What if your ability to age well depended not just on your medical history, but on whether you had a friend nearby, access to a grocery store, or a safe home? There’s more to being healthy in your elder years than having access to medical care. Our elder care system works well when it comes to addressing acute health problems — even life-threatening ones. But the question we may have failed to ask is this: how did it get that bad in the first place?

In this compelling episode of From Research to Impact, Dr. Jasmine Mah—a physician and scholar at the forefront of geriatric medicine—unpacks the deep connections between social vulnerability, frailty, and health outcomes in older adults. As Canada braces for a demographic shift with a surge in centenarians, Dr. Mah’s research offers urgent insights into how our systems are failing the elderly.

This episode is for anyone hoping to understand the nuances behind elder care. And it’s not just for the aging population: remember, it’s better to prevent medical issues than struggle to cure them.

About Dr. Jasmine Mah

Dr. Jasmine Mah is a geriatric medicine fellow at Dalhousie University and a 2021 Scholar of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. She earned her medical degree from the University of Ottawa and her PhD from Dalhousie University, focusing on the intersection of social vulnerability, frailty, and health outcomes in older adults.

Inspired by personal experiences with family aging, Dr. Mah is dedicated to transforming elder care in Canada. Her research advocates for integrating social and medical systems to improve quality of life for seniors, particularly in times of crisis and transition.

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