GERAS Dance - Dance class aims to improve health in seniors | Fort Erie Observer

It doesn’t matter whether participants are seasoned professionals or have absolutely no dance experience at all. Everyone over the age of 60 is welcome.

Canada's first women-only business mission to Asia targets opportunities in Japan | Vancouver Sun

The mission will follow two significant events, the Women 20 (W20) Summit and the World Assembly of Women (WAW), both to be hosted by Japan in late March.

SWORD Health - Digital physical therapy tool improved knee patients' recovery | MobiHealthNews

Two papers from Sword Health's researchers suggest the company's Digital Therapist platform is well received and more effective than standard rehabilitation.

Hippocamera - Record and replay: How a Canadian-made app is aiming to help Alzheimer’s patients improve their daily lives | Globe & Mail

The Hippocamera is part of an expanding field of digital memory augmentation, using technology to enhance people’s ability to store and recall memories

Deprescribing App - Barb Farrell’s deprescribing research team launches app | Bruyere

Careteam - Digital Technology Supercluster first to announce projects | BetaKit

Today, Navdeep Bains announced the first projects being undertaken by the BC-based Digital Technology Supercluster.

Linked Senior - Game theory | McKnight's Senior Living

Do brain games and other fun-based approaches to mental stimulation help reduce Alzheimer’s? Some interesting findings are beginning to emerge.

ElliQ - On-Demand Grandkids and Robot Pals to Keep Senior Loneliness at Bay | Wall Street Journal

Devices and services that facilitate—and in some cases replace—human contact are attracting insurers looking to combat an ever-more lethal crisis of loneliness.

Aging2.0 Announces the Caregiving Collective: a Global Insight, Solutions and Matchmaking Platform for Innovators in Caregiving | Financial Post

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON — Today, Aging2.0 announces the Caregiving Collective, its latest initiative to support innovators in aging around the world.

Curiato - Medtech startup tackles “silent epidemic” | U of Waterloo

It began with “Hack4Health” in 2015, where three Waterloo science students learned that bedsores were a critical issue for healthcare in North America costing seven lives an hour and up to $20B every year. Zied Etleb, Moazam Khan and Matthew Sefati decided to tackle the problem and develop smart products to prevent and manage pressure wounds. The co-founders called their

RESPECT - The Final Taboo | Zoomer

Libby is joined by experts to discuss 'the final taboo', the uncomfortable topic of our own mortality, dealing with grief and what makes a good death.

GERAS Dance - Flamborough Family YMCA offers GERAS Dance program | Flamborough Review

The Flamborough Family YMCA is offering a program targeted to seniors to help with brain health and physical function — including balance.