
nutrition
status
low
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Age
Source:Aboderin et al., 2002
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FACTORS IMPACTING CHANGE
Above the water-line ‘hard factors’
Minister
Champions
National
Index of
Wellbeing
Laws
Coordinating
Implementation
Voice of
Older
People
Office
Whole
System
Change
Below the water-line ‘soft factors’
Ageism
Values
Culture
Stereotyping
Fear
of
Change
InterGenerational
Conflict
Prevailing
Orthodoxies
Impatience
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RESPONDING TO THE GAPS
Specific
Research
NGOs
Gap
Knowledge
mobilisation
Business
Gap
Policy and
Academia
Practice
Gap
Resource and
Government
Action Gap
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Is it possible to [provide]
• Preventing premature death
‘care’
linked to social and familial
without ‘caring’? 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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How to post comments/questions
during the Fireside Chat
Joining in by Telephone +
Adobe Connect Internet
Conference
Use the Adobe Connect text
box
Please introduce yourself!
 Name
 Organization
 Location
 Group in Attendance?
Joining by Telephone + Back
up PowerPoint?
RSVP via email:
Respond to the ‘access instructions’
email
[email protected]
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