The McMaster Institute for Research on Aging is investing more than $2 million across four years to support two interdisciplinary, community-engaged initiatives to improve the lives and mobility of older adults.
The research team wanted to examine pandemic-related impacts with a frailty lens because many of the public health measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 were based on age.
The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging has been awarded grants totaling $61.5 million from CIHR and CFI.