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August 12, 2007
Sunday Sun
“Use it or lose it”
Baycrest psychologist Dr. Kelly Murphy talks about normal cognitive decline as adults age and lifestyle changes that can help slow down this decline.
August 1, 2007
BBC Radio – The World
“Help for genocide survivors”
Feature story on Baycrest’s expertise caring for aging Holocaust survivors and how this expertise may help other survivors of more recent genocides as well as traumatized war vets.
August 1, 2007
North York Mirror
“Angel on the line”
Story about Baycrest’s phone outreach program for lonely, frail seniors living in the community. The free service has trained volunteers making weekly calls to seniors to see how they are doing.
July 21, 2007
The Toronto Star
“The joys of partial recall”
Rotman senior scientist and memory expert Dr. Fergus Craik talks about the normal decline in cognitive functions as adults age and the importance of staying physically, mentally and socially stimulated.
June 28, 2007
Toronto Sun.com
“Walk a mile in their shoes”
Sun videographer visits Baycrest to interview summer youth volunteers taking sensory deprivation session to understand what it’s like to have an elderly, frail body.
June 11, 2007
CBC Radio Syndicate
Baycrest geriatrician Dr. Howard Dombrower offers his reaction to a report that the rate of Alzheimer’s cases among aging Canadians will increase significantly in the decades to come.
May 30, 2007
Canadian Press
Lost: Tracking registry for Alzheimer’s patients
Baycrest geriatrician and clinicial ethicist Dr. Michael Gordon joins the debate over the potential use of high-tech GPS devices on people with Alzheimer’s who are prone to wander. A Florida care facility is testing the devices in 200 residents with the disease.
May 15, 2007
The National Review of Medicine
“Old and delirius – it’s not normal”
Baycrest’s chief of psychiatry, Dr. David Conn, is interviewed about the condition of delirium in older adults.
May 10
The Globe and Mail
“Ditching regrets can heal”
Baycrest geriatrician Dr. Michael Gordon offers comment on a new study from Concordia University (published in Psychology and Aging) showing that older people who aren’t plagued by regrets have fewer health problems.
May 3 and 4, 2007
The Globe & Mail, Toronto Sun, Toronto Star, National Post, CBC The National, CBC Radio, CBC Newsworld, Global News, Citypulse, Canadian Press
Holocaust survivors get their Senior Prom
Elderly Holocaust Survivors waited 65 years to finally attend their Senior Prom, hosted by Baycrest on the evening of May 3.
April 10, 2007
CBC TV, CBC Radio, CFRB 1010
Antipsychotic prescribing rates study
Baycrest geriatrician and scientist, Dr. Paula Rochon (lead author of the study), along with chief of psychiatry Dr. David Conn and clinical nurse specialist Penelope Minor, talk about the importance of using antipsychotics as a last resort to manage psychosis and aggressive behaviour in older adults with dementia, when non-drug strategies prove ineffective in severe cases.
April 9, 2007
Maclean’s
“The secret to not losing your marbles”
Dr. Donald Stuss, director of Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute, shares the latest findings in aging brain research that shed light on how we can keep our cognitive functions in tip-top shape as long as possible.
April 2, 2007
The Toronto Star
“Nary a crumb is missed”
Full-page photo spread and story of Baycrest’s super-large kosher kitchen and the fascinating choreography of preparations to be ready for Passover.
March 19, 2007
Global News
Information Overload
Baycrest psychologist Dr. Angela Troyer shares strategies for remembering passwords, phone numbers…all the numbers we need to access every day from our brain bank!
March 11, 2007
CBC Radio Sunday
20-minute feature documentary
Are we ready to care for an aging population?
Baycrest’s VP of Medicine, Dr. Michael Gordon, is among those interviewed about the serious challenges schools face in trying to attract medical students to specialize in geriatric medicine.
March 5, 2007
The Toronto Star
“Next generation gap”
Baycrest senior social worker Paula David talks about the different tastes and expectations aging boomers will have – compared to their parents – when they enter long-term facilities in future.
February 8, 2007
Canadian Jewish News
“Baycrest pioneers caring for aging survivors”
Baycrest senior social worker Paula David talks about Baycrest’s expertise caring for one of the largest communities of aging Holocaust Survivors in the world.
January 25, 2007
The Toronto Star
Special Alzheimer’s section
“Memory project pushes filmmaker to the Max”
Baycrest senior social worker Ruth Goodman talks about Allan King’s 2005 documentary on memory and how it is a “wonderful resource with many educational possibilities” for healthcare professionals working in long term care.
The Globe & Mail, January 12, 2007
The National Post, January 12, 2007
Canadian Press, CTV.ca, Canada AM, Google and Yahoo news, World Coverage
“Bilingualism delays onset of dementia”
Baycrest Rotman Research Institute scientist and York University professor Dr. Ellen Bialystok led a study which found that adults who speak two languages for most of their life delay the onset of dementia by as much as four years compared to monolinguals.
January 12, 2007
CBC Radio Canada (French)
Dr. Guy Proulx, Baycrest’s director of Psychology and Neurorehabilitation talks about aging and cognitive changes.
January 9, 2007
CTV Newsnet
Calgary company offers employees on-site day centre for their frail parents
Joyce Lagunoff, director of Baycrest’s Community Day Centre for Seniors, offers her perspective on Calgary company that is taking the unusual step of opening an on-site day program for aging parents of its employees.
January 8, 2007
The Gill Deacon Show (CBC)
Caring for frail, aging parents
Baycrest’s VP of Medicine, Dr. Michael Gordon, was a guest expert on the topic: Caring for aging parents.
Senior social worker Ruth Goodman was interviewed by The Toronto Star about the Allan King documentary, “Memory” and why it is a powerful teaching tool for anyone caring for older adults with memory changes. Scientist and geriatrician Dr. Paula Rochon was interviewed by CTV The National about a new study from the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences showing heart attack survivors who take medications regularly have better mortality rates than those who stop taking their pills.