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Episode 4: Quality Aging, Anywhere

Dec 13, 2019

Did you know that in Canada the average cost of living, whether it’s assisted or going to retirement homes with dementia suites can go up to 1.5k-6k dollars a month and the country has recorded a great increase of seniors in the last years.

Today we have Tony Weeks, the president and CEO of York Care Centre and also part of the Centre for Innovation and Research in Aging in New Brunswick. He also previously operated his own health consulting firm, served as a hospital CEO, and worked in senior provincial health and long-term care executive roles in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.

Given that New Brunswick has the highest percentage of seniors, serving seniors and researching in better ageing solutions is very close to his heart. In this episode, he shares his thoughts on the retirement living facilities and his endeavour to help seniors improve their quality of life.

Topics:

  • Tony’s thoughts on the cost of living and the facilities of retirement living
  • His take on what we could do to do better in Canada
  • The 2 or 3 different types of facility life
  • The advocacy that needs to happen to empower people in their own homes
  • What and where to look for information for family caregivers to make the right decisions and to have the right perspective in mind
  • How to make the experience of moving to a retirement living or assisted living as best as possible
  • His thoughts on how as a society we can tap on the experiences of older adults and try to bring the purpose back to their life
  • The role technology plays in their activities and how to engage older adults in technology
  • Tony’s background and his organisations or institutions
  • The kind of collaborators and work they are looking for

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