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  • Personal experience is often a spark for starting a new business, and perhaps especially so in the growing sector for non-alcoholic drinks.

  • Denise Amyot sees many links and coincidences in her long career. Perhaps the most consistent for the retiree who started her working life as a teacher has been to never stop learning.

  • Peter Chen was determined to stay active and fit, physically and mentally. And after retirement he specifically focused on physical exercises and activities to keep up his mental ability.

  • Cataract surgery: It’s by far the most common surgery done in the country and it’s almost entirely focused on older adults because they are the ones who get cataracts.

Current Issue

Fall
2024

Sage60 gives Sage readers fresh content four times a year, and it releases six weeks after each print edition. In this edition, we examine the trend of low- and no-alcohol beverages, on which many craft breweries are jumping. We also look at lifelong learning and interview retirees about how they keep their brains active. In tandem with that, we explore what puzzles, games and activities our members enjoy as a way to keep the cognitive synapses firing. And finally, we interview a cataract surgeon and researcher who conducted a study on how Ontario’s move to private clinics for cataract surgery has affected care. He found that low-income Ontarians are being left behind. Given that many provinces have the same policy as Ontario, it’s likely happening elsewhere, too. 

Features

More and more people are opting to replace at least some of their alcohol consumption with no-alcohol options. 

Activities that involve thinking, learning and remembering can prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s or other aging-related dementia, studies find.

Mind games and puzzles can contribute to a healthy brain and stimulating the brain is one way to prevent dementia, according to current medical thinking. 

A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal made this finding. Other provinces’ programs are set up much the same way although the topic hasn’t yet been studied outside Ontario. 

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