Jun 17 2015
TORONTO, June 16, 2015 /CNW/ – Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the social, health and applied sciences across Canada now have access to research support from the AGE-WELL NCE through new Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Awards in Technology and Aging. The AGE-WELL NCE (Aging Gracefully across Environments to Ensure Well-being, Engagement and Long Life),
Apr 24 2015
Researchers from AGE-WELL (including Alex Mihailidis, Janet Fast and Andrew Sixsmith) are presenting at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Congress, 23-26 April 2015 in Dublin, Ireland Speeches by the Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny and Irish Gerontological Society President Mo Flynn put technology at the forefront of the IAGG Europe Conference in
Apr 15 2015
REGINA, April 14, 2015 /CNW/ – Today, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, and Member of Parliament for Regina-Lumsden- Lake Centre, Tom Lukiwski, were pleased to host a roundtable on healthy aging. The roundtable was attended by a variety of seniors- and health-related organizations and was an opportunity to hear their perspectives and ideas
Mar 27 2015
Alex Mihailidis, Scientific Director of Age-Well, a government-financed organization dedicated to developing a better quality of life for Zoomers through technology, explains how his group will design and manufacture technology-based tools to help us as we age. Listen at: http://www.goldhawk.com/2015/03/24/alex-mihailidis
Mar 16 2015
A team of Toronto-based researchers have their way, older adults and people with disabilities – including dementia patients – will one day have the help of robots. The high-tech, low-cost helpers are currently being tested at the HomeLab, a physical mock-up of a furnished single-floor condominium unit at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Although robotic systems