Resources/Programs
Age UK TV ad
Age UK, a UK-based group with “a vision of a world in which older people flourish. We aim to improve later life for everyone through our information and advice, campaigns, products, training and research” has produced a marvelous new add that highlights the wide range of services and assitance they provide for older adults in the UK.
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New blog from Geriatric Medicine Research
Geriatric Medicine Research at Dalhousie University/Capital Health, has a new blog launched earlier this month, that brings you up to date news from the world of research in aging. GMR has been leading the way in patient and carer centrered research into frailty and dementia for two decades: 
Founded in 1991 by Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, Geriatric Medicine Research (GMR) has pioneered an interdisciplinary approach to the study of aging, frailty and dementia that has allowed us to work with artists, philosophers, linguists, sociologists, applied mathematicians and data miners, just to name a few.
Innovative work being done by the GMR team here at Dalhousie University/Capital Health includes tools and services to allow for a more responsive system of care for aging patients, as well as work into the effects of social vulnerability on health and mortality. We have also initiated a specialized clinic to help elderly patients understand the benefits and risks of treatments available to them.Recent work has also begun to help better understand and provide for the needs of those who care for our expanding population of dementia patients, and we currently head up a cross-Canada network for knowledge translation in the field of dementia research.
GMR has a long history of research collaborations with groups as close as Ontario and as far flung as China. We hope you will take a minute to look explore our site, the varied work we do, and the many groups who work with us.
Check out their blog here.
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What’s new in the Members Section?
Posted today in the Members Section Forum here on CAKEns: a great video on sex and gender differences in health and disease:
Marcia Stefanick talks about the medical differences between men and women and how the different chemical makeups of the different sexes can affect a person’s health and longevity. During the final quarter of the Stanford Mini Med School, some of the most timely and important topics in contemporary medicine and the biosciences are addressed. Stanford Mini Med School is a series arranged and directed by Stanford’s School of Medicine, and presented by the Stanford Continuing Studies program.
This area of the CAKEns website is available only to registered members. To renew your membership, simply click here and choose the appropriate subscription. The Members Forum has a host of great ongoing conversations around the area of aging. Join today and get involved!
Read the Ageing News Daily for latest updates
Check out the GANS Ageing News Daily – a daily online publication of great stories, links, info and resources direct from our GANS twitter feed.
Some of the stories in the latest edition’s Health Section cover topics like: 
- assisted living best practices
- elder abuse conference
- ethics guidelines in research
- smartphone apps to help caregivers and seniors
- long-distance care giving
This is just a sample from one section of this great daily resource. You can subscribe to the GANS Ageing News Daily – look for the SUBSCRIBE button on the top right side of the page.
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Help finding Seniors’ resources in NS
Did you know that Service Nova Scotia has compiled many resources for seniors into one handy web page?
They have links and resources for: 
- Living a Healthy Life as a Senior
- Getting the Best Out of Retirement
- Finding Independent Living Services
- Finding Care Outside Your Home
- Finding End-of-Life Care (Palliative Care)
- Exploring Legal Matters Concerning Your Health
Click here to visit their site.
The GANS Aging News Daily is out!
Check out today’s edition with top stories on 
- a possible Alzheimer’s ”vaccine” (from @50plus)
- controlling your online image (from @swhitbo)
- learning about health care and ageing in Cuba (from @globalageing)
- multi-tasking and ageing (from @seniors4living)
and much more including videos and links to articles from around the world.
Visit the paper here and subscribe to have it delivered to your inbox daily!
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Dementia and Driving Survey
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Are you a caregiver for someone with dementia who drives or recently stopped driving? Do you know someone in this situation? There is a new resource available for driving and dementia in Nova Scotia that helps caregivers understand when it may be time to hang up the keys, and offers useful information and strategies around this topic.
Did you know that in Nova Scotia, more than 5,000 people with dementia continue to drive, and that this number is expected to double over the next 10 years?
A recent public health campaign was designed to open lines of communication between people with dementia, their caregivers, and health care professionals when it comes to the difficult issue of driving. Geriatric Medicine Research in Halifax, in partnership with the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation and the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia, invites you to take part in a short anonymous survey about driving and dementia.
The survey asks about your experience caring for a person with dementia who currently drives or recently stopped driving. All responses are anonymous and cannot result in any direct action or ramifications for you or the individual with dementia. The results of this survey are critical to help design future programs to support people with dementia and their caregivers as they navigate the issue of driving and dementia.
For more information, and a link to the survey, click here.
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NS Department of Seniors call for funding proposals
The Nova Scotia Department of Seniors announces a call for funding proposals in two areas:
Age-Friendly Communities Funding
The Department of Seniors invites applications from municipalities that:
- Assist communities with strategic planning that supports applying age-friendly thinking to improve the physical and social environment
- Assist communities to promote healthy, active ageing by creating or adapting structures and services to be accessible for people of all ages
All municipal units in Nova Scotia are eligible to apply for an Age-Friendly Communities Program grant. Successful applications will receive up to 50 per cent of their project cost, to a maximum of a $5,000 grant, where the municipality matches the fund’s contribution.
The closing date for submission of proposals is 4:30 pm on May 16, 2011.
Positive Aging Funding
The Department of Seniors invites applications from non-profit community organizations to create projects that advance the goals and actions outlined in Nova Scotia’s Strategy for Positive Aging, with a focus on health, well-being and community participation.
- grants of up to $10,000 are available
- projects must involve seniors in the planning and delivery of the project
The closing date for submission of proposals is 4:30 pm on April 21st, 2011.
For more information and to download applications, go to the website.
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New sleep and dementia evidence resource available.
A team of researchers from the University of Alberta has completed a structured review of the evidence for non-pharmacological sleep interventions for persons with dementia.
The full report is available on the website . The website contains a collection of evidence-based sleep resources for healthcare providers and caregivers of persons with dementia.
Downloadable patient education brochures about evidence-based sleep interventions are also provided. A PowerPoint presentation on the findings of this project and on sleep problems in persons with dementia can be accessed in the archives of the Canadian Dementia Resource and Knowledge Exchange website.
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New GANS Daily Paper!
Check out the latest edition of the Ageing New Daily – a daily web publication of all the latest news in ageing from around the globe as compiled from the GANS twitter feed. Links , videos, and media that cover many aspect of the ageing issue in health, research, business, entertainment and more!
Subscribe for daily delivery of the latest in ageing news!
Simply click the ‘subscribe’ button (on the right of the screen) when you are visiting the paper to have it delivered to your inbox daily. Click here to visit the latest edition.
The paper is updated every day with new stories, links and more!
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