Let's Chat About Aging In Your Community

Small Acts, Lasting Impact: The Power of Volunteering

In this episode of CHATS: Chat About Aging in Your Community, we welcome Rose Patodia, Board-Certified Geriatric Pharmacist and Certified Diabetes Educator, to explore the critical role pharmacists play in helping older adults age safely at home. With experience spanning hospitals, community pharmacy, long-term care, and academia- including her leadership roles with Pear Healthcare Solutions and the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy- Rose brings decades of expertise in medication managem

Local Leadership, Lasting Impact: Strengthening NORCs Across Ontario

Scams Targeting Seniors: Warning Signs, Prevention, and Police Insight

Aging Well Takes a Community: From Policy to People

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 critical importance of advocacy at a time when the health-care system is under significant strain: one in five Ontarians is now over the age of 65, and 2.5 million people lack access to a primary care physician. “Advocacy is now about survival,” she noted. “We are bringing the