Seniorizing: Canada'a Seniors

So, all of these stats just published today about where the old people are in Canada. A few stories about the vitality of older people. One or two instances of finding love and older people.

The implications are enormous, of course. Businesses will have to start developing more marketing, services, and orientations to dealing with older people. Policies for older people in the workplace. Services and job security and benefits.Transporation services and care for people at home.

But hopefully, what also will arise is a new kind of societal respect for older people, what they have to offer, what they have accomplished, and the diversity of abilities and lifestyles. Maybe just the wave that is coming, or is already upon us, will restore the place of "Elders" in our society, which somehow has fallen faster and further than our breasts and tushes.