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BrainMatters • Spring/Summer 2022 • 1 Welcome to the latest edition of BrainMatters Magazine, bringing you timely information on brain-healthy living and ways to optimize your well-being. Baycrest is working to change the future of aging, and our Fear No Age™ fundraising and awareness campaign continues to inspire our community by reminding everyone that growing old isn't the beginning of the end, it's the start of a whole new beginning. Together, we will defeat dementia and provide everyone with the tools they need to make their later years the best years of their lives. As we emerge from this latest pandemic wave, we continue serving older adults, their families and caregivers with world-leading aging and brain health care, as we have done for more than a century. Now, we are taking our knowledge in care, research, innovation and education, and reaching out locally, nationally and globally to help people everywhere benefit from our experience. This edition features stories that highlight how age truly is just a number. Our cover story is a spotlight on Gerry Dee, renowned actor-comedian, author and host of Family Feud Canada. A supporter and advocate for dementia care, he shares his personal experience on caring for a loved one with dementia. Elsewhere, we look at transforming long-term care through the new Possibilities by Baycrest™ model; how our scientists are discovering new ways to protect the brain at every age and stage of life; how Baycrest is helping to develop an app that will let older adults better remember special events in their lives; and we follow-up on the story of Lisa Raitt and her husband Bruce, as he continues his battle with early onset Alzheimer's. Plus… much, much more. We are also letting our readers know about an exciting new fundraising event that will take place on June 5, 2022 — the first-ever Bike for Brain Health! Thousands of riders will take on Toronto's Don Valley Parkway and go the distance to help defeat dementia. Visit bikeforbrainhealth.ca for more information and register to bike with us. As the scientific headquarters for over 300 brain researchers across Canada, our team continues to investigate therapies and lifestyle choices that will help our brains function their best. Our advances in brain health science are not possible without the generosity of our community of donors, volunteers, staff, residents and their families. Please play a role in helping us fund fearlessness. Call our Donations Office at 416-785-2875, or make your gift to Baycrest by visiting FearNoAge.com. Now more than ever, help us. Fund Fearlessness. Wishing you a safe, healthy and happy spring and summer. Josh Cooper President & CEO Baycrest Foundation Josh Cooper, President & CEO, Baycrest Foundation FEARLESS THINKING

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