Retirement plans ‘out of whack’: health futurist
Canada became what’s known as a super-aged country this year, as the percentage of the population 65 and older passed 20%. The category includes a host of European and Asian nations, including Japan, Italy and Germany.
The National Institute on Ageing has warned of a “demographic double whammy” as a rising number of seniors need health care just as the industry deals with its own wave of retirements. Seniors face “a shortage of long-term care beds, home care providers and geriatric specialists.”
