Author : Monica Townson,National Advisory Council on Aging (Canada)
Publisher : Conseil consultatif national sur le troisième âge
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015038153006
Le contrat social et les aîné-e-s [ressource électronique] : préparer le XXIe siècle by Monica Townson,National Advisory Council on Aging (Canada) Pdf
This paper describes what is understood as the social contract for seniors in Canada and looks critically at the key reasons that have been advanced for reviewing it at this time. It examines some of the solutions that have been proposed or implemented in other countries to deal with what some have seen as the crisis of an aging population, particularly in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Europe, comparing the social contract with seniors in those countries with public policies for seniors in Canada. It traces the probable future direction of this social contract in light of known social, demographic, political and economic trends in Canada. It concludes with an outline of what is the most desirable future for the social contract for seniors in Canada, taking into account trends in health care, income security, employment and social services and describes how this future could be attained.