Seniors’ health in Canada: a moth-eaten, patchwork quilt

Our health-care system struggles to properly care for the approximately 75 per cent of seniors managing multiple complex and ongoing health issues.
Canada's federal Health Minister Jane Philpott, pictured in this file photo on the Hill.
National Seniors Day took place over the weekend and that serves as an important reminder that it is time to recognize the inequities of care that exist when it comes to delivering care to our aging population. That Canada’s population is aging should be news to no one. Statistics Canada data, ne...

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