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Senior Citizens Deserve A Better "Let* us remember that the aged in our communities are not a problem group, but a group with problems", said the Rev, W. G. Soloniuk, speaking to a general meeting of the Ontario County Rehabilitation Association Thursday evening in .Adelaide House. 'Mr. Bar- nard Lewis introduced the 'speaker and his topic . which concerned the Conference on Aging held last spring, The Rev. Soloniuk stated that sometimes 'those of us who are younger, forget that aging is a normal process and that it goes hand in hand with living, The Senior Citizens are not some indefinite group, separate or apart. They are our mo- Ad Tioe at EIA MS NOR OA SU 2 Rand iesictinares aid thers and fathers. They are ourselves in a few years. They are the ones who have made contributions to society and to our country. In their desire for continuity, the elderly are asking society to let them keep the image. they earned in their prime. They protest the tendency that is all too prevalent today to lump all the aged, without any consideration as to their back- ground, into just one category that is called 'old folks', which relegates them all into one common denominator. Although ailments naturally accumulate with time, more than 90% of the elderly are} not physically or mentally in- eal capacitated to the extent that they must be taken into care, and only a small minority, per- haps 16% of those over 65, are in the receipt of public assist- ance We must be on guard lest we find ourselves in the tendency to confuse economic dependency with social and psychological dependence; there is a greater need to allay the fears that are in the old. The older people in Canada are a rapidly growing group. Using the customary age line of 65, we find there are now nearly 1,5000,000 (five times the number that were in 1901). The average Canadians live longer today than they did a 'proximately over their predecessors of 1931. WT. | 7 ivi tsa 5» 8 a TL A a Apr Fa . LAA A LA SIRE : nds cians HAE BIE AINE Ea pe generation ago, but this is due | much more to the changes that | have occured in infant than in adult mortality rates. How- ever, life expectancy for adults has also increased -over this period, notably for women. The latter at the age of 46 may ex- pect to live 4 years longer than the women of the same age did some 30 years ago. Even at the age of 60 they have a 2.7 year advantage. By contrast men have im- proved their position very little for those aged 4b ls foo in life expectancy is less than: 1 year, and at the age of 60 ap- only 6 months The speaker urged the ladies, with these facts in their hands, to take real good care of their husbands. An examination of the in- 0 MO EMY LA Here are values everyone to Goodness" Values that just shout SAVINGS. 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Gerontologists are coming to distinguish between the young- old; middleaged old and the old- old. These categories cannot be defined alone in years, but by psychological and socialogieal factors. Older people are less likely today than formerly to live with their grown up children. They wish to be independent and to maintain their own way of life. Therefore, adequate housing should be located near shopping facilities, laundries, branch libraries and recreation- al facilities. The transition from their own home to a hos- tel or lodge would be more easi- ly accepted if they were allow- ed to furnish these with their own. possessions. (This would also lower the cost of these units.) Kitchenettes where they might look after their own breakfasts and suppers would also give many a welcome in- dependence and might serve as a form of occupational therapy. The old people are not nearly | The paradise that is being sought for the old folks is not a rocking chair in which to sit and twiddle their thumbs, but a place where their strength, gifts, knowledge and experi- ence may be used so that they can finish their work or do the things that they never had time to do. Mrs. E. A. Collins, president; presided for the meeting. Several recommendations from the recent Board of Director's meeting were put before the membership. ~It was decided that special speakers on rehabilitation should be invited to address general meetings, and. that the agencies be asked to suggest . + . . either a' local or provincial speaker from their own organi- zation, A one-day workshop is to be held in the spring. Reports were heard from the following committees; Dr. H, R. Rowsell, Rehabilitation Centre Chairman; Dr. C. C. Stewart, TB & Mental Health; Rev. W. G. Soloniuk, Rehabili- tation Education; Mrs. W. S. 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