September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We honour residential school survivors, the children who never returned home, their families and communities. The CLSA remains committed to learning and reflection and encourages our community to carry this forward.

CLSAFindings💡: The Link Between Life Satisfaction and Outcome-wide Health: Evidence from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging CC: @utoronto.ca @uoftdlsph.bsky.social 🔗: buff.ly/0Sii8yA

🚨Reminder: CLSA data access deadline is in one week, October 7, 2026. For more information on the application process and available data, visit: buff.ly/ZK3N4yB

🚨Rappel : Les demandes d’accès aux données de l’ÉLCV sont acceptées jusqu’au 7 octobre 2026, dans une semaine. Pour en savoir plus sur le processus de demande et les données disponibles, consultez la page buff.ly/kaqCnZr.

Job opportunity - Students are welcome to apply! The CLSA Victoria Site is looking for an In-Home Research Interviewer. Deadline is this Friday, September 25th at 4:00pm. Job description and how to apply link in our bio. @clsa-elcv.bsky.social

⭐: Julianne Hu, Dr. Peter Zhukovsky, @camhnews.bsky.social 📝: Integrative multimodal analysis of lifespan development 🔗: buff.ly/erbLhaI

⭐: Julianne Hu, Pʳ Peter Zhukovsky, @camhnews.bsky.social 📝: L’analyse multimodale intégrative du développement au cours de la vie 🔗: buff.ly/3SORvzA

CLSAFindings💡: Age and sex differences in cognitive performance in people with subjective cognitive decline and associated worry: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging CC: @uottawa.ca 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42011061/

⭐: Daniel Sibley, Dr. Shabbir Alibhai, @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social 📝: Sleep disturbance and depressive symptoms in older adults with cancer: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) 🔗: buff.ly/SVSaoGs

⭐: Daniel Sibley, Dʳ Shabbir Alibhai, @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social 📝 Les perturbations du sommeil et les symptômes dépressifs chez les personnes âgées atteintes d’un cancer : une analyse transversale et longitudinale de l’Étude longitudinale canadienne sur le vieillissement (ÉLCV)

CLSAFindings💡: A longitudinal analysis of Veteran well-being using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging CC: @carleton.ca @uottawa.ca 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42533999/

⭐: Dr. Dorrie Rizzo, @mcgill-research.bsky.social 📝: Identification of blood biomarkers to screen and measure severity of OSA 🔗: buff.ly/JVRsnO1

⭐: Pʳᵉ Dorrie Rizzo, @mcgill-research.bsky.social 📝: La détermination des biomarqueurs sanguins pour détecter et mesurer la gravité de l’apnée obstructive du sommeil 🔗: buff.ly/Dun6A6x

CLSAFindings💡: Association between anticholinergic and sedative medications and physical functioning: data from the Canadian longitudinal study on aging (CLSA) CC: @usherbrooke.bsky.social @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social @usask.ca @sydney.edu.au @ulaval.ca @westernu.ca

CLSAFindings💡: Retinal Vessel Traits and the Risk of Stroke: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging CC: @uottawa.ca @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @uolondon.bsky.social @umontreal.ca 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42564809/

CLSAFindings💡: Dying in the Desired Location-Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging CC: @um-radyfhs.bsky.social @um-coaging.bsky.social @umanitoba.bsky.social @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42373556/

Dying in the Desired Location—Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70567

Sexual minority aging isn't one story. #JGSSAdvAccess research tracks Canadian older adults over a decade. Lesbian adults report high life satisfaction. Bisexual adults face worse depression & distress. Within-group differences matter. buff.ly/lDsdb1Q @geronsociety.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Longitudinal psychological health profiles among sexual minority Middle-aged and older adults in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

AbstractObjectives. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups such as sexual minorities may experience aging in unique ways. This study aimed t

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Data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging showed multi-joint osteoarthritis was linked to faster frailty progression over 6 years of follow-up. OA affecting 2 or 3 joints was associated with 40–47% faster frailty progression vs no OA Arthritis Care & Research doi.org/10.1002/acr....

Individuals with Multi‐Joint Osteoarthritis Demonstrate Larger Longitudinal Declines in Frailty: Data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Objective Test the hypothesis that multi-joint osteoarthritis would modify the relation between time and frailty progression, where more affected joints would lead to larger declines over 6-years co...

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Il est désormais possible d’accéder à la première publication de données tirées de l’initiative Cerveaux en santé, vieillissement en santé par l’entremise de l’ÉLCV, créée grâce au financement de la Weston Family Foundation. (1/2)

The first Healthy Brains, Healthy Aging data release is now available through the CLSA, established with support from the Weston Family Foundation. Combining nearly 6,000 stool microbiome samples with brain MRI, cognitive assessment & extensive health and lifestyle data. Learn more: buff.ly/NpPzGNG

CLSAFindings💡: The association between assistive device use and the change in informal caregiving hours among community-dwelling older adults: analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) CC: @uwaterloo.ca 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42250254/

CLSAFindings💡: Exploring the association between common genetic deletions and aging: insights from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging CC: @ulaval.ca 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42340576/

Canada’s population is changing, with older adults representing a growing part of communities across the country. In @ca.theconversation.com, CLSA lead PI Parminder Raina draws on evidence from the CLSA to challenge the idea that population aging is a crisis.

La population du Canada évolue, et les personnes âgées forment une part croissante et toujours plus importante des communautés du pays.

CLSAFindings💡: A new sparse Bayesian quantile neural network-based approach and its application to discover physiological sweet spots in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging CC: @sfu.ca 🔗: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

CLSAFindings💡: Frailty Progression Moderates the Association Between Sensory and Cognitive Trajectories Over 6 Years: Evidence From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging CC: @umontreal.ca @dalhousie.bsky.social 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42223330/

#CLSAWebinars return this September! Join us on Tuesday, September 22, at 12 PM ET for the next CLSA webinar, “Circadian Biology and Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis and the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging”

CLSAFindings💡: The Impact of a Prior Traumatic Brain Injury and Injury Characteristics on Frailty in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging CC: @dalhousie.bsky.social @usherbrooke.bsky.social 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41620060/

CLSAFindings💡: Prevalence and regional distribution of obstructive sleep apnea in Canada: Analysis from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging CC: @sinaihealth.bsky.social @usask.ca @utoronto.ca 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39037568/