Institute for Life Course and Aging

09/12/2024

ILCA online workshop "Gottman Method Couples Therapy for Older Adults" starts Sep 23! Details and Registration: https://uoft.me/gottman

02/29/2024

"Hoarding In Later Life" 4-week online workshop for healthcare workers and other professionals working with the aging population starts March 11. Details and registration: https://aging.utoronto.ca/hoarding-in-later-life/

02/07/2024

Registration is open for the Institute's online workshop starting on Feb 12: Integrating Emotion-Focused Therapy Principles and Interventions in Working with Older Adults. Details & registration: https://aging.utoronto.ca/events/workshops/

07/28/2021

New insights into the relationship between how we feel and our views on . Subjective age discordance (SAD) – the difference between how old you feel and how old you would like to be – is a fairly new concept in the psychology of aging

A new study finds that the disconnect between how old we feel and how old we want to be can offer insights into the relationship between our views on aging and our health.

07/18/2021

Ongoing research suggests that creativity may be key to healthy . Studies show that participating in activities such as singing, theater performance and visual artistry could support the well-being of .

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/creativity-may-be-key-to-healthy-aging-here-are-ways-to-stay-inspired/2021/07/10/679e20fc-e0e1-11eb-9f54-7eee10b5fcd2_story.html

07/14/2021

Irish Musicians Saving Oral History By Recording Elders Singing Old Campfire Songs

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/song-collectors-collective-recording-elder-travelers-singing-old-folk-songs/

Song Collectors, a group of young Irish musicians look to their elders to save old folk songs and stories for future generations.

07/13/2021

Researchers have created an inflammatory clock of aging (iAge) which measures inflammatory load and predicts -morbidity, , , and is also associated with exceptional in .

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/bifr-fac070821.php

07/07/2021

Study reveals source of remarkable of "superagers"
For the first time, researchers have used fMRI to understand how some can learn and remember new information as well as a 25-year-old.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/mgh-srs070621.php

07/06/2021

“E-Mental Health in Times of Crisis and Beyond”
Date: 15 July 2021 (Thursday)
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (HKT) / 2:00 am – 4:00 am (EDT)
Mode of Presentation: Online (Zoom)
Speaker:Prof. Sally CHAN President, Tung Wah College
Registration: Please go to https://bit.ly/2TsZlgb

07/05/2021

Featured models are imbued with an eye-popping, organic connection to the environment. Each stunning portrait reflects a personal narrative acknowledged and venerated rather than a life story dismissed and forgotten.

Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen take amazing photos showing elderly people trussed up in pieces of nature, from seaweed to rhubarb.

06/30/2021

Keep your friends close and your cortisol levels low for life. Researchers have determined that communicating with female friends decreases stress hormone levels for women across the lifespan.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/bifa-kyf063021.php

06/30/2021

A recent proof-of-concept study finds that a low-cost training program can reduce hazardous driving in older adults. Researchers hope the finding will lead to the training becoming more widely available.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/ncsu-ctp062921.php