It all started with a Leonard Cohen song. Now, a play inspired by a line of lyrics in Cohen’s song, Anthem, has taken on a life of its own and is changing the way families and support staff approach dementia care.
Smart mattresses designed to prevent bedsores and sensors able to track night wandering are just two of the projects researchers from the University of Waterloo will lead for AGE-WELL, one of five new Networks of Centres of Excellence in Canada. Today, the Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), announced that AGE-WELL will receive $36.6 million in funding over the next five years for research that creates and evaluates technology to benefit older adults.
Despite showing interest in web or mobile apps to help manage their Type 2 diabetes, only a small number of older adults actually use them, says a new study from the University of Waterloo.
Curling unites rural women and offers them health benefits beyond the physical, according to Waterloo research. For women in Canada’s most remote communities, the sport can even help stave off seasonal depression.
Despite showing interest in web or mobile apps to help manage their Type 2 diabetes, only a small number of older adults actually use them, says a new study from the University of Waterloo. Approximately 2.2 million Canadians are living with Type 2 diabetes, 2 million of whom are age 50 or older.
The Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo will break ground Friday for a new 56,000-square-foot facility to support teaching and research.
There are strong economic incentives for governments to invest in early childhood nutrition, reports a new paper from the University of Waterloo and Cornell University. Published for the Copenhagen Consensus Centre, the paper reveals that every dollar spent on nutrition during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life can provide a country up to $166 in future earnings.
Third-year therapeutic recreation student Laura Barkin was one of four St. Paul's GreenHouse students to receive funding from a new $5,000 Social Innovation Fund for startups.
Barkin's Moving Libraries initiative aims to make studying an active experience by bringing FitDesks to the University.
Over the next week, more than 1,300 high school students from across Ontario will participate in the University of Waterloo’s annual Kinesiology Lab Days event running from December 3 to 12.
Students from the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo will offer a day of free family programming in Waterloo on Saturday.