Just under one third (31%) of adults aged under 35 were worried around managing day-to-day finances as well as loneliness (26%), paying off debt (25%) and housing (21%), while others said mental health and stress concerns were a ‘significant’ challenge (32%), according to Canada Life.
Canada Life has published its Life100+ report, the first in a series of research papers around the different aspects of our lives that will be affected by increasing longevity. For the over 65 years, health was the biggest issue. One third of respondents aged 65-74 (34%) and over 75 (35%) cited poor physical health as a ‘major' concern, while other concerns included loneliness and paying for long-term care. The latter was an increasing concern for those 75 years and over, which is mentioned by one in five (19%) of this age group compared with one in ten (11%) of those aged 65-74. H...
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