The NDP government is finally putting more money into one of the most important solutions to Manitoba’s emergency-room crisis: getting patients who no longer require acute-care treatment out of hospit...

As dogs age, their brains undergo similar changes to human brains, making them a valuable natural model to study dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Growing older does not mean disappearing from public life. It can mean continuing to live fully, in a different way, and feeling in control of our mobility.

Linda Smith first turned to Harvest Manitoba in the early 1990s when her husband became permanently disabled. Now, on a fixed income, she continues to access the food bank to make ends meet.

Some live in shelters, but they weren’t created — or funded — to meet the needs of an aging population.

A much longer life may mean jettisoning the three-stage work-life pattern of education, work and retirement and instead embracing a portfolio pattern

Abstract Purpose: To determine relationships between mobility capacity and walking performance in older adults with outdoor walking limitations. Method: This cross-sectional study involved secondary analysis of baseline data from the Getting Older Adults ... Résumé Objectif : déterminer la relation entre la mobilité fonctionnelle et la performance de marche chez des personnes âgées ayant des limitations de marche à l’extérieur. Méthodologie : cette étude transversale porte sur l’analyse secondaire des ... Lay Summary This article describes relationships between older adults’ performance when their ability to move about is assessed in a clinical environment compared to how they move about in their everyday lives. We analyzed data collected in a large multi-...

Seniors and their families in the Charleswood area are disappointed a day club will no longer be open.

Families are still expected to navigate disconnected health and community services on their own. A new report sets out what governments can do to change that.

Pilot projects indicate social prescribing benefits caregivers’ well-being, but it is unclear how much it reduces non-urgent doctor visits

My mother-in-law will turn 89 this year and she’s in love. In her rural home — where she’s lived for more than 60 years — her new roommate, a kitten named Pepper, has brought sheer joy to her world.

Counseling in later life isn’t just for coping with loss and illness – it can help people work through questions of identity and how they seek meaning in their lives.

Learning another language is not a miracle cure for aging, and it cannot guarantee protection against Alzheimer’s disease. But it does have various other benefits.

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