May 16 2020
Social isolation presents practical challenges for many older adults living at home. A Toronto startup has developed a service robot that automatically shuttles household items between floors, virtually hands-free.
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May 12 2020
AGE-WELL NCE Inc. welcomes today’s announcement that AGE-WELL’s funding has been renewed through the federal Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program to the end of fiscal year 2022-2023.
May 01 2020
Jay Singh was 15 years old when he started volunteering at the long-term care facility where his mother worked. “I got a lot of fulfillment out of it, but I also saw the human side of aging,” he says.
Apr 29 2020
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.
Apr 24 2020
Aside from trips to the grocery store or doctor’s office, COVID-19 has confined many of us to our homes. That staple of daily life, human interaction, has shrunk.