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Take The Free Early-Warning Brain Health Assessment

May 26, 2014

  New Online Memory Screening Test More than 1,000 scientists, technology professionals and volunteers from CARP ...

Let's Talk: Canadian Dementia Care is in Need of a Paradigm Overhaul

April 18, 2014

Malcolm Young, AC/DCs guitarist, is suffering from a form of dementia?  That news was shocking, especially given ...

How to tell when your memory loss is normal – and when it’s dementia

February 5, 2014

Its hard not to be fascinated by the abnormal in medicine, however, when we consider our own health, the most common ...

Ask an MD-PhD: Extending Life, Not Misery

December 6, 2013

 Most of us assume that aging equals illness. To be honest about it, we don’t usually put it that bluntly and we ...

Ask an Expert: Status of Aging Diseases

November 15, 2013

As of 2013, we can neither cure nor prevent a single age-related disease. Even at our absolute best – and then ...

Elizabeth May Editorial for the Hill Times

May 17, 2013

Being old is not what it used to be The CPP is sustainable and reliable, but it is time to review whether RRSP is ...

MP3 players help people with dementia and Alzheimer's

April 2, 2013

University of Waterloo researchers are asking for people to donate their old MP3 players and iPods to help people ...

Barbara Kay: Elderly drivers make themselves a target for intervention

February 21, 2013

Our population is aging. There are about 2.8 million drivers in Canada over the age of 65. Seniors account for 15% of ...

What it’s really like to grow old

November 18, 2011

Originally published in the MacLean's on November 17th, 2011.  To go to the MacLean's website please, click here Old ...

York University Researcher needs CARP members for study

August 2, 2011

This past December, Kara Hawkins stepped forward to receive a $2,500 award recognizing her as the highest-ranking ...