Psychology 2036A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Health Care In Canada, Coronary Artery Disease, Non-Communicable Disease

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Living longer may not necessarily translate into living healthier/with a good qol. Using principles of health promotion can help reduce risks such as development of chronic/degenerative diseases and help canadians live healthy and rewarding lives. Growth of canadian seniors, started to accelerate in 2011 as the baby boomers began to turn 65, with ~5 million seniors in canada. We will reach a point soon were seniors will outnumber children aged 14 and under. We can expect to see a higher incidence of chronic, but not life threatening conditions. Effort to control these non-communicable disease must necessarily focus on prevention ex. incidence of deafness and vision problems will be a growing concern. We will see the largest elderly cohort in canada. Health behaviours like eating fruits and vegetables, exercising, minimizing stress, and felling connected to the community were factors associated with overall good health. !1: women/people with lower education are the least likely to experience healthy aging.

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