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Older Adults Are Coupling Up But Living Apart

While adults are continuing to couple up after the age of 50, remarrying is less common than before. We are living longer, and the...

Depression Is Not an Expected Symptom of Aging

There's a pervasive belief that being older goes hand in hand with being depressed. After all, you're facing the last years of your life,...

Caregiving Has Become Even Tougher During the Pandemic

Caregiving has always been a stressful and demanding responsibility, and the pandemic has made it even rougher, as revealed in new research. Published in The...

Senior Living Communities Need a Revamp

When it comes to living communities for seniors, how can they evolve to be enticing to boomers (and generations to follow)? Considering that statistics...
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Bone Health, Diagnosing and Living With Osteoporosis: Three Doctors Explain

Recently we chatted with Dr. Peter Lin, Dr. Vivien Brown and Dr. Akshay Jain about different aspects of osteoporosis, including what the disease is,...

New Challenges For Canadian Caregivers During COVID and Why Supporting Them Has Never Mattered More

Recent events have highlighted the critical role that caregivers play in Canada in ways not fully understood previously. During COVID-19, carers have stepped up to...

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

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...

Celebrated Mystery Writer Louise Penny Reflects On Being A Caregiver And Aging Well

“There is a crack in everything,” Louise Penny likes to quote in her bestselling mystery novels. “That’s how the light gets in.” That interplay...

Meet ROSA, The Robot That Will Help Isolated Older Adults Age In Place And Its Creator, Frank Naccarato 

Social isolation presents practical challenges for many older adults living at home, especially those who are cut off from the helping hands of others...

Alzheimer’s Activist Caron Leid Provides Comfort To Others And Shares Her Journey

Caron Leid is a doer. And when the going gets tough, she does even more. For the past 19 years, much of what Leid...

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