Aging in your smart home while preserving your privacy
More and more smart technologies are making their way into our homes. While smart technologies appear promising to support aging at home, can it maintain our privacy?
“Dancing” our way to fewer falls and better physical function?
Are you looking for fall prevention strategies that can help keep you on your feet? Research shows that dance-based mind-motor activities may help you with these efforts.
End-of-life doulas: Providing care and comfort to the dying and their loved ones
We have been witnessing the emergence of a new profession related to end-of-life care: the end-of-life doulas (sometimes referred as "death doulas"). End-of-life doulas offer continuous support and comfort to people at the end of life and their families.
Improve your safety and performance behind the wheel
Losing a driver's licence is seen by many as the end of independence and can become one of the factors that triggers social isolation, depression and even the obligation to move to a nursing home. This is why several efforts are being made to delay this moment, while preserving the safety of older drivers and other road users. Can training programs for older drivers be effective in maintaining or increasing their safety and performance behind the wheel?
Alternatives to the car
Many older adults say that they have no other options than the car for getting around… Yet there are a variety of alternative modes of transportation: public transit, flexible or adapted transportation, taxi, bicycle, walking. So, what is preventing them from adopting alternative modes of transport?
Assistive technologies: It’s not for me, I’m not there yet!
In Canada 1.1 million older adults use assistive technology to compensate for physical or cognitive limitations. However, despite the potential benefits of these technologies, some older adults remain reluctant to use them. What can explain this reluctance?