There aren't enough geriatricians in Canada to cope with the number of older adults, reports a new paper from the University of Waterloo and published in the Canadian Geriatrics Journal.
If you're looking for a living environment where your floormates are also your classmates, consider the Recreation and Leisure Studies Living-Learning Community. You'll live with a "cluster" of other first-year Recreation and Leisure Studies students.
In November, the University, in partnership with the Waterloo Public Library John M. Harper Branch and the Stork Family YMCA, hosted a day of free family programming developed by Recreation and Leisure Studies students from REC 220 Program Management course.
It’s an experience all too common among cancer survivors— when chemotherapy or radiation ends, so does the outpouring of support.
Keep your long-term goals in mind to make your dream a reality, Professor Chris Hadfield told members of a capacity—and captivated—crowd that came to hear his free public lecture at the University of Waterloo today.
We all like to think we are more than our work –but most of us also have choices in terms of what we do for pay and/or how we spend our time outside of paid work.
For stroke victims, fear of falling can be an insurmountable hurdle to recovery. Kinesiology professor Bill McIlroy saw the effects of that fear after his grandmother broke her hip, and he’s determined to smooth the path for others struggling to regain mobility.
Dr. George Heckman, a physician specializing in aging and cardiovascular disease, joins Waterloo as the Schlegel Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine with the Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging, and Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems.
The Canadian Index of Wellbeing provides unique insights into Canadians’ quality of life – overall, and in specific areas, such as our standard of living, health, the quality of our environment, and the state of our leisure and culture.