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Issues Of Aging

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Providing we live long enough, each one of us will experience the issues of aging. According to (Statistics Canada), the population of people 65 and older is now larger than the number of children under 15. Who will care for the aged population? How will they be treated? Theses are just a couple of questions that many who are 60 and older silently ponder over. Quebec's Ombudsperson, Raymonde Saint-Germain, submitted her annual report noting a failing grade for the public care received by elderly people in long term care homes. She claims this is due in large part to a lack of resources along with a lack of human touch and basic common sense. For example, the main reason for failing, is that the services provided for the elderly in long term

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