Posts Tagged ‘Aging’

When people enter the home of Derek and Maria Lunden in North Vancouver or the home of Alison and Peter Faid in Edmonton, they are impressed by roomy kitchens and bathrooms, wide doorways and hallways, fine finishings and lots of natural light. What isn’t so obvious is that these private homes were designed to help their owners negotiate through the later stages of life, whatever life throws at them.

Studying Successful Aging What image do you have of old age? Do you see independent people in their 80s and 90s actively participating in community life? Or a group of increasingly dependent people whose physical and mental abilities decline with every passing year? What biological processes, life events or social actions lead some to one group and some to the other? It’s a question of keen interest to individuals who want to remain robust as they age, and the public health and social systems girding up to handle the looming bulge of retiring baby boomers. Over the next 20 years the newly-launched $30-million [...]