Aged to Perfection & Old Enough to Know Better - Episode June 24, 2019

06/26/19 • -1 min

Aged to Perfection & Old Enough to Know Better

This month’s episode of Aged to Perfection/Old Enough to Know Better features an interview with Shari Graydon-Founder of Informed Opinions-An organization dedicated to ‘ensure diverse women’s perspectives and priorities are equitably integrated into Canadian society’. www.informedopinions.org The episode also discusses the field of Gerontology, and with only a few weeks until Stampede...Linda recites some Cowboy Poetry! Happy Listening...

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Aged to Perfection & Old Enough to Know Better - Episode May 27, 2019

“The May episode is a preview of Senior’s Week in Alberta. From June 3rd to 9th, We join all Albertans in celebrating everything Senior! Linda kicks off the episode with a list of activities and events throughout the city of Calgary. Venues that include the Kerby Centre, to The Glenbow, to Studio Bell are getting involved. Cathy does a book review of “This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism" by Ashton Applewhite. A must-Read for anyone interested in the role age plays in our society. And last but not least, Linda examines a groundbreaking dementia-friendly community, as well as a new dementia charter of rights.”

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Aged to Perfection & Old Enough to Know Better - Episode July 22, 2019

This month’s episode is a celebration of one year of "Aged to Perfection/Old Enough to Know Better”! Many Thanks to the Staff at CJSW and The National Community/Campus Radio Association.
Switching gears, Linda and Barb from the Calgary Cooperative Memorial Society discuss the cost of funerals, and how to make final arrangements that will save your family time and money.
Linda shares an update on our Marie Kondo story, and Cathy shares her Senior’s Week Opinion piece, that was published last month in two Okanagan Newspapers.