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Older adults are the fastest growing demographic in Canada. Around 19 per cent of Canadians (or seven million people) are aged 65, and 2.5 million of them will be over
A lifetime ago, nostalgia icon Bob Dylan strummed that “the times they are a-changin’.” Fast forward 60 years and, particularly for contemporary Baby Boomers and other seniors, the times are
Brandie Young is used to facing tough questions. As a lifestyle leasing consultant at Trico LivingWell, she is the first point of contact for Calgarians considering moving into the senior
Since the 1950s, Canada’s demographic population has experienced a significant shift. According to a Government of Canada report, in addition to declining fertility and mortality rates, Canadians are seeing substantial
Many experts are calling it a great reset – an opportunity to challenge traditional thinking when it comes to preventative health care for older adults. In many cases, this two-year-and-counting
The stereotypes give misleading impression that “the golden years” are a time of aches and pains and worse. But, in many ways, the stereotypes are stale, dated and being proven
Now that most anxieties and broadsides of the pandemic are in the rearview mirror, Calgary seniors are transitioning into the new normal of post-COVID senior living. Without much fanfare or
Despite the notorious and stale stereotype about seniors dreading and resisting change, Calgary seniors are resounding proof that, in so many ways, they not only embrace change much more than
While many aspects of Calgary life can and will be blamed on the COVID curse, the focus and the concept of “senior living” were already being re-defined, sometimes drastically and
In many ways, the senior lifestyle is unique and in-transformation. Although the 60 plus generation continues to re-define and transform contemporary senior lifestyle wants, needs, opportunities, options and ways of
