Envisioning Ageing in Place, the title last week, for the National Institute on Ageing (NIA) one-day conference at Ryerson in Toronto. Indeed as it turns out, what was immediately clear to me, after listening to all the focal points in this subject as presented by the panelists and guest speakers, the “envisioning” cannot be captured
Done and dusted. Joseph Coughlin’s book The Longevity Economy arrived and ten days later after reading it in detail (though it is a fast read), it’s time to piece out the various aspects and reflect on more in upcoming posts. However, one of the central points that Coughlin gets at early in the book, and
Last weekend, on November 11th – Remembrance Day I recalled our family history with the military going back even further than the Great War of 1914 -18. What is worth thanks for that history is that my direct ancestry on my father’s side, all survived these terrible wars. Then that got me tangled into playing
How many clues do you need to discover that the aging and longevity revolution took roots years ago and now it is really more of continuing evolution? On one level at least, there is the fear and moaning crowd that speaks to the problems ahead – political, social, financial to list a few; but on
As the statistics on aging demographics continue to spill in the news, are we really in a race against time before we begin to hit the heavy numbers, when health and other social services become more dominant an issue than they already appear to be? How long will it take to get it right? Is
As with most innovative endeavours these days, where technologies are rapidly bringing changes in all spheres of research and product development, the aging and longevity field is no different – interdisciplinary collaborations are paramount to achieving any hope of success and eventual traction in finding practical and beneficial use in the market. Today, while ostensibly