Seniors Give Generously Aging and Seniors Households headed by seniors spend a larger share of their total income on gifts and charities than do younger households.
Seniors also give generously of their time.
About half a million seniors provide unpaid care to other seniors and 400,000 provide such care to children. Women aged 65 and older are slightly more likely than men of the same age to be unpaid caregivers. Prepared by the Canadian Council on Social Development for the Division of Aging and Seniors, Health Canada, 1998.