Patient Voices Need To Be Heard To Improve Health Care For The Elderly

By Katherine McGilton and John MuscedereToday, over one million Canadians are medically frail: approximately 25 per cent of those over age 65 and 50 per cent past age 85. The aging of Canadian society and the growing number of older adults living with frailty poses unprecedented societal and medical challenges, which will only increase in the coming years.In 10 years, over two million Canadians may be living with frailty, which is defined as a state of increased vulnerability, with reduced physi