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As we step into 2024, we're eager to continue our journey toward a more inclusive healthcare system and society, where the well-being of older women remains our focus. Our guiding question remains simple yet profound: "What about older women?" It shapes our approach, inspiring targeted interventions and solutions. Committed to bridging the sex/gender and age data gap, we're reimagining aging in place, optimizing therapies, promoting social connections, and addressing ageism with a gender lens. Through evidence-based research, we're changing perceptions and actions towards older women. Here's to a year of shared growth, understanding, and celebration of the resilience and wisdom that aging brings.

Solo Seniors: How to age alone and well

Actionable advice to stay in control, secure, and connected 

The number of Canadians living to 100 and beyond is increasing exponentially.  If you add to that Canada’s 48% divorce rate and women outliving men by 4.4 years on average, most of us will spend a portion of our senior years alone.  That said, there is a difference between being alone and feeling lonely.  While loneliness can be as unhealthy as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, aging alone can also be fulfilling with the right planning and support systems in place. Check out this talk moderated by Leanne Kaufman, President and CEO of Royal Trust with Women’s Age Lab’s Drs. Paula Rochon and Rachel Savage, and elder caring expert Audrey Miller as they explore what it means for our mental, physical, and financial wellbeing to age alone - and how we can stay secure, in control, connected, and healthy - well into our later years.

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WCH Community Voices

Women’s College Hospital is on a journey to revolutionize healthcare for a healthier, more equitable world and we want you to be a part of it. We are focusing on listening to the voices of women and individuals who are often neglected in research. We want to hear from women, trans women, trans men or non-binary individuals, 16 years of age or older who are living or studying in Ontario.

The results of this study will be used to understand what needs aren’t being met in the current healthcare landscape. It will help shape WCH’s strategy and inform the development of new programs and services to ensure we continue to provide the best possible care, and support future research on the delivery of healthcare to diverse communities.

The Community Voices survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete and will ask questions related to your identity, and your experience accessing healthcare in Ontario. The survey collects your answers anonymously and confidentially. Your voice is important and can help us shape the future of care at Women’s College Hospital.

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We have recently launched some new social media accounts, where we are dedicated to sharing evidence-based insights and fostering a community passionate about healthy aging for women. Please follow us on:


Facebook: PaulaRochon

Instagram: @rochonpaula


Follow along as we navigate the realms of knowledge, professional tips, and insights into healthy aging—made accessible not only to researchers and healthcare professionals but also to older women and the general public.

If you're not already following, we'd also like to invite you to connect on our other platforms:


Twitter (X): @rochonpaula

LinkedIn: PaulaRochon


Here's to a year of shared insights, collaboration, and positive connections. Looking forward to engaging with you in this new digital space!