[Women in Canada's aging society: a feminist perspective]

Demographic aging in Canada is explored as an issue of particular concern to women. "The challenges of population aging, in many ways, are inseparable from women's issues. Women, as the largest group of elderly, have different physical, social, and economic needs than men. Thus, women's more debilitating but often less life-threatening illnesses, status as widows or living alone, and lack of adequate incomes pose problems not unlike those facing women of all ages. As well, women tend more often to be in the situation of 'looking after' others, including older relatives, another way in which aging is a challenge to and for women." (SUMMARY IN ENG AND SPA)