Welcome to our podcast!
Let's Chat About Aging In Your Community

Videos

March 25, 2026

Howard Abrams: Local Leadership, Lasting Impact: Strengthening NORCsAcross Ontario

Howard Abrams: Local Leadership, Lasting Impact: Strengthening NORCsAcross Ontario

In this episode of CHATS: Chat About Aging in Your Community, CEO Christina Bisanz sits down with Dr. Howard Abrams, Director of UHN’s OpenLab and Medical Lead for the NORC Innovation Centre (NORC)- to explore how community agencies are shaping the future of aging in Ontario and across Canada. An…

View more
March 25, 2026

Let’s discuss building bonds in elder care! How can relationships change lives?

Let’s discuss building bonds in elder care! How can relationships change lives?
View more
March 25, 2026

Ready to support seniors in your community? 🌟 Join us and learn how!

Ready to support seniors in your community? 🌟 Join us and learn how!
View more
March 25, 2026

Ready to brew community vibes? ☕🍰 Let's kickstart a NORC together! Who's in?

Ready to brew community vibes? ☕🍰 Let's kickstart a NORC together! Who's in?
View more
March 25, 2026

Rethink aging! 🧓💪 Join the convo on 'Resilient Communities!' 🌍✨

Rethink aging! 🧓💪 Join the convo on 'Resilient Communities!' 🌍✨
View more
March 25, 2026

🍵✨ Want to build community? Start with tea & cookies! Who's joining you? 🍪🤔 #CommunityVibes

🍵✨ Want to build community? Start with tea & cookies! Who's joining you? 🍪🤔 #CommunityVibes
View more
Feb. 26, 2026

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

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

CHATS CEO Christina Bisanz welcomes Constable Erin Brown, Senior Safety Officer and Detective Jeff (voice only) with the Financial Crimes Unit at York Regional Police, for an important and eye-opening conversation on protecting older adults and the broader community from fraud and abuse. The discussion explores common scams targeting older…

View more
Jan. 29, 2026

3 science-backed habits of super-agers

3 science-backed habits of super-agers

Learn new skills, social exercise, and purpose

View more
Jan. 29, 2026

Why donors overlook aging

Why donors overlook aging

The philanthropy movement that's changing everything

View more
Jan. 29, 2026

The ‘white elephant’ of aging

The ‘white elephant’ of aging

How funding community supports can prevent hospitalizations and save the health system

View more
Jan. 29, 2026

Why society 'doesn't like' older people

Why society 'doesn't like' older people

Learn new skills, social exercise, and purpose

View more
Jan. 29, 2026

Change your environment, not your genes: surprising secrets of super-agers

Change your environment, not your genes: surprising secrets of super-agers
View more
Jan. 29, 2026

Aging Well Takes a Community: From Policy to People

Aging Well Takes a Community: From Policy to People

CHATS CEO Christina Bisanz welcomes an exceptional group of leaders to the podcast: Amy Coupal, CEO of the Ontario Caregiver Organization; Dr. Samir Sinha, a leading geriatrician at Sinai Health System and University Health Network, Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Director of Health Policy Research at Toronto…

View more
Jan. 9, 2026

How one simple story to your MPP can unlock funding for home and community care

How one simple story to your MPP can unlock funding for home and community care
View more
Jan. 9, 2026

Home is the new front door of healthcare — how community care keeps people aging in place

Home is the new front door of healthcare — how community care keeps people aging in place
View more
Jan. 9, 2026

How NORCs and wellness hubs save money — $80–100K coordinator vs $600K long‑term care bed

How NORCs and wellness hubs save money — $80–100K coordinator vs $600K long‑term care bed
View more
Dec. 22, 2025

Home is the new front door of healthcare how commu

Home is the new front door of healthcare how commu
View more
Dec. 10, 2025

How community care keeps people aging in place

How community care keeps people aging in place
View more
Dec. 10, 2025

Lori Holloway

Lori Holloway

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…

View more
Nov. 19, 2025

Dr. Samir Sinha

Dr. Samir Sinha

CHATS the Podcast welcomes Dr.Samir Sinha to the show.

View more
Oct. 28, 2025

Enhancing Elder Care: The Importance of Community Support Services

Enhancing Elder Care: The Importance of Community Support Services
View more
Oct. 28, 2025

The Future of Aging: Opportunities and Challenges for a Super Aged Nation

The Future of Aging: Opportunities and Challenges for a Super Aged Nation
View more
Oct. 28, 2025

The impact of community care on healthcare costs

The impact of community care on healthcare costs
View more
Oct. 28, 2025

Harnessing AI for Elderly Care: Opportunities and Risks

Harnessing AI for Elderly Care: Opportunities and Risks
View more