In an editorial on CBC.ca last week Dr. Lorne Swetlikoff writes that there is no reason to believe that Canada's aging population will necessarily be burden on the health care system. Due to preventative medicine and other steps to prevent the onset of disease, aging and degenerative health do not need to go hand-in-hand.

The key to the strategy outlined by Swetlikoff is keeping aging Canadians healthier and productive longer so they can help alleviate the onslaught to the health care system brought on by the sheer numbers of baby boomers. "A statistic from the late '90s showed that by delaying nursing home admission by just one month, it would save the U.S. health-care system $3 billion a year," writes Swetlikoff.

Swetlikoff's article goes into detail in some steps that can be taken to slow the aging process, as seen from his perspective as a naturopathic physician. You can read more here from Swetlikoff.