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Living with dementia or caring for someone who is? Research highlights 3 more strategies for improving cognitive or psychological health.

Adjusting to a new home is not easy. Leaving your home, your memories and your habits is anxiety-provoking. Many fear having to rebuild everything elsewhere: create a new social network, develop a sense of belonging, maintain independence, find new activities. Do you believe that leisure can be a promising solution to help you adapt to a new home?

Can women lean on conservative treatments for urinary incontinence? Research highlights where the evidence lies for different options.

Is there a health-related change you need or want to make? In this webinar recording, Dr. Diana Sherifali discusses how a ‘tiny habit’ approach can help people reach their health goals to manage or help to prevent chronic disease.

Learn about non-family intergenerational interventions and their impact on the social and mental well-being of young people and the elderly.

From digestive to respiratory health, research highlights the potential benefits of probiotics.

Expecting the arrival of a grandchild is a great source of joy and excitement. But the joy and excitement are sometimes turned upside down when their grandchild is born with a disability or if a disability is revealed during infancy. How do grandparents receive such news and how do they experience the difference of their grandchild?

Apps, trackers, virtual reality! Research provides the lowdown on different tech strategies that aim to improve various aspects of our health.

Older adults, whether cognitively impaired or not, use three types of strategies to cope with memory loss: external, internal and behavioural strategies.

Looking to avoid an acute upper respiratory tract infection? Research provides insight on probiotics as a preventative strategy.

In this webinar recording, renowned kinesiology researcher, Dr. Stuart Phillips, shares how much (or how little) people have to do to improve their odds of living longer, healthier and better lives.

Many seniors suffer from physical or mental health problems such as depression, anxiety or loneliness. Aging can also be accompanied by a decrease in autonomy and a sense of loss of identity. Does the ability to tell one's story in a digital format improve the well-being of older adults?

Lean on me? Research brings attention to potential strategies for reducing loneliness and social isolation in older adults living in the community and long-term care settings.

We sometimes hear people wishing for a “good” death. But what does it mean exactly?

Research highlights the positive effects of exercise for people living with different health conditions.

There is a need to harness technological, scientific, medical, and digital innovations that can foster healthy aging, such as artificial intelligence (AI). Despite its potential, questions remain about the effectiveness and acceptability of AI in long-term care.

Sleep and sleep quality play an important role in keeping us healthy. There are multiple strategies that aim to help us sleep longer or better; research sheds light on which ones are effective and which ones we may want to pass on.

About one third of the food produced in the world is wasted each year. What can explain food waste and what can we do to prevent it?

Is it all smoke and mirrors, or are e-cigarettes safe and effective tools for smoking cessation? Research weighs in.

It is estimated that one in four people could have hearing problems by 2050. What is known about the link between hearing loss and social isolation/loneliness among older adults?