Occupational therapist Tom talks to CEO of new home care company My Care Base, Stephanie Chan. Topics discussed include how technology is influencing the provision of home care, how to address the looming care crisis, and what care will look like in the future. Stephanie deposits an entry in the Treasure Trove of Aging and gets to pick her favourite sayings related to aging. Click here to find out more about My Care Base

Tom travels to Vancouver Island to meet up with long time friend Stephen Scott, who has not only taken to playing Pickleball, but he's also been working on getting a new recreational space developed in his home community of Errington. We discuss how a sport like pickleball ticks many of the health benefit boxes and how having a purpose is also beneficial as we age.

Thanks for checking out this new podcast. Don't Ever Gets Old seeks to encourage healthy and productive conversations about Aging, which, if you hadn't noticed, is happening to all of us. In both my personal experience and my professional experience as an occupational therapist working with older adults, there's either a complete lack of discourse on aging (sweeping the issues under the carpet) or there's nothing positive to be said - typically the conversation focuses on health problems and losses. Yes, there are challenges that come with aging, as with all stages of our lives, but there are also lots of new developments and opportunities that need to be discussed and explored.

This first episode is an interview with Heather Jeal - someone who has thought about aging and has involved herself in helping older adults by publishing the resource newsletter, Coast Seniors. She talks about staying busy and active in your older years, but also being realistic and pragmatic regarding sorting out your affairs. Her words are laced with wisdom and good humour.

Please contact me with comments on the episode, suggestions on guests you would like to hear interviewed and aging issues you would like to hear discussed in future episodes. Think of this podcast as sitting around a coffee or pub table putting the world to rights!

Episode links:

Coast Seniors (this is the Facebook page as the website is under construction at present)

The Treasure Trove of Aging

Living With Dying - Sunshine Coast Hospice video

When the Body Says No - Dr. Gabor Mate