The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) intends to release new data in 2019 in addition to previously released alphanumeric data from baseline and follow-up 1 (FUP1), baseline biomarkers related to clinical chemistry, genome-wide genotyping, and images from retinal scans, DEXA and carotid ultrasound.

This grant will support research projects that use the available CLSA data in order to better understand how (individually and in combination) the biological, medical, psychological, social,…

By Matthias Hoben and Carole Estabrooks
Published: Sun., July 14, 2019

Nursing homes fill a vital role for older adults unable to remain at home or in other supportive environments.

Nursing home care is costly to governments. In 2017, Canadian governments spent close to $19 billion on care provided in nursing homes and supportive living facilities. Individuals are also expected to contribute to their stay and spent more than $8 million in 2017.

What can we learn from provinces with differing policy…

Dr. Carole Estabrooks is driven to improve the lives and care of older adults living in residential nursing homes, and her research is setting the Canadian standard on care for seniors. With the renewal of her Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation, she and her team will continue this vital work

The Canadian population is aging at a dramatic rate, and research into aging, seniors' care, and age-related health conditions is increasingly urgent. Older adults with Alzheimer's disease…

CIHR is embarking on a new strategic plan and is seeking your guidance in helping identify areas of greatest strategic importance:

• How should CIHR spend its budget?
• How can CIHR help build the capacity of the Canadian health research community?
• How can CIHR help spread new research knowledge to improve the health of Canadians?

Your answers matter a great deal as they will help inform the development of a new strategic plan to guide CIHR over the coming years.

I am encouraging you, a…

Canada's first national dementia strategy sets out a vision for the future and identifies common principles and national objectives to help guide actions by all levels of government, non-governmental organizations, communities, families and individuals. In developing the strategy, we sought at all times to ensure that people living with dementia and the family and friends who provide care to them were at the heart of these efforts.

Read the full strategy here:

Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has commissioned the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) to create the world’s largest survey on people’s attitudes around dementia, which will form the basis for the World Alzheimer Report 2019, to be released in September.

ADI’s survey is fully anonymous, accessible and available both online and offline in multiple languages.

The survey will only take around 10 minutes of your time but completing it will benefit people with dementia…

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Yuting Song, Matthias Hoben, Lori Weeks, Anne-Marie Boström, Zahra Goodarzi, Janet Squires, Helen Doan, Adrian Wagg, Colin Reid, Carole Estabrooks

Published in BMJ Open

Abstract

Introduction In the last decade, increasing research interest has been expressed in responsive behaviours of older adults living in long-term care (LTC) homes, including nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Responsive behaviours are not only a sign of underlying unmet needs, but when directed against…

Dr. Michael J. Strong, President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and CIHR’s Governing Council, announced today the appointment of Dr. Jane Rylett as the new Scientific Director of CIHR’s Institute of Aging (CIHR-IA). This appointment will be effective August 1, 2019. 

Dr. Rylett is a Distinguished University Professor and currently serves as an Associate Dean in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University. She is a Scientist in the Molecular…

We are busy preparing for another round of data collection for our TREC Measurement System project. We would like to re-introduce our TMS Coordinator and Regional Project Coordinators.