On April 16, the Government of Canada tabled its 2024-2025 budget. Under the theme of “fairness for every generation,” Budget 2024 promises, “a fair chance to build a good middle class life—to do as well as your parents, or better—that’s the promise of Canada. For too many, especially for younger Canadians, that promise is at risk.”
Read MoreThis month Madame Clarkson celebrated her 85th birthday. We were delighted to have a conversation with the Honourary Chair of the National Institute on Ageing’s Advisory Board and discuss what this particular milestone means to her.
Read MoreThe holidays can bring up a range of emotions for many of us and especially older persons during the holiday season. Whether it is reminiscing about a partner, relative or friend who passed, or being away from children or loved ones, the holidays can increase feelings of loneliness especially among older adults.
Earlier this month, the National Institute on Ageing (NIA) launched a new report to better understand the factors driving the growing epidemic of social isolation and loneliness among older Canadians. The NIA shares five ways to increase social interaction and make older adults you know feel more appreciated and included this holiday season and beyond.
The Alberta government has released a consultant’s report that includes a $334 billion estimate of the asset transfer from the CPP fund to a new fund to be established for a standalone Alberta pension plan.
There are three distinct issues with this number. First, the provisions in the CPP Act concerning the asset transfer are not particularly clear. Second, the number is calculated using data by province of residence whereas CPP operates on the province of employment. Last but not least, the transfer represents 53% of the CPP fund and that seems too big when Alberta represents only 16% of CPP contributions.
Read MoreThere is reason to be concerned that having unstable, uncertain or low income in later life could be detrimental, says Dr. Madison Brydges, a health policy researcher at the National Institute on Ageing and lead author of its Healthy Outcomes report.
Read MoreNIA Associate Fellow Doug Chandler shares insights on a proposal to withdraw Alberta from the Canada Pension Plan
Read MoreA Q&A with Dr. Samantha Green, President-Elect of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, about the risks our warming world poses to older adults
Read MoreSeveral of the measures outlined in the federal and provincial documents for 2023 reflected recommendations from the NIA and its National Seniors Strategy.
Read MoreForming intergenerational groupings of co-workers at different career stages can foster stronger knowledge translation and break down ageism in the workplace.
Read MoreThe Alberta government is updating its private-sector pension legislation and policy. In response to its call for feedback, the National Institute on Ageing shared recommendations based on the National Seniors Strategy and recent research on dynamic pension pools.
Read MoreFormer Governor General Adrienne Clarkson is the new Honorary Chair of the National Institute on Ageing’s Advisory Board. We spoke to her about why this new role is important to her.
Read MoreWith Quebec heading to the polls on Oct. 3, the NIA’s Dr. Samir Sinha shares his top takeaways from the provincial parties’ election promises
Read MoreLast week, the National Institute on Ageing announced that we had made the difficult decision to pause our innovative NIA Long-Term Care COVID-19 Tracker Project, even though Canada and its long-term care (LTC) and retirement homes are now in their seventh wave of the pandemic.
Read MoreOld Age Security payments have increased by 10 per cent for Canadians aged 75 and older. Retiring Canadians can maximize this boost by delaying uptake of their OAS benefits.
Read MoreA Q&A with Joanne Dallaire, Elder and Senior Advisor, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Toronto Metropolitan University
Read MoreA Q&A with NIA Diversity and Ageing Research Fellow Ashley Flanagan
Read MoreAll four major Ontario political parties are making big promises to better support older adults and shore up the systems that care for them as they age. How do they stack up?
Read MoreThe current system of long-term care in Ontario isn’t working. In fact, it’s broken. The need to reimagine how long-term care is delivered couldn't be clearer. It will be necessary to fundamentally reform the values, organization, and physical structures that underlie Ontario’s LTC homes. It will take a commitment by our government to always put LTC residents and the staff who care for them before profits. It will take a necessary culture change.
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