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Taking
Care of Your Parents
The
majority of care providers to the elderly aren't conventional
health care workers. They're family members. In a 1999 study
by the Conference Board of Canada, one in four Canadian workers
surveyed said that they or other household members cared for
an elderly family member or friend.
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Canada projected that by 2001, one-third of Canadian seniors
would live alone.1
And they may need some assistance. Statistics show that
20 to 22 per cent of seniors aged 75 to 79 need help with
meal preparation, grocery shopping, everyday housework,
personal care and moving about inside the house. The rate
increases to 40 per cent for those 80 years of age and
older.2 |
  
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2 Health Canada, 1998. Canada's Seniors…At a Glance. Prepared
by the Canadian council on Social Development for the Division
of Aging and Seniors.
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