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Paula Rochon and Surbhi Kalia

Dr. Paula Rochon is a geriatrician and the founding director, and Surbhi Kalia is the strategy lead, of the Women’s Age Lab at Women’s College Hospital.

Canada needs a national aging strategy that includes older women

There are now more than 6.8 million older adults in Canada. By 2026, we expect our country to become a super-aged society, where 20

Opinion | BY PAULA ROCHON AND SURBHI KALIA | February 7, 2022

Healthy aging is a major global priority—it’s on the top of the United Nations and the World Health Organization’s agenda. Countries like Japan and Singapore have made major investments to support their older population such as promoting life-long learning and social integration, as well as building age-friendly home care and assisted living and designing age-friendly technology, write Paula Rochon and Surbhi Kalia. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Canada needs a national aging strategy that includes older women

Opinion | BY PAULA ROCHON AND SURBHI KALIA | February 7, 2022

There are now more than 6.8 million older adults in Canada. By 2026, we expect our country to become a super-aged society, where 20

Canada needs a national aging strategy that includes older women

Opinion | BY PAULA ROCHON AND SURBHI KALIA | February 7, 2022

There are now more than 6.8 million older adults in Canada. By 2026, we expect our country to become a super-aged society, where 20

Healthy aging is a major global priority—it’s on the top of the United Nations and the World Health Organization’s agenda. Countries like Japan and Singapore have made major investments to support their older population such as promoting life-long learning and social integration, as well as building age-friendly home care and assisted living and designing age-friendly technology, write Paula Rochon and Surbhi Kalia. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay