Thumbs up to the finalists in the 2025 National Impact Challenge for Solutions for Healthy Aging. From wearable sensors for all monitoring to web based self-assessment tools for home safety and use of A1 in remote care each project showed considerable promise. To check out finalists visit agewell.ca
Thumbs down to exercising after lunch and in the evening. Experts tracked heart data of 80,000 participants over six years to find that the optimum exercise time for preventing coronary heart disease and stroke is between 8am and 11 am.
Source: Spa Business
Thumbs up to the residents of Quebec who are said to live the longest (82.5 years on average) according to a new study of Canadian lifespans. Nunavut has the shortest at 71.7 and women in British Columbia boast the highest at 84.3 years.
Source: Prezler Injury Lawyers
Thumbs down to longer wait lists for priority surgeries and diagnostic imaging have not improved when compared to pre-pandemic times. In particular, hip and knee replacements and cancer surgeries have even longer waiting times in recent months.
Source: CIHI
Thumbs up to Maytree Foundation for its tool kit that’s designed to help individuals advocate and engage with government decision makers to prevent claw-backs related to the new Canada Disability Benefit in their home provinces.
Source: Maytree.com
