McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
Going home: Plan your transition before being discharged
Going home from the hospital can be both an exciting and stressful time for patients and their caregivers. Make sure that you play an active role in planning your transition back home.
Empowering caregivers
Despite their critical roles, caregivers often feel unprepared to provide care and often receive little guidance from healthcare providers. What do they need to feel empowered?
Having ‘the talk’: The benefits of making your wishes known about end-of-life care
Advance care planning and having discussions about end-of-life care with family members and healthcare providers can have positive impacts for everyone involved.
Walking: An age-old strategy to boost your health
As you get older, getting from one place to another can be a challenge. To put you on the road to better health, invest in a sturdy pair of shoes and use the power of your own two feet to get you to where you need to be.
Older adults increasingly targeted by fraud and scams
Financial fraud targeted at the aging population is a serious problem with both monetary and health-related consequences that is likely to continue escalating. Without development of prevention efforts, it’s estimated that the number of cases could nearly double in the next two to three decades.
Are you a victim of abuse?
Abuse and neglect of older adults can take many forms, but abuse cases are rarely reported. We need more robust strategies to identify, evaluate and respond to elder abuse.