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Nicole Dalmer

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Associate Professor in the Department of Health, Aging and Society, McMaster University

A new program at the Hamilton Public Library is making on-site social workers available to the public. (Hamilton Public Library)

December 12, 2023

Program at Hamilton Public Library shows how libraries can expand the social services they provide

Nicole Dalmer, McMaster University; Bridget Marsdin, McMaster University, and Leora Sas van der Linden, McMaster University

The public’s intensifying needs necessitate an expansion of the library’s role in our communities.

In ‘Grace and Frankie,’ the protagonists design a vibrator for use by older people. (Shutterstock)

November 16, 2022

Ageism in tech: Older adults should be included in the design of new technologies

Stephanie Hatzifilalithis, McMaster University and Nicole Dalmer, McMaster University

Technologies are now ubiquitous in everyday modern life, but ageism means that older adults are excluded from the design of the technologies that they use.

Seniors wait after receiving a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Montréal, in March 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

April 27, 2021

Instead of jumping the COVID‑19 vaccine queue, try acting your age

Nicole Dalmer, McMaster University and Sally Chivers, Trent University

Older adults are assets, but they shouldn’t be commodities.

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