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AgeTech Innovation Week Virtual Event Announced

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AGE-WELL is excited to host AgeTech Innovation Week, a unique new event for anyone with an interest in technology and aging, to be held...
Healthcare

Smart Glove ‘Worth Its Weight in Gold’ for Those With Hand Tremors

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At age 75 and retired for 15 years, Betty Faulkner still regrets the career roadblocks she experienced due to her hand tremors. “My tremor really...
Healthcare

New Rating System Assesses Health Apps For Accuracy To Empower Better Decisions

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Occupational therapist Peyman Azad Khaneghah started his PhD at the University of Alberta determined to create a mobile app to help patients spot signs...
Healthcare

Wearable Device Supports Residents, Staff in Seniors’ Homes, Assists with Contact Tracing

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Stewart Hardie has seen firsthand how devastating the effects of a fall can be for an older person. A few years ago, his grandmother fell,...
Caregiving

Startup Working On Sleep Tracker For long-term care Wins Third Competition In AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge

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Tochtech Technologies, a Vancouver-area startup developing a non-wearable sleep tracker that allows caregivers to monitor the overnight safety of older adults, has won the...
Healthcare

Canada, We Need To Talk About COVID-19, Pandemics, Technology And The Way Forward

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The COVID-19 pandemic has rightly sparked a serious and long-overdue national conversation about long-term care. All of us should be deeply troubled by the...
Connecting

Game Changer! Able Innovations Develops ‘Effortless’ Patient-Transfer Technology

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Jayiesh (Jay) Singh was 15 years old when he started volunteering at the long-term care facility where his mother worked. “I got a lot...
Connecting

Innovative App Assists With In-Home Recovery Following Knee Replacement Surgery

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The number of knee replacement surgeries performed in Canada keeps rising as our population ages—even if many are being postponed during the COVID-19 crisis....
Connecting

Amintro App Helps Connect Older Adults And Ease Social Isolation During COVID-19

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Aside from trips to the grocery store or doctor’s office, COVID-19 has confined many Canadians to their homes. A staple of daily life –...
Wellness

Digital Bowling Program Improves Wellbeing For Older Adults

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A digital bowling game where participants mimic the motions of the popular sport is proving to be beneficial for people with dementia and physical...
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