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Citation

Hebert R. J. Nutr. Health Aging 2010; 14(8): 711-714.

Affiliation

R. Hebert, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20922350

Abstract

In the fall of 2007, the Government of Quebec set up a Public Consultation on Living Conditions of Seniors. Fifty sessions were held in 26 cities across all 17 regions of the province. More than 4000 seniors attended the sessions and 275 briefs were received from scientists and associations. Three themes were identified in the report published in 2008: supporting seniors and their caregivers, reinforcing the place of seniors in society, and preventing problems associated with aging (suicide, abuse, addictions). The main actions that I recommended included:- Increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement to prevent poverty; - Modifying pension plans and working conditions to allow for progressive retirement; - Making a major investment in home care to provide access to services regardless of place of residence; - Introducing an Autonomy Support Benefit and autonomy insurance program for financing services to support people with disabilities; - Generalizing an Integrated Service Delivery Network providing services to frail older people; - Better training for professionals in gerontology. I also recommended setting up a National Policy on Seniors to align all government departments and agencies, municipalities and the private sector around a vision, objectives and a set of actions for improving the integration of seniors in an aging society. This would contribute to a more equitable, interdependent and wiser society. Unfortunately, the Government did not support these recommendations. It is now time for scientists to get involved in leading policy on seniors and in the political arena.


Language: en

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