Every three seconds, someone in the world is diagnosed with dementia. With over 55 million people living with dementia globally—and nearly 1 million expected in Canada by 2030—the challenge is urgent and deeply personal. Almost everyone knows someone impacted by dementia.

At the Baycrest Foundation, we are meeting these challenges head-on by leading groundbreaking efforts in dementia research, prevention, care, and education.

• Baycrest is an internationally recognized leader providing exceptional health and residential care for older adults with a strategic focus on brain health and aging.
• Baycrest leads Canada’s largest federally funded dementia research program; co-chaired the inaugural Dementia Advisory Board tasked with developing the nation’s dementia strategy; and provides training in “next generation” older adult care across the world. Programs are devoted to holistic aging health, active dementia prevention, early detection of cognitive decline, and treatment and care for physical and cognitive frailty, dementia and other brain disorders.

Baycrest Academy for Research and Education

• Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest is a world-leading cognitive neuroscience institute dedicated to research on brain health and precision aging, including the prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of dementia; Anne & Allan Bank Centre for Clinical Research Trials.
• Fully affiliated with University of Toronto; has trained thousands of students in geriatric care across 30+ professions/disciplines.

Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging – Scientific Headquarters (CCNA)

• A collaborative hub for 300+ Canadian scientists focused on research into neurodegenerative diseases that affect cognition in aging.
• Dementia prevention program provides interventions to preserve and improve brain health.

The Kimel Family Centre for Brain Health & Wellness

The world’s first research-based community centre with programming to reduce the risk of dementia; and the flagship for CCNA dementia prevention research.

Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)

• CABHI is an innovation catalyst for promising innovations in the aging and brain health sector.

Cogniciti powered by Baycrest

• Free online brain health assessment is clinically researched by Baycrest.
• Helps individuals determine if their memory is normal or they should see their doctor.