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Hand holding Blue piggy bank with  graduation hat, Saving money

Introduction Student debt has been rising dramatically over the past few decades, including among older adults. While the overall magnitude of student debt held by those ages 65 and over is not large, the debt burden in this group has been growing rapidly. At the same time, their default rates have also been rising. This…

nurses greeting residents in hallway of nursing home

In Canada, as in the United States, a large share of COVID deaths during the first wave occurred in nursing homes.See Ontario Ministry of Health (2022a) for Ontario and Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec (2022) for Québec.  As a result, the pandemic shed light on lax infection control practices and lack of staff…