(Français) Winterlight Labs and EBT Medical Inc., both AGE-WELL-supported startups, have each raised millions of dollars in new funding. EBT Medical announced this week that it has secured a US$10-million Series A investment, co-led by two top-tier venture capital firms, SV Health Investors and...

(Français) AGE-WELL’s annual conference, Exploring the Future of Technology and Aging, created a huge buzz that is still reverberating almost a month later. What made AGE-WELL 2019 so memorable? AGE-WELL’s 5th annual conference attracted more than 300 researchers, trainees, older adults, caregivers and partners...

(Français) Dr. Alan Mackworth, widely known for his accomplishments in the field of artificial intelligence, has received the inaugural AGE-WELL Honorary Fellow Award. The award is in recognition of Dr. Mackworth’s long term and substantial contributions to research in the field of aging and...

  (Français) Moncton, NB – A new Canadian-designed messaging platform offers older adults with little to no computer experience or with sensory loss an easier way to stay in contact with family and friends. “Our goal is to break down walls and re-engage older...

(Français) #SeePainMoreClearly shares evidence-based practices A campaign launched today on National Seniors Day and the International Day of Older Persons aims to improve quality of life for people with severe dementia who live in long-term care by sharing best approaches for evaluating and managing...

(Français) After downhill skiing for most of her life, Wilma de Young has no intention of stopping now, even though she is in her late sixties and has osteoporosis. Her doctor encourages physical activity and de Young is a strong believer in its benefits....

(Français) On paper, the symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB) don’t seem all that serious. But spend a day in the life of someone who has it and you quickly realize how troubling the condition can be. “Some patients wake up every hour to go...

(Français) It begins with small mistakes. People forget their medication, miss an appointment or have trouble managing their diabetes. Eventually the errors compound and for many older adults, even slight cognitive impairment leads to a negative health outcome. This is the scenario Winterlight Labs...

(Français) Getting dressed, eating healthy meals, taking medication, tracking vital signs: these are some of the daily tasks that social robots soon will be able to help with—supporting aging-in-place, especially for older adults with cognitive impairment. “The response to this project and the robots...

(Français) During his 40-year career as a paramedic, John Kirkconnell faced many challenges that come with such a demanding job. But for him, there was one extra: a tremor in his hands. “I have a family history of Essential Tremor. I was able to...

(Français) Almost 6 in 10 (58%) own smartphones and 70% would pay out-of-pocket for technology to stay in their own home Toronto, Sept. 16, 2019 – A new survey commissioned by AGE-WELL, a federally funded Network of Centres of Excellence, and conducted by Environics...

(Français) Eleven promising young researchers from 8 institutions across Canada have been selected to receive AGE-WELL Graduate and Postdoctoral Awards through our 2019 competition.  These trainees join the 53 other award recipients who have been supported through this program since its inception in 2015....

(Français) AGE-WELL is delighted to announce a partnership with Best Buy Canada, the country’s largest consumer technology retailer. AGE-WELL and Best Buy Canada share an objective: to help Canadians stay in their homes longer, through the use of effective technology solutions. With AGE-WELL’s depth...

(Français) Held in Montebello, Quebec in early July, AGE-WELL’s 2019 EPIC Summer Institute was an intensive week-long training event focused on Creating Possibilities: Staying Connected and Strengthening Social Networks. Eighteen trainees from Canada, the US and the UK worked together in multidisciplinary teams and...

(Français) For anyone with an interest in technology and aging, the AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge: Startup Edition will be remembered as one of the most exciting pitch competitions in 2019. Launched in May, the competition was all about recognizing top startups and supporting entrepreneurship...

(Français) Caron Leid was well into her pregnancy and planning for the birth of her son. She was puzzled because her mother kept calling with the same question: when was the baby due? Hadn’t Leid told her many times before? A few months later,...

(Français) AGE-WELL welcomes the federal government’s first national strategy on dementia. We commend the Public Health Agency of Canada for including technology-based solutions in the strategy.  AGE-WELL’s approach aligns well with the strategy’s emphasis on highly collaborative, user-driven research and provides a platform to...

(Français) Events will showcase innovative solutions to support healthy aging Fifteen Canadian startups have been selected to compete in the AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge: Startup Edition, it was announced today. The competition is for startups whose technologies or services can improve quality of life...

(Français) AGE-WELL is delighted to be one of the Canadian organizations partnering with the Northern Health Science Alliance to drive international knowledge exchange, innovation and support research collaboration in healthy aging between Canada and the North of England. The aim of a memorandum of...

(Français) AGE-WELL is pleased to announce the regional finalists who will compete in Montreal as part of the AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge: Startup Edition. Startups from across the country submitted their written and video applications on how their product or service can positively impact...

(Français) A digital bowling game where participants mimic the motions of the popular sport is proving to be beneficial for people with dementia and physical impairments who attend adult day programs, research supported by AGE-WELL has found. The motion-based technology can “provide meaningful engagement”...

(Français) Core program offers solutions that will bring social and economic benefits The AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence is announcing a set of 24 research projects from across Canada that are poised to deliver real-world benefits for the aging population and their caregivers. The...

(Français) Congratulations to Maziar Hafezi (UHN) and Chao Bian (University of Toronto) who have both been selected to receive AGE-WELL Emerging Entrepreneur Awards. This $25,000 award supports the development of emerging entrepreneurs to create and grow innovative startups with potential social and economic impact...

(Français) Richard Ratcliffe, 91, has had his life transformed over the past three years thanks to FamliNet.app, an AGE-WELL-supported communications platform designed to prevent social isolation by keeping older adults in contact with family and friends. Life had become lonely for the war veteran...

(Français) In Canada, over 750,000 people live with dementia. An estimated 60 per cent will go missing at least once, according to the Alzheimer Society of Toronto. “Watch the news and you’ll hear about another older adult with dementia who has gone missing,” says...

(Français) Winners to receive $15,000 in cash plus in-kind prizes AGE-WELL is pleased to announce a national competition for Canadian startups whose technologies or services can improve quality of life for older adults or their caregivers. The AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge: Startup Edition will...

(Français) Vast distances and differences in expertise and experience separate Dr. Julie Robillard, a neuroscientist at the University of British Columbia, and Dr. Jesse Hoey, a computer scientist at the University of Waterloo. But the two AGE-WELL investigators are combining these diverse academic specialties...

(Français) When her elderly mother needed to transition to a higher level of care, Donna Thomson reached out to Huddol members for advice on housing and care options in Montreal. After co-caregiving for his aging parents, Rick Lauber joined Huddol to share what he...

(Français) The importance of objects in the aging process is the focus of an extraordinary series of short films that have been co-created by an intergenerational team that includes older adults and caregivers, with the support of AGE-WELL. Dr. Megan Strickfaden, a design anthropologist...

(Français) Patricia Laurin says her 92-year-old mother Shirrill Crawford has been “totally lost” for several years due to Alzheimer’s disease. “She doesn’t know me. Her memory is really compromised.” Yet the day ABBY—a wall-mounted personalized activity technology—was installed at Crawford’s Midland, Ontario long-term care...

(Français) CIHR and AGE-WELL fund international research projects to benefit aging baby boomers As more Canadian baby boomers enter their senior years (65 and older), Canada’s hospitals are experiencing a corresponding increase in requests for health services. In an effort to reduce this growing...

(Français) It’s not every day that ground-breaking academic research heads so swiftly out of the lab and into the real world. That’s the story of a speech-analyzer technology developed by WinterLight Labs Inc. that detects cognitive impairment in its early stages, leading to quicker...

(Français) Mobility and memory problems are among the most common challenges experienced by older adults—a reality that is not lost on Mary Huang, an engineer and MBA who has looked after her aging parents for several years. The Ottawa resident stopped travelling and then...

(Français) Dr. Rita Orji says her experience as an AGE-WELL trainee while doing postdoctoral work at McGill University helped her to see the sheer scope of what could be accomplished in the field of technology and aging. These days, Dr. Orji is an assistant...

(Français) Digital Health Circle to drive development of health technology solutions to support healthy aging A new AGE-WELL National Innovation Hub will address aging challenges through digital technologies and is being unveiled today at Simon Fraser University’s Surrey campus. The hub is being launched by...

(Français) Ron Beleno knows the “panic, frustration and helplessness” family members experience when a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia wanders from home and becomes lost. It happened numerous times with his father, who had Alzheimer’s for the last 10 years...

(Français) A virtual assistant that can verbally prompt people living with Alzheimer’s disease to carry out daily tasks at home—such as handwashing—could vastly improve peoples’ independence and support their caregivers. But imagine if the voice and instructions could take into account an individual’s personality...