2026 CAnD3 Keynote Address: Older Adults' Complex Family Lives in the 21st Century: Implications for End-of-Life Preparations and Well-Being
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We are pleased to announce the upcoming CAnD3 Keynote Address, the culminating event of our 2025-2026 Training Program. This hybrid event, hosted annually at the McGill Faculty Club, featuring Professor Deborah Carr from Boston University, and guest Dragon's Den judge André Picard, will bring together Dragon's Den finalists, CAnD3 alumni, institutional partners, and current Fellows. It commemorates the achievements of our six consecutive cohorts (2020-2026).
Professor Carr's presentation, Older Adults' Complex Family Lives in the 21st Century: Implications for End-of-Life Preparations and Well-Being, draws on her ongoing research into how family structure shapes the experience of dying in later life. Advances in medical technologies mean that older adults are living longer than ever before, with most dying of chronic diseases that have protracted symptoms and require difficult decisions about end-of-life care. Most older adults rely on their families for advance care planning, advocacy, and decision-making — raising concerns about the rising numbers of adults growing old without a spouse or children. Her presentation examines how: (1) marital trajectories and parental statuses affect advance care planning, a critical step for attaining a "good death," and (2) marital status affects ten end-of-life quality outcomes as assessed by the decedent's proxy. Analyses are based on the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and National Health and Aging Trends (NHATS) surveys. Implications for policy, practice, and future research will be discussed.
Itinerary
Door opens at 10:00 AM.
10:00 - 10:30 | Public Registration with Coffee
10:30 - 11:50 | Keynote Lecture by Prof. Carr and Q&A
11:50 - 12:00 | Rapid fire introduction of posters
12:00 -13:30 | Lunch & poster session 1
13:30 - 14:30 | Dragons' Den Finals
14:30 - 14:45 | Coffee break
14:45 - 15:30 | Dragons' Den Finals
15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break with poster session 2
16:00 - 16:30 | Announcement of Dragons' Den Winners & Closing Remarks
16:30 - 18:30 | Cocktail mixer
Location
This is a hybrid event. The online portion of the event will be held on Zoom, and the in-person portion will be held at the Faculty Club (3450 McTavish Street) at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Please note that in-person capacity is limited. Register now!