Seniors Month 2024 Part 2: Finally Something to Celebrate
June 14, 2024
The United Nations Open-ended Working Group on Ageing has recommended a United Nations Convention on the Rights of Older Persons. A legally binding convention will go a long way to protecting the rights of older adults in Ontario and elsewhere. Now we need to keep the momentum going.
Seniors Month 2024 Part 1: Let’s act before we celebrate
June 5, 2024
Ontario’s theme for Seniors Month 2024 is “Working for Seniors”. But much of the language is ageist and condescending. Has government asked older Ontarians what they need and want? We need them to work with older adults and not for them.
Seniors Month Part 2: Let’s give older adults what they want
June 16, 2023
Older adults don’t want empty praise for the number of years they’ve lived. Instead, they want the services that are important to them. We call on all parties and levels of government to support legislation that moves care from institutions to homes; requires funding to be transparent and accountable; and improves pay and working conditions for personal care workers.
Seniors Month Part 1: Look behind the words
June 7, 2023
For Seniors Month, Ontario’s government is emphasizing activities to help older adults be socially engaged and connected. These programs won’t reach the many older Ontarians who lack computers, safe and accessible transportation, and other resources.
Why Are We Apologizing? What Ageism Looks LIke
March 31, 2023
Ageism comes in several forms – what we think (the stereotypes), what we feel (the prejudices), and what we do (the actions). Care Watch shows what ageism looks like and what all of us can do about it.
Ageism: An Ugly Word and an Uglier Truth
July 2020
Everyone wants to grow old, and no one wants to grow old. Let’s look beyond facts and hear from some older adults. Three of them tell us about it.
June 2020
COVID-19 brought some unsettling truths to the surface. We don’t value older adults or the people who care for them. We entrust the care of vulnerable people to profit-making organizations. Our province, and it’s not alone, has failed its older adults. We need to do better.
June/July 2019
June is Seniors’ Month in Ontario. But that’s the irony. We celebrate older adults while we still patronize, disparage, and discriminate against them. They are accused of burdening the health care system. Politicians ignore them until election time, and the media portray them as stupid and a source of ridicule. Name it and shame it.
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