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