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Older adults experience “destination amnesia” and over-confidence with false beliefs
Older adults are more likely to have destination memory failures – forgetting who they’ve shared or not shared information with, according to a new study led by Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute.Read more
Meet “Brian”!
A social robot for the nursing home environment
The world-renowned academic health sciences centre has teamed up with researchers in mechanical engineering at the University of Toronto (U of T) to explore the use of assistive robotic technologies that enhance quality of life for cognitively impaired seniors who live in long term care environments.Read more
Liberal Leader visits Baycrest
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff brought a large contingent of Liberal MPs with him on his visit to Baycrest July 29.Read more
Federal Minister visits Baycrest
The Hon. Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State (Seniors), visited Baycrest July 28 to meet with management and senior scientists and learn about Baycrest's innovations in aging to help Canadians extend their physical and mental health longer in the lifespan.Read more
Baycrest appoints new Vice-President, Medical Services and Chief of Staff -- Dr. Paul R. Katz --
Baycrest, one of the world’s premier academic health sciences centres focused on successful aging and brain health, has appointed Dr. Paul R. Katz as Vice-President of Medical Services and Chief of Staff. He officially starts his new role today.Read more
Hockey legend MP visits Baycrest
The Hon. Ken Dryden, MP York Centre, dropped by for a tour of Baycrest on June 30. The former Montreal Canadiens netminder, who won several Stanley Cups with the team, visited different areas of Baycrest and learned about cutting edge research projects underway at the centre to provide the world with innovations in aging.Read more
Baycrest first Meditech LTC setting in Canada to adopt allergy alert system
Baycrest is the first Meditech long-term care setting in Canada -- and among the first Meditech healthcare provider sites in the Greater Toronto Area -- to adopt a centralized allergy management system that alerts physicians, registered nursing staff, dieticians and pharmacists of their clients’ allergies or sensitivities.Read more
Big turnout for season finale of Baycrest's popular Speaker Series!
The Season 2 finale of Aging, Innovation and the Mind attracted 350 people to Baycrest's Wintergarden on a cool, rainy evening May 13 to hear Dr. Marla Shapiro, health and medical contributor for CTV's Canada AM, interview Baycrest's Chief of Psychiatry Dr. David Conn about "aging and depression" -- the myths, the risk factors, the various treatments, and the lifestyle strategies that can help mitigate the risk of developing this debilitating mood disorder.Read more
Baycrest appoints Dr. Randy McIntosh as Vice-President of Research and Director of the world-renowned Rotman Research Institute
Baycrest has appointed one of Canada’s leading cognitive scientists as the new Vice-President of Research and Director of its world-renowned Rotman Research Institute (RRI).Read more
Why is late-life depression harder to treat?
Scientists have found an important clue in the quest to understand why people who suffer from depression in later life are harder to treat and keep well in the long term.Read more
Baycrest appoints new Vice-President of Clinical and Residential Programs and Chief Nursing Executive
Dr. Karima Velji has joined Baycrest as the new Vice-President of Clinical and Residential Programs and Chief Nursing Executive (CNE).Read more
Can volunteering boost brain health for retirees? Study underway with aging boomers
An innovative study is underway in Toronto to see if volunteering can boost brain health for retirees.Read more
Book helps families deal with late-life care decisions for a frail aging parent
One of Canada’s longest practicing geriatricians has drawn on his vast bank of experience with eldercare to write a book for adult children struggling with difficult decisions around “doing the right thing” for an ill parent in the latter stage of life.Read more
The Frontal Lobes
Two of the world’s premiere research institutes in cognitive neuroscience have joined forces to host a global conference on the brain’s frontal lobes – March 22-26 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.Read more
Older brains make good use of ‘useless’ information!
A new study has found promising evidence that the older brain’s weakened ability to filter out irrelevant information may actually give aging adults a memory advantage over their younger counterparts.Read more
Neuroscience study seeks passengers who survived terrifying Air Transat flight in 2001
Passengers from an Air Transat flight that almost crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2001 are being invited to participate in a study led by Baycrest’s world-renowned Rotman Research Institute in partnership with the University of Toronto and McMaster University.Read more
Distinguished Population Neuroscientist
joins Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute
A prominent researcher and pioneer in the emerging field of “population neuroscience” has joined Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute and its world-renowned memory and aging science team.Read more
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario visits Baycrest
The Hon. David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, visited Baycrest Dec. 15 to meet with senior officials, residents of the Apotex Centre, Jewish Home for the Aged and Reuben Cipin Healthy Living Community.Read more
Baycrest scientist receives international award
Dr. Endel Tulving, a senior scientist at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute and one of the world's most influential cognitive psychologists, was recently honored with the 2009 Pasteur-Weizmann/Servier International Prize for groundbreaking biomedical research that has led to more effective clinical treatments.Read more
New company enters growing brain fitness market
One of the world’s leading cognitive science institutes announced today it has created a new company with MaRS, Canada’s premiere innovation centre, to develop and market brain fitness products to help adults extend their memory and cognitive abilities longer in the lifespan.Read more
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