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Research and International

Research in aging: up close and personal

May 2, 2024 — 
For over 40 years, the Centre on Aging has been engaging researchers, students, older adults, representatives from community organization, health and social agencies, government, and the general public in a dialogue on aging.

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Sandra Webber leans over a pickleball net, holding a racquet.

CTV Regina: The potential benefits of playing pickleball

April 9, 2024 — 
The potential benefits of playing pickleball

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Factors in health aging

Research and International

Factors in Healthy Aging

April 10, 2019 — 
More and more Canadians are reaching old age and Canada’s population as a whole is aging. By 2031, an estimated one in four Canadians will be aged 65 or older. This population shift includes a boom in the number of Canadians aged 85 or older – particularly, centenarians.

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Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Paid and unpaid care work for older chronically and terminally ill persons

October 4, 2018 — 
In her presentation at the Research Seminar Series Oct. 16, Dr. Laura Funk will summarize some of her own research into care work for chronically and terminally ill older adults, illustrating the possibilities of qualitative inquiry in this area.

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