The COVID Vaccine - Is It Right for Frail Older Adults?
A Geriatrician reviews the data about COVID vaccine efficacy and safety in older adults.
Dr. Nicole Didyk, a licensed Geriatrician, has been helping people age well for over 20 years.
The Wrinkle's Dr. Didyk is passionate about Geriatrics and education. Her clinical practice in geriatrics includes home visits, inpatient consultation, outreach to long-term care and retirement homes and a Geriatric Medically Complex Clinic. With The Wrinkle, Dr. Didyk shares valuable information about aging that you need to know.
The Wrinkle is all about providing credible, practical information for aging well. Delivered with warmth and humour, the goal is to engage, support and create a space for sharing our experience of growing older and wiser.
Information to educate care partners and families of those who are aging.
If you work in health care, The Wrinkle will deliver some "pearls" that you can use in your own practice, and if you don’t have a medical background, you will find our content easy to understand and jargon-free!
It’s impossible to predict every aspect of getting older but learning about some key challenges and some critical strategies for navigating these pitfalls can go a long way to smoothing the path forward.
A Geriatrician reviews the data about COVID vaccine efficacy and safety in older adults.
The diet that I recommend most often for brain health is called the MIND diet. It's a combination of a Mediterranean style diet and the DASH diet which is a low salt diet. It’s easy to follow for most people and doesn't involve any fancy foods or supplements.
Dr. Didyk interviews Dr. Adrian Wagg, Geriatrician and Professor of continence studies.