By Ashley Baddeley and Tamara Rader
More than 700,000 Canadians are currently living with dementia, a syndrome that leads to progressive memory loss and a...
By Sunjeev Uthayakumar, Stephanie Lau, Andrew Tu, and Certina Ho
What are Benzodiazepines?
Benzodiazepines are often listed as one of the most prescribed or dispensed drug...
By Arielle Ricketts
Blanche Morris admits that she didn’t always understand computers. But since participating in Tech Coaches’ Digital Literacy workshop offered through the Centre for Aging...
By Jasmine Gill
In Canada, the rising costs of delivering tertiary care health services and an aging population have prompted a shift towards optimizing primary...
Throughout her retirement, Joanne Weeks always stayed active and attended weekly fitness classes. But when the pandemic hit, the classes were cancelled. Weeks noticed...
By John Muscedere and John Puxty
COVID-19 has framed older Canadians as frail and vulnerable during the pandemic – for good reason. The pandemic has...
By John Muscedere
Last month, while the world was distracted by political turmoil and the pandemic’s roaring second wave, a very significant proclamation came and...