Seniors

Canadians are enjoying longer life spans and better health than ever before. The proportion of seniors in the Canadian population is expected to double by 2025. Health Canada is proactively conducting research and planning to better understand the needs of Canadian seniors and to ensure that programs and services respond to Canada's demographic aging.

Seniors and Aging - Preventing Falls in and around Your Home

What Can You Do?

If you are a senior, look for ways to keep yourself healthy, strong and flexible. Staying healthy is an important way for you to keep your independence. There are four determinants that play key roles in healthy aging:

• Healthy Eating
• Injury Prevention
• Oral Health
• Physical Activity
• Smoking Cessation

What Information is Available

Staying healthy is important, both for seniors and for society. Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, through its Division of Aging and Seniors, work to ensure knowledge and expertise are shared to help seniors stay healthy. The Division of Aging and Seniors also provides research and operational support to the National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA). Read the following resources to learn more:

• Seniors and Aging - Preventing Falls in and around Your Home - It's Your Health
• Seniors and Aging - Vision Care
• Seniors contribute! - Expression Bulletin (National Advisory Council on Aging)
• Report on Seniors' falls in Canada - Public Health Agency of Canada
• Communicating with Seniors: Advice, Techniques and Tips
• End-of-life Care for Seniors CD
• Looking for health information that speaks directly to you? Try our Just for You - Seniors section.

Related Resources

You can also find related information from some of our partners who research, develop and deliver innovative programs and products to enhance the quality of life of seniors and those who care for them.

• Expression bulletin
• Canadian Health Network