Getting our therapy garden back up and running means it can now be used by patients as part of their rehabilitation.🌱 Thank you to our Facilities team and PHRI.ca Population Health Research Institute 🇨🇦 for supporting us with this project, plus the fabulous group of staff that are managing it. #gardentharapy

Philadelphia is purple this week in honor of the researchers, clinicians & dementia professionals from all over the world gathered here for #AAIC24 to advance dementia science and clinical practice. 🔔💜 #ENDALZ 🎥: discoverPHL & Nathaniel Bayona

It was a pleasure to be a guest on the #CommunityofInnovation podcast. In this episode, we explore the transformative impact of #GERASdance, a CABHI initiative that uses dance as rehabilitation for brain health and mobility 🧠✨

New podcast episode out! Was great to chat with Dr A Papaioannou & Kiran Gupta about the CABHI supported #GERASDance program from Hamilton Health Sciences & McMaster Health Sciences A great way to age well and #DefyDementia Rosanne and I caught Bollywood fever from Kiran (it’s a good fever!)

What #Multifactorial Interventions can reduce falls in older adults? These may include medication reviews, assessment of environmental hazards, assisted devices, exercise, management of urinary incontinence, and educational interventions. See more resources here:

Milton, Ontario is home to Green Care Farms Inc. 🌻 – a sensory garden with programming created for people living with dementia.🌱 Caregivers can enroll loved ones in a supervised program where they can participate in activities like planting & harvesting produce: agewell-nce.ca/archives/17852

Thanks to incredible Geras members Dr. Christopher Patterson and Dr. Irene Turpie who joined us for an insightful podcast recording session on the history of #geriatric medicine in Canada! 👨🏼‍⚕️👩🏼‍⚕️🎙️

Excited to be presenting at the inaugural Scientific Meeting of the Canadian #Translational #Geroscience Network! Don’t miss your chance to register for this groundbreaking conference in Montreal. Join us! 👇

The Fracture Risk Scale is embedded with the RAI-MDS 2.0 (Resident Assessment Instrument Minimum Data Set) and Long-Term Care Facilities Assessment System (LTCF) as provided by PointClickCare. But how do you find it? Check out this video for a step by step how to:

The Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) presents Webinar: Optimization of #delirium risk to improve outcomes in patients with hip fracture 🦴 Topics include: multimodal analgesia, person centred care, and WBAT / early mobilization. Interested? Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The Clinic alumni GERAS DANCE recently announced a project grant from the CIHR. Read more about their journey and how The Clinic’s early #entrepreneurial training helped fast-track the expansion of the #GERASDANCE program for older adults. bit.ly/3XoWBxF #research

UHN Osteoporosis Osteoporosis Canada Canadian FOP Network Soft Bones Canada CORD Geras Centre for Aging Research McCaig Institute Schroeder Arthritis Institute Osteo-Circuit Danielle Whittier, PhD Sarah L West Sarah Manske Dr A Papaioannou Adrian Lau Caitlin McArthur 🇨🇦 Heather Macdonald Stuart Phillips (he/him) Lora Giangregorio, PhD 🇨🇦 Heather larry funnell Christine Thomas

📚 The new McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine chapter on #Falls, written by the talented residents and members of the GERAS Centre, is now available! See below 🩺📖 #FallsPrevention #InternalMedicine

Dementia with Parkinsonism – Is It (Or Does It Have to Be) Dementia with Lewy Bodies? Dr. David Tang-Wai will be discussing this intriguing topic at #MacGeriUpdate2024. If you would like to pre-read, review his research paper on #dementia approaches: journals.lww.com/continuum/abst…

🧠September is #WorldAlzheimersMonth! Tune in to our latest #CommunityofInnovation episode to hear from experts on the crucial need for awareness & action to support dementia prevention, detection, & care. 🎧Listen here: bit.ly/3AOOu5Q or wherever you get your pods.

We are excited to be part of a fantastic program for the 1st Scientific Meeting of the Canadian #Translational #Geroscience Network in #Montreal hosted by Gustavo Duque & team! 👨🏼‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️🌟

Dr A Papaioannou from Geras Centre for Aging Research sharing evidence on how to translate #geroscience into clinical practice at the 1st Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Translational Geroscience Network

Partnering with the Regional Geriatric Program Central to bring you lunch #webinars on Geriatric Knowledge! Sign up here: hhsc.zoom.us/webinar/regist…