Calling all student longevity design thinkers! Following the Stanford Center on Longevity for some time now, it’s wonderful to see news of how positive business initiatives address the promise of longevity, rather than the barrage of statistics and associated gloom prophecies of the aging world challenge. Stanford’s latest adventure in collaborative research and co-marketing is
It may be a stretch to contemplate the promise of our own longevity from the story of the aging elephants on the move last week from the Toronto Zoo to their new home at PAWS in California. Thika (33) Toka (43) and Iringa (44) have been in the news for some time, over the question
On the cusp of reading the House of Lords Report from the UK, came the presentation by Alexandre Kalache at Sheridan College (as referenced in the Sept.10 blog post) and the question was the same; are we ready for ageing? Well I guess that depends on who you ask and how you ask it. On
Ready for ageing? The House of Lords Report looks at this question with three audiences in mind – us the individual, the markets and governments. In that light naturally, this conversation gets wide sweeping attention, but in the well blocked 18 Annex sections of this UK report, it’s an easy to read practical discussion framework.
Ready for Ageing? Just ask the House of Lords in the UK. The March 2013 Ready for Ageing? Select Committee Report, while rather lengthy is (even removing the UK reference points), a clear thinking layout for the people’s conversation whether on the streets of London or Toronto. While people on the street are busy trying
Wonderful evening last Friday in Oakville, as the Sheridan College Elder Research Centre SERC celebrated its 10th anniversary. Pat Spadafora the Director of SERC is to be congratulated for the work that she and her “dream team” has done over this last decade in the form of research and community building, all focused on raising