🧠💪 Want to improve your brain health? Become a research volunteer for our virtual lifestyle intervention program with University of Waterloo and Baycrest! Sign up now! #BrainHealth #ResearchStudy 🔬🌟
Contact 519-888-4567 ext41080 or email [email protected]

This Stress Awareness Month, tune in to episode 10 of the Defy Dementia podcast at defydementia.org to learn how stress can increase your dementia risk and how you can build up your resilience to protect your brain. #stressawareness

Congratulations to Baycrest's Paul Nicholson, Program Director, Security & Emergency Preparedness, and all the 2024 winners of SP&T News / CSMag's Top 10 Under 40 👏

Read the whole article in Canadian Security's Spring 2024 edition here: ow.ly/LRPZ50R6EVX

Baycrest’s Defy Dementia podcast has been nominated for a prestigious Webby People’s Voice Award! Vote for Baycrest and Defy Dementia at baycrest.org/VoteForDefyDem…
Voting closes April 18. Please share with your networks.

#Webbys

Being a family caregiver can have many different meanings & responsibilities. One of our National Grant recipients Baycrest have put together a resource highlighting caregiving facts & has suggestions for supporting caregivers. Download here: www-prd-cdn.petro-canada.ca/-/media/projec… #CareMakers

The Defy Dementia podcast is back with a two-part special about stress and caregiving. Tune in at defydementia.org, or anywhere you get your podcasts, for practical tips to help you protect your brain.

#dementia #brainhealth #aging #caregiving #stress

Want to safeguard your brain health as you age?
Join us for an interactive event filled with actionable tips, hosted by Baycrest & Hamilton PL, at the Hamilton Central Library, 55 York Blvd on March 27 from 2-5 p.m.
Register: baycrest.org/DefyDementiaEv…

CABHI Geras Centre for Aging Research

Dr. Jed Meltzer, Senior Scientist @RotmanResearch spoke to Toronto Star about his new study linking speed of speech to speed of thought.

“’(Speech rate) is something that could be added to the list of diagnostic criteria (for dementia).’”

Read the full article below:

On March 26, join CABHI for its 6th annual virtual summit. This event will feature thought leaders in the field of aging & brain health who continue working towards improving the quality of life for older adults.
Details & registration: whova.com/portal/registr…

Don't miss tonight's theZoomer episode about Empowering your Mind Against #Dementia 🧠ft. Baycrest's Dr. Adriana Shnall, Program Director, Koschitzky Centre for Innovations in Caregiving!

Air Dates:
📅Friday, March 15 at 11 p.m. ET
📅Monday, March 18 at 10 p.m. ET

This #BrainHealthAwarenessWeek , take a look at the latest Defy Dementia video to help you sort through everything you’ve learned about dementia risk factors & how to identify and tackle them. Visit defydementia.org for the full episode and additional resources.

Great doing Good Morning Hamilton #GMH with Rick Zamperin today. Thanks 900 CHML for helping spread the #BrainHealth word!

We’re doing a #DefyDementia event in #HamOnt March 27 2 pm at the downtown library, but meanwhile check out DefyDementia.org

#BrainAwarenessWeek

AT 12:45 ET: Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Adriana Shnall Baycrest and Carmi Levy for a conversation about how AI is helping people with dementia and other challenges. Tune in ZoomerRadio. 416-360-0740 or 1-866-740-4740 #health #AI #AM740

In the next Health Talks session, Baycrest's Dr. Meaghan Adams will discuss the powerful role of exercise in reducing dementia risk. Join us March 21, from 11 a.m. to noon, in-person and virtually. For all details, please visit baycrest.org/healthtalks.

Join our partners Toronto Dementia Research Alliance and Alzheimer Society TO for an insightful webinar about #caregiving & care partnering for persons living w/ #dementia , and how virtual reality may be used as a support.
Details & registration: alz.to/event/tdra-web…

#BrainHealthAwarenessWeek starts today🧠 !Try Canoku, Brain Health Edition by Canuckle 🇨🇦 ! Canoku was developed in partnership w/Baycrest
#defydementia team (@asek47 ) & CABHI to keep minds active & reduce the risk of dementia. Boost your brain health: canucklegame.ca/canoku/brainhe…

Our latest episode of Defy Dementia will help you sort through everything you’ve learned about dementia risk factors, identifying them and what you can do to tackle these in your life. Tune in at defydementia.org, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

Should talking speed be tested as part of standard cognitive assessments to help clinicians detect cognitive decline faster and help older adults support their brain health as they age?

A small scale study by @baycrest suggests this might be useful.

baycrest.org/Baycrest-Pages…

Want to learn from and engage with your community on dementia prevention? Join us on Mar 4 for an interactive event hosted by Baycrest KD Cultural Centre & Defy Dementia co-hosts Jay Ingram and Dr Allison Sekuler 🧠 👁🥁. Breakfast & lunch will be provided. To register, contact: [email protected].

Congrats Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health on the launch of the first Canadian clinical guidelines on loneliness and social isolation in older adults, led by Baycrest's Executive VP, Education and Baycrest Academy for Research and Education's Chief Academic Officer Dr. David Conn! ccsmh.ca