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Summer Program in Aging

About the Summer Program in Aging 2025

The Baycrest Academy for Research and Education is honoured to have been selected to host the Summer Program in Aging (SPA) from June 8 to 13, 2025 on our campus in Toronto, Ontario.

SPA 2025 trainees will experience an interactive, interprofessional and innovative program built around the theme “Training a Healthcare Workforce to Meet the Needs of Older Adults”. There will be a variety of opportunities to learn from those with lived experience – both older persons and those who care for them.

The overarching goal of SPA 2025 is to inspire and prepare trainees to conduct rigorous, meaningful research across a spectrum of disciplines – ranging from basic to applied and implementation research – that ultimately supports training a healthcare workforce to successfully meet the needs of older persons.

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  • Learning at Baycrest

    Baycrest is the largest provider of training and education programs in the care of the elderly in North America, extending internationally with a global telehealth program. Fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, Baycrest has an extensive clinical training program in geriatric care.

    Every year, nearly 1,500 students, trainees and other practitioners from more than 50 universities and colleges come to learn at Baycrest and experience the delivery of high-quality care alongside leading experts on one of the world’s most comprehensive campuses of care focused on aging and care of older adults.

  • Research at Baycrest

     

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    The mission at Baycrest Academy for Research and Education (BARE) is to Revolutionize aging and brain health by discovering, assessing and mobilizing impactful knowledge through cutting-edge research, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative education to enhance the lives of communities worldwide.  

    BARE’s Rotman Research Institute is a world-leading centre for the study of aging and brain function with a primary focus on aging and brain health, including Alzheimer’s and related dementias.

    Baycrest is home to the Kimel Family Centre for Brain Health and Wellness, the world’s first research-based community centre dedicated to reducing dementia risk and examining the benefits of personalized brain health programming for people aged 50+.

    Baycrest is also the scientific headquarters of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA), Canada's largest federally funded dementia research program.

    In addition, researchers and trainees at Baycrest have access to numerous state-of-the-art neuroimaging facilities, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG), electroencephalography (EEG), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and more.
  • About Baycrest
    Baycrest is a global leader in geriatric residential living, healthcare, research, innovation and education, with a special focus on brain health and aging. We provide a unique continuum of care for older adults within a single campus, including independent living, assisted living, memory care living, long-term care and a post-acute hospital specializing. Our vision: A world where every older person lives with purpose, fulfilment and dignity. A key objective of our five-year strategic plan is to: Redefine the residential living experience for older persons.

 

For questions about SPA 2025, please contact training@research.baycrest.org