New website assists those with dementia and their families
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia leaves both the person with the illness and their family members with many unanswered questions.
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia leaves both the person with the illness and their family members with many unanswered questions.
Founding faculty member of Waterloo’s Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, and beloved Warriors Golf Coach, Jack Pearse passed away on Wednesday, August 21 at the age of 87.
Summer camp is about more than s’mores and sing-alongs. Just ask Troy Glover; one of the recreation and leisure studies professors behind the multi-phase Canadian Summer Camp Research Project.
The Canadian Index of Wellbeing Network, directed by recreation and leisure studies professor Bryan Smale, has developed a composite index to benchmark the nation's state of well-being.
Today technology drives motherhood and motherhood drives technology,” says Parry, an associate professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences.
Retirement is changing, and researchers at the RBC Retirement Research Centre at the University of Waterloo are investigating how people can better prepare for the evolving post-career landscape.
If you're looking for a living environment where your floormates are also your classmates, consider the Recreation and Leisure Studies Living-Learning Community.
As the Canadian population continues to age, more and more people will be diagnosed with an illness causing dementia.
Uncertain Futures: Women Leaving Prison and Re-entering Community, a report co-authored by Susan Arai, explores the “importance of building relationships to bridge the chasm between women and their community” after they are released from Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener.