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Did you know?
June 1, 2005: |
"[translation] Some minor aches and pains are to be expected... but as long as you are independent..." (Suzanne Laberge et al., Revue québécoise de psychologie, vol. 24, no 3, 2004) |
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June 2, 2005: |
"I have decided to be happy because it's good for one's health." (Voltaire) |
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June 3, 2005: |
"Oh, yes, I keep up with the times. I think a person should read and keep up with what's going on." (Catherine "Katie" Heslip) |
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June 4, 2005: |
"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" (Marianne Williamson) |
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June 5, 2005: |
"[translation] Aging well ... I am responsible for what I choose to do each day." (Suzanne Laberge et al., Revue québécoise de psychologie, vol. 24, no 3, 2004) |
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June 6, 2005: |
4.14 million Canadians are currently age 65 and over. That is 13% of the total population. |
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June 7, 2005: |
"There's one advantage to being 102. No peer pressure."
(Dennis Wolberg) |
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June 8, 2005: |
39,700 Aboriginal seniors lived in Canada in 2001. |
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June 9, 2005: |
"[translation] Aging well means that we gradually slow down, but it does not mean that we are old."
(Suzanne Laberge et al., Revue québécoise de psychologie, vol. 24, no 3, 2004) |
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June 10, 2005: |
3,800 seniors over age 100 lived in Canada in 2001. |
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June 11, 2005: |
"The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young." (Oscar Wilde) |
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June 12, 2005: |
28.2% of Canadian seniors were immigrants to Canada. (2001 data) |
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June 13, 2005: |
"You are as old as you think you are."
(Muhammad Ali) |
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June 14, 2005: |
Only 7% of Canadian seniors live in health care institutions. (2001 data) |
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June 15, 2005: |
"The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been."
(Madeleine L'Engle) |
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June 16, 2005: |
Two thirds of Aboriginal seniors in Canada lived off reserve in 2001 (43% in urban areas and 23% in rural areas). |
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June 17, 2005: |
"The 3 "Cs" Law. Caregivers should not feel guilty about their loved one's illness, after all, they did not cause it, they cannot control it and they cannot cure it."
(Alberta Caregivers Association) |
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June 18, 2005: |
94% of Canadian seniors were married once. 31% of them became widowed and 8% either separated or divorced. (2001 data) |
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June 19, 2005: |
"Your body is your garden, and your will is the gardener." (Shakespeare, Hamlet) |
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June 20, 2005: |
Seniors who had previously emigrated to Canada came mostly from Europe (68%) and Asia (19%). (2001 data) |
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June 21, 2005: |
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."
(Voltaire) |
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June 22, 2005: |
7.5% of Canadian seniors were employed in 2004. |
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June 23, 2005: |
"[translation] Aging well ... is all about enjoying life, even though things may not be rosy every morning."
(Suzanne Laberge et al., Revue québécoise de psychologie, vol. 24, no 3, 2004) |
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June 24, 2005: |
Life expectancy at birth among Canadian Status Indians increased by 10 years between 1975 and 2000. |
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June 25, 2005: |
"I learned long ago that we're not defined by what we can do. We measure ourselves by how well we use the resources we still have." (Peter Gzowski) |
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June 26, 2005: |
Canadian seniors did 179 million hours of volunteer work in 2000. |
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June 27, 2005: |
"Live each day because tomorrow may never come." (Catherine "Katie" Heslip, the day before her 107th birthday) |
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June 28, 2005: |
60% of visible minority seniors are either Chinese or South Asian. (2001 data) |
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June 29, 2005: |
"[translation] I love growing older. Nothing in the world could make me want to turn back time."
(Muriel Robin) |
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