Monthly Archives: January 2016

Margaret Lock Offers Dementia’s Realism Instead of Hope

January 31, 2016 · by · in Health Research, Public Health, Science Funding

Cynthia Martin writes that unlike cancer’s new push to accelerate treatment (recently launched under the banner Cancer Moonshot2020), there is no Alzheimer’s MoonShot2020.

Disentangling Alzheimer’s, Dementia, and Aging

January 29, 2016 · by · in Community, Health Research, Mental Health, Public Health · 2 Comments

Katie Aubrecht shares her thoughts on Alzheimer’s, dementia, and aging as these intersect with The Alzheimer Conundrum: Entanglements of Dementia and Aging.

Physician-Assisted Death in Canada February – June 2016

January 26, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Community, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy · Leave a comment

Jocelyn Downie explains the Supreme Court of Canada’s response to the federal government’s request for more time to develop a new law on physician-assisted death.

Wrinkles and the Paradox of Aging

January 25, 2016 · by · in Community, Mental Health, Public Health · 1 Comment

Keri-Leigh Cassidy critiques how old age and dementia are depicted in the film Wrinkles.

Wrinkles – Fear of Alzheimer’s and Aging

January 21, 2016 · by · in Community, Death & Assisted Dying, Disability, Mental Health · 1 Comment

Timothy M. Krahn and Walter Glannon reflect on the graphic novel Wrinkles and what it teaches us about fears of Alzheimer’s and aging.

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