Episodes

Creating Safe Spaces: Helping Older Adults Age at Home

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...

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 dignity, safety, and connection. Christina is joined by Dr. Samir Sinha, a leading geriatrician and expert in aging policy, to discuss health, independence, social supports, and the importance of listening to lived experience. Together, they examine how communities, service providers, and decision-makers can build systems that genuinely support aging well.

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."

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 common household hazards to planning ahead in case of emergency. Join us for this timely conversation designed to help older adults live safely and confidently at home.

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 few decades, Sue has led initiatives to improve various parts of the health and community system for elders including, housing, home care, community care, rehabilitation, palliative care, dementia care, and long-term care.

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-Humber and the Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, where she also coordinated the Social Services Worker Program and was an Associate Dean of Health Sciences. She is a former President of Concerned Friends of Ontario Citizens in Care Facilities, co-foun...

Majid Jowhari MP Richmond Hill South

University of Toronto’s Aging and Health Course’s intergenerational classroom

Michael Braithwaite from Blue Door

Who cares for the caregivers? In this powerful episode, Amy Coupal, CEO of the Ontario Caregiver Organization, sheds light on what unpaid caregivers need to stay healthy, supported, and heard. If you or someone you love is a caregiver, this conversation is essential.

CEO of Alzheimer’s Society York Region Kari Quinn-Humphrey

Acting Commissioner, Community and Health Services at the Municipality of York Lisa Gonsalves

MP of Newmarket-Aurora Tony Van Bynen

Past Chair, Board of Directors, CHATS-Community & Home Assistance to Seniors

Welcome To CHAT About Aging In Your Community with CHATS- Community & Home Assistance to Seniors, Chief Executive Officer Christina Bisanz