Let's Chat About Aging In Your Community
Welcome to "CHAT About Aging In Your Community"! CHATS' mission is to advocate for and deliver high quality, person-centred home and community services, providing dignity and choice for aging at home.
Through insightful interviews, expert discussions, and real-life stories, we'll empower you to embrace aging with grace and vitality.
Recent Episodes
Dec. 22, 2025
Lori Holloway, CEO from Ontario Community Support Association
CHATS CEO Christina Bisanz recently welcomed Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA) CEO Lori Holloway, whose organization serves as the provincial voice for home and community care in Ontario. Holloway emphasized the cr...
Nov. 19, 2025
Dr. Samir Sinha, Staff Geriatrician, Sinai Health and the University Health Network
Aging with Insight: What Older Adults Really Need
What does it truly mean to age well in today’s communities? In this episode of Let’s CHAT About Aging in Your Community, host Christina Bisanz, CEO of CHATS – Community & Home Assistance to Seniors, explores what older adults need to live with di…
Oct. 16, 2025
Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEO of CanAge Seniors
In this episode of Let’s CHAT About Aging in Our Community, we sit down with Laura Tamblyn Watts, with CanAge Seniors, and Christina Bisanz, CEO of CHATS. We discuss “Rights, Respect, and Reform: Advocating for Older Canadians."
Sept. 18, 2025
Chief Fire Prevention Officer Ryan Schell
In this episode of Let’s CHAT About Ageing in Our Community, we sit down with Ryan Schell, Chief Fire Prevention Officer with Central York Fire Services, and Christina Bisanz, CEO of CHATS. Together, they explore important fire safety tips every senior and caregiver should know from preventing comm…
Aug. 21, 2025
Sue Lantz, Managing Director of Collaborative Aging
In this episode of the podcast, CHATS CEO Christina Bisanz talks to Sue Lantz, BA, MPA, the Managing Director of Collaborative Aging. She is a recognized expert in policy, service design, and innovation within the fields of aging well in the community, and sustainable caregiving.
Over the last f…
July 24, 2025
Patricia Spindel, Co-Founder of Seniors For Social Action Ontario
Dr. Patricia Spindel has worked with youth and engaged in systemic advocacy for people with developmental disabilities and their families and older adults for over forty years. She taught at both the University of Guelph-Humb...
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