Getting ready for the boom

Ottawa long-term care homes and the arrival of the Baby Boomers

September 18, 2009 | by Derek Miedema , Researcher, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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Endnotes

  1. Statistics Canada. (2007). A Portrait of Seniors in Canada 2006, Ottawa: Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division, Minister of Industry. p.141. Retrieved June 24, 2009 from http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/89-519-XIE/89-519-XIE2006001.htm
  2. Statistics Canada. (2001). Community Profiles, Ottawa: Census 2001; Statistics Canada. (1996). Community Profi les, Ottawa: Census 1996.
  3. Miedema, D. (April, 2009). Care-full? The demographic crunch and senior care in Canada. The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada. Retrieved June 24, 2009 from http://imfcanada.php-dev.domain7.com/sites/default/files/Care-full_April_2009.pdf
    For the purposes of this paper, I refer to the baby boom generation from a population standpoint. That is, all children born between 1947 and 1962.
  4. The list of long-term care facilities was retrieved April 2009 from
    http://www.champlainhealthline.ca/listServices.aspx?id=49&Region=Ottawa