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Research has shown most frail elderly patients want to maintain the quality of life rather than prolong it, but the use of invasive life-sustaining technologies in this population has been increasing.
In July, two promising students in the field of aging became the first recipients of the Labarge Mobility Scholarship, an influential new award presented by the Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging within McMaster’s Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA).
Some of McMaster’s top researchers are presenting at the world’s largest conference on aging this week.