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CANADA | Feb 03, 2026

[Article] The New Old Age

Life once followed a familiar pattern. You’d go to school, get a job, build a family, and then, sometime in your 60s, retire, enjoying life for a few years until you grew too frail to live on your own. Then you might move in with family or check into a facility where you’d spend your “golden years.”

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[News] Priority retirement activity: Cultivating social connections

Decades of research has shown that human happiness is tied closely to our relationships with the people in our lives.

Healthy Aging CORE Research Spotlight: August 2024

Research Spotlight: Imagining Age-Friendly Communities within CommunitiesImagining Age-Friendly Communities within Communities: International Promising Practices builds on the World Health Organizati

[News] Healing Systems

How recognizing trauma in ourselves, other people, and the systems around us can open up new pathways to solving social problems

[Blog] How to challenge ageism in our everyday lives

Ageism affects everyone. By breaking down stereotypes, we can create a world where everyone feels valued and respected,

[Blog] Home vs. centre-based cardiac rehabilitation: How do they stack up?

For people living with heart disease, a tailored combination of emotional support, exercise training and promotion, education, and risk management may be added to their recovery and prevention plan

[News] Social prescribing: why purpose is good for your health

The power of social prescribing – helping patients to improve their health and wellbeing by connecting them to community resources and activities – is increasingly backed by scientific studies.

[News] Caring in Canada: Survey insights from caregivers and care providers across Canada

Caring in Canada provides an in-depth analysis of the survey results collected in the National Caregiving Survey completed by more than 3,000 caregivers and care providers from across Canada.

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