Why ACE is listening to women living with arthritis

Arthritis At Home (+ On the Go) · Sep 17, 2026 · 10m

Sixty-seven per cent (67%) of people with arthritis are women, making it the most reported chronic disease for women in Canada, but important gaps remain in our understanding of their experiences with diagnosis, treatment and daily life.

In a new Arthritis at Home episode, Arthritis Consumer Experts (ACE) President Cheryl Koehn talks about why ACE launched its National Survey on Women and Arthritis and what we hope to learn directly from women living with the disease.

Cheryl discusses some of the questions ACE wants the survey to help answer. Are women’s symptoms being taken seriously when…