Oct 3 2017
(Français) AGE-WELL NCE welcomed the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, to its host facility the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute on October 2. Minister Petitpas Taylor met with researchers and trainees from AGE-WELL (Canada’s Technology and Aging Network) and Toronto Rehab. AGE-WELL Board Member Mimi Lowi-Young and Dr. Geoff Fernie, Research Institute Director at Toronto
Oct 1 2017
October 1 is National Seniors Day 2017. To mark the day, AGE-WELL is profiling some of our researchers who are working to improve the lives of older adults. With support from the Government of Canada, these researchers are creating solutions to help older adults live full and independent lives. An app for brain fitness Imagine
Sep 21 2017
(Français) It’s not something that happens every day. AGE-WELL investigator Dr. Judith Sixsmith found an email from the President of Chile in her inbox, inviting her to speak on the challenge of an aging population at the Futures Congress in Santiago in January 2017. She immediately said yes. Dr. Sixsmith, co-lead of the AGE-WELL Crosscutting
Sep 20 2017
(Français) At age 22, Mackenzie Martin is casting a wide net in the hope that one day her research will improve the lives of aging populations in Canada and around the world. In the summer of 2016, the AGE-WELL trainee travelled to the Netherlands for a “life changing” experience. Her destination: De Hogeweyk, a village
Sep 20 2017
(Français) WinterLight Labs is getting a lot of attention for its tablet-based assessment tool that analyzes a person’s natural speech to detect and monitor Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive disorders. The tool records short samples of a person’s speech as they describe a picture―even a family photo―on the screen. It extracts hundreds of variables, such