Shaping the Future of Dementia Care: Slaight Initiative Quarterly Newsletter

Over the past month, we’ve contributed to important conversations at home and abroad, from exploring the future of generative AI in health care at our annual Health Partnership Summit to sharing research at the Canadian Association on Gerontology’s annual conference. We also had the opportunity to engage directly with Canada’s Health Ministers on how we […]

September has been a milestone month for the NIA as we celebrated our 10th anniversary and gathered to reflect on a decade of advancing research, policy, public awareness and education to improve the lives of older Canadians. When the NIA launched in 2016, we had an ambitious vision to help Canada better prepare for an […]

An estimated 772,000 Canadians are currently living with dementia — and the true number may be significantly higher. According to a new report released by the National Institute on Ageing (NIA), nearly two-thirds (61.7%) of people living with dementia globally are undiagnosed, estimating that up to 2 million people could be living with dementia in […]