Healthy Aging CORE and HelpAge Canada are thrilled to introduce an upcoming series of conversations with thought leaders in Canada on a variety of topics related to healthy aging. Each episode addresses a different theme relevant to healthy aging, and will include a conversation on the topic, as well as a short video clip of a Canadian community-based seniors serving organization.
On fostering intergenerational relationships, with Dr. Shannon Jarrott
How do young and old come together in a way that works for everyone? Dr. Shannon Jarrott, Professor of Social Work at Ohio State University, takes us through her toolkit on facilitating activities that promote conversation and engagement between older people and youth, and discusses the importance of intergenerational relationships to a healthy society.
Dr. Shannon Jarrott is a Professor of Social Work at the Ohio State University. Her research focuses on intergenerational community building strategies. Trained as a gerontologist, Dr. Jarrott has studied community-based services, therapeutic programming, and research strategies involving a wide range of youth and older adults possessing diverse strengths and needs, such as chronic disease and disability. Dr. Jarrott collaborates extensively with students, practitioners, and researchers across diverse disciplines. She has contributed to United Nations, NIH, USDA, and international efforts to promote developmental theory, research, and practice.
25 May 2023
On emergency preparedness, with Barbara McMillan and Amaan Fazal
Emergencies can strike at any time, and older people are especially vulnerable. Barbara McMillan and Amaan Fazal with United Way British Columbia cover the top three tips you need to know to make sure your older friend or family member has what they need to survive an emergency, and share United Way BC's Healthy Aging CORE is helping the community-based seniors' services sector in Canada get informed on emergency preparedness and response resources in their communities
11 May 2023
On collaboration in the community-based seniors' services sector, with Helen MacDonnell
Community organizations are stronger together! Helen MacDonnell, Executive Director of Community Links Nova Scotia, shares how CBSS organizations in Nova Scotia have come together through the pandemic and in the wake of Hurricane Fiona to coordinate, share resources, and serve Nova Scotians better, and discusses what a recognized CBSS sector spanning from coast to coast to coast could accomplish.
Helen MacDonnell is Executive Director of Community Links, a community-based organization that for over 30 years has connected individuals and senior-serving organizations, sharing information and resources so older adults can remain active, engaged and valued in their communities. Helen sits on the Seniors Advisory Council to the Government of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Centre on Aging Advisory Board. In 2018 she was a Fellow of NSGovLab, an initiative of the NS Department of Seniors using social innovation to find new ways to support older adults. She is an award-winning mental health advocate and founder of Women & Wellness®, an awareness and fundraiser which has raised more than $1.5 million for the Canadian Mental Health Association. Helen has an LL.B. from Dalhousie Law School and an MFA in Non-fiction from the University of Kings College, Halifax. She is mom to two adult children and a puppy named Willow.
Helen can be reached at director@nscommunitylinks.ca (mailto:director@nscommunitylinks.ca) or 902-240-1822
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