Jan 14 2014
Andrew Sixsmith, Director of SFU’s Gerontology Research Centre, is one of a trio of researchers developing intelligent, interactive sensors for seniors’ homes to encourage independent living. The sensors will remind seniors to exercise, take medication, turn off the stove, and do other essential activities. The project, Ambient Assistive Living Technologies for Wellness, Engagement and Long
Jan 14 2014
As researchers, we understand that your experience providing care may be quite different from those of spouses, other family members, and paid health care workers. To understand your experience better, we are seeking adult daughters and adult sons to participate in a half-day research workshop. In a small group setting, you will be asked to
Jan 13 2014
When SFU Associate Gerontology Professor Norman O’Rourke and his students searched the bipolar disorder (BD) literature, they found only two references to older adults with BD. “So we know very little about caring for older adults with bipolar disorder,” says O’Rourke, who heads a four-year multidisciplinary national study on the subject, funded by a $722,000
Jan 13 2014
The 11th Annual Ellen M. Gee Memorial “Who Cares? Aging Boomers and Caregiving Policy in Canada” was presented by Janice Keefe, Ph.D. Dr. Keefe is a full Professor, Department of Family Studies and Gerontology, Mount Saint Vincent University and holds appointments at Dalhousie University’s Faculties of Medicine and Graduate Studies and UNB’s School of Graduate
Nov 22 2013
Technology may soon be helping seniors to live longer, healthier lives. A trio of researchers, including Simon Fraser University’s Andrew Sixsmith, is working to develop intelligent, interactive sensors to be embedded in seniors’ homes and used to support independent living. The sensors will do everything from encouraging seniors to engage in brain stimulating puzzles, to