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While it may seem hard to believe, in less than a decade Canada’s baby boomers will become senior citizens. Today, Canadians aged 65 and over represent 13% of the population. In 25 years, that number will increase to 21% (Statistics Canada 2002). No doubt, this will have a tremendous impact on Canada’s healthcare system. Total health expenditure per person in Canada was estimated at $3,164 in 2000, and is expected to increase over the next couple of years (Canadian Institute of Health Information 2002). While the Government of Canada’s February 2003 budget outlines a substantial reinvestment in healthcare – $17.3 billion over the next three years and $34.8 billion over the next five (Canadian Federal Budget 2003) – as well as sustained federal support for health reform, questions still remain: Will it be enough? Can Canada’s healthcare system handle the needs of our aging population in the future without bankrupting taxpayers? Are there other approaches we could take to reduce the burden of the aging population on our healthcare system, and improve the health and quality of our senior citizens? At the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), our mandate is to develop and support health research across all disciplines and to translate new knowledge into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products and a strengthened healthcare system. Efforts to turn research into action are spearheaded by CIHR’s 13 institutes that partner with researchers, universities, hospitals, industry, governments, communities, charities and patient groups across Canada to develop innovative programs that will lead to a cost-effective Canadian healthcare system. This approach – which was endorsed by both Commissioner Roy Romanow and Senator Michael Kirby – has as its premise that sustained investment in health research is a means to ensuring a sustainable and evidencebased healthcare system. Research is the foundation of a healthy population and an effective healthcare system. Through new discoveries, treatments and interventions and a better understanding about how best to organize, finance and deliver health services and policies, research holds the best promise to strengthen the healthcare system, improve Canadians’ health and quality of life and reduce the economic burden of illness. Compared to other health issues, research on agingrelated ailments such as Alzheimer’s disease and functional decline is currently underdeveloped. Today, cognitive decline, such as Alzheimer’s and other dementias affects one in four Canadians over the age of 65. With the dramatic increase of this age group by 2026, the number of cases is expected to reach epidemic stages. And apart from known ailments, there is not enough scientific data today to enable us to correctly predict the healthcare needs of future older Canadians. Clearly, research on aging needs to be at the top of the research priority list if we are to understand and address the impact our aging population will have on hospitals, patients, caregivers, practitioners, health researchers, nurses and, ultimately, policy-makers and taxpayers. To address this research gap, CIHR’s Institute of Aging, along with other CIHR Institutes, Health Canada, the Canadian Association of Gerontology, Statistics Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Information and private sector representatives, have launched the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Researchers will be able to assess factors associated with healthy aging, the aging process, as well as risk factors for diseases and disabilities. The CLSA will study the causes and evolution of the most prominent diseases associated with aging including cancer, Alzheimer’s and diabetes, and is expected to identify preventative strategies that will translate into practices, services and policies for Canadians. In other words, the CLSA will not only help Canada’s aging population maintain better health, but it is expected to help provide improved, more cost-efficient treatment and programs that can translate into savings for taxpayers. CIHR has identified this study as one of its nine crosscutting, transdisciplinary strategic initiatives for health research. CIHR’s President, Dr. Alan Bernstein, has emphasized that it is crucial for people from all health research fields to break down silos and work together to educate policy-makers and effect positive change. The CLSA will translate into useful data for policymakers, clinicians and researchers. It will effectively help policy-makers address the incidence and prevalence of diseases and disabilities, needs of elderly people, patterns

CIHR Research: The Big Boom: What CIHR's Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Means to the Baby Boomer Generation and Canada's Healthcare System