
Decade of healthy aging
05/10/21 • 41 min
We’re all getting older. It is one of life’s certainties.
However, how we live when we age is something we can control.
But often, aging Canadians and their families wait until difficult decisions have to be made, rather than making them in advance.
In this episode of SARA MAKES SENSE, Sara speaks with an expert of why planning now could save you thousands of dollars and many sleepless nights later.
Guest Margot McWhirter
Got a question for Sara? Send her an email at [email protected] and she might respond to it in an upcoming episode
Sara's website is https://www.wddevelopment.ca/
We’re all getting older. It is one of life’s certainties.
However, how we live when we age is something we can control.
But often, aging Canadians and their families wait until difficult decisions have to be made, rather than making them in advance.
In this episode of SARA MAKES SENSE, Sara speaks with an expert of why planning now could save you thousands of dollars and many sleepless nights later.
Guest Margot McWhirter
Got a question for Sara? Send her an email at [email protected] and she might respond to it in an upcoming episode
Sara's website is https://www.wddevelopment.ca/
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Sara Makes Sense - Decade of healthy aging
Transcript
Sara:
Yeah, I'm completely not ready. So let's do this thing.
Sara:
Is sixty the new fifty? Is seventy the new sixty? So if eighty is the new seventy, then the time to start planning that you can stay in your home when you're eighty, because eighty might feel like eighty? Then, I think, you know what I mean. We’ve all seen parents, grandparents loved ones who have been there or are headed there. And time just has a way of making everyday activities more difficult and those
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