Sinai Health/UHN Healthy Ageing 101 Education Series
Healthy Ageing 101 is a free, virtual health education series open to all. Every month, September through June, a new health topic related to healthy ageing is discussed. During the one hour session, attendees will hear from an expert speaker and have the opportunity to participate in a 30 minute question and answer session.
Sessions are hosted through ZOOM and offered with Closed Captioning.
Click on the ‘Upcoming Sessions’ tab to view upcoming dates, sessions and speakers. If you would like to be added to the distribution list to be notified of upcoming sessions, click on the ‘Contact Us’ tab.
All Healthy Ageing 101 sessions are recorded. In order to access a previous session, click on the ‘Previous Sessions’ tab.
Upcoming Sessions
In order to attend any of the sessions, you will need to register via the ZOOM link provided.
April 19, 2024
Managing Chronic Pain in Older Adults
Speaker: Dr. Paul Tumber MD, FRCPC – Anesthesiologist and Pain Management Consultant, University Health Network
May 14, 2024
Older Adults and Estate Planning: How to Talk to Your Family and What Do You Talk About?
Speaker: Cheryl Solomon – Senior Advisor and Elder Planning Counsellor, Bridgewell Financial & Jack Pollak – Senior Associate, Estate Planning and Product Specialist – Creative Planning Financial Group
REGISTER HERE (Registration Not Yet Open)
June 11, 2024
Older Adults and Vascular Disease: Life After Heart Surgery
Speaker: Dr. Geraldine Ong MD – Cardiologist, St. Michael’s Hospital
REGISTER HERE (Registration Not Yet Open)
Previous Sessions
March 19, 2024
Older Adults Living with Serious Mental Illness: How Do We Provide Care and Promote Recovery
Speaker: Dr. Sophiya Benjamin MD – Geriatric Psychiatrist & Co- ED, GeriMedRisk
February 15, 2024
Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults
Speaker: Dr. Dean Elterman MD, MSc, FRCSC – Urologist and Medical Director, University Health Network
PART 1: PRESENTATION
PART 2: Q&A
January 23, 2024
Older Adults and Hearing Loss: Why Management is Key to Healthy Ageing
Speaker: Marilyn Reed – Professional Practice Leader for Audiology, Baycrest Hearing Services
December 5, 2023
Advocating for Older Adults: Elder Abuse and Neglect
Speaker: Raeann Rideout, MA – Director Strategic Partnerships, EAPON
November 28, 2023
The New RSV Vaccine: What Older Adults and their Care Providers Need to Know
Speaker: Dr. Samir Sinha MD, DPhil, FRCPC, AGSF – Peter and Shelagh Godsoe Chair in Geriatrics, and Director of Geriatrics, Sinai Health and University Health Network
October 17, 2023
Delirium and Older Adults: What You Need To Know
Speaker: Dr. Don Melady MD, MSc, CCFP, FCFP – Director, Geriatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Mount Sinai Hospital
September 12, 2023
How To Best Manage Your Bone Health To Enable Your Healthy Ageing (Part 2)
Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Kim MD – Staff Geriatrician, Sinai Health and University Health Network
June 13, 2023
Sexual Health and Older Adults
Speaker: Dr. Yonah Krakowsky MD, MEd, FRCSC – Assistant Professor, Division of Urology (Women’s College Hospital & Mount Sinai Hospital); Assistant Program Director, Urology Residency Program (University of Toronto)
May 23, 2023
Social Isolation and Older Adults: Getting Older and Coping with Ageing
Speaker: Dr. Andrew V. Wister, PhD – Director of the Gerontology Research Centre and Professor, Simon Fraser University
April 18, 2023
Seeing through the Eyes of an Older Adult: Ageing, Vision Changes and Common Problems
Speaker: Dr. Baseer Khan MD, FRCSC, P.CEO. – Chief Division of Ophthalmology, Southlake Regional Hospital & Medical Director, Clarity Eye Institute
March 21, 2023
Beyond Tea And Toast: Optimizing Nutrition As We Age
Speaker: Lisa Snider-Nevin, RD – Clinical Dietitian, Mount Sinai Hospital
February 28, 2023
Tax Season Is Upon Us: How To Get The Most Out Of This Tax Season
Speaker: CRA Benefits Outreach Team
February 21, 2023
Tax Season Is Upon Us: How To Get The Most Out Of This Tax Season
Speaker: CRA Benefits Outreach Team
January 24, 2023
A Values-Based Approach to Advance Care Planning Conversations
Speaker: Rosanna Macri, MHSc, Q. Med, CHE – Bioethicist, Sinai Health
December 13, 2022
Financial Planning: Money Management for Older Adults
Speaker: Cathy Fletcher, MBA, CFP, CPCA – Financial Planner, Caring for Clients
November 15, 2022
Advice on How to Maintain Brain Health and Mental Agility: Promoting Cognitive Functioning
Speaker: Dr. Allison Sekuler, PhD – President and Chief Scientist, Baycrest Academy for Research and Education at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, and the Centre For Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)
October 25, 2022
An Expert’s Guide to Navigating Health and Community Services: How and Where to Find the Supports You Need
Speaker: Joyce Downey, RN, BScN – Care Manager, Elder Caring Inc.
September 27, 2022
Gait and Balance in Older Adults: Slips, Trips and Falls
Speaker: Dr. Anna Grosse, MBBS – Geriatric Medicine Fellow, Sinai Health/UHN’s Healthy Ageing and Geriatrics Program
June 21, 2022
Ageing with PRIDE: Understanding the Unique Needs and Ways to Support 2SLGBTQIA+ Seniors
Speaker: Dr. Ashley Flanagan, PhD – Research Fellow in Diversity and Ageing, National Institute on Ageing
May 17, 2022
Addressing Substance Use Amongst Older Adults: A Silent Epidemic
Speaker: Marilyn White-Campbell, BA, Dip. Grt. – Clinical Geriatric Addictions Specialist BSO, Baycrest Health Sciences
April 19, 2022
Advice from an Olympian Doctor on Optimizing our Diets and Exercise to Enable Healthy Ageing
Speaker: Dr. Jane Thornton MD, PhD, OLY – Canada Research Chair in Injury Prevention and Physical Activity for Health
PART 1: PRESENTATION
PART 2: Q&A
March 29, 2022
Caring for the Caregiver: Practical Advice & Resources for Family Caregivers
Speaker: Dr. Amy D’Aprix, MSW, PhD, CPCA – Founder & CEO Life Transitions by Dr. Amy, Inc.
PART 1: PRESENTATION
PART 2: Q&A
February 22, 2022
How To Best Manage Your Bone Health To Enable Your Healthy Ageing
Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Kim MD – Staff Geriatrician, Sinai Health and University Health Network
January 25, 2022
Navigating a New Year of Evolving Health and Wellness Considerations for Older Persons in Light of This Never Ending Pandemic
Speaker: Dr. Samir Sinha MD, DPhil, FRCPC, AGSF – Peter and Shelagh Godsoe Chair in Geriatrics, and Director of Geriatrics, Sinai Health and University Health Network
December 7, 2021
Understanding How to Recognize Dementia from Normal Age-Related Memory Loss, and How to Prevent and Manage It
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Colman MD, FRCPC – Staff Geriatric Psychiatrist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
November 16, 2021
Practical Technologies That Can Enable Ageing in Place
Speaker: Dr. Samir Sinha MD, DPhil, FRCPC, AGSF – Peter and Shelagh Godsoe Chair in Geriatrics, and Director of Geriatrics, Sinai Health and University Health Network
October 19, 2021
Navigating the Good, the Bad and Avoiding the Ugly: Practical Medication Tips for Older Adults from an Expert Pharmacist
Speaker: Sabrina Haq BScPharm- Geriatrics Pharmacist, Rexall, Sinai Health and University Health Network
September 21, 2021
Navigating New Health and Wellness Considerations for Older Persons in Light of this Never Ending Pandemic
Speaker: Dr. Samir Sinha MD, DPhil, FRCPC, AGSF – Peter and Shelagh Godsoe Chair in Geriatrics, and Director of Geriatrics, Sinai Health and University Health Network
June 15, 2021
Managing Chronic Health Conditions in Older Adults
Speaker: Dr. Asenath Steiman MD – Geriatrician, Sinai Health and the University Health Network
May 18, 2021
Disaster and Emergency Preparedness for Older Adults
Speakers (both from the Canadian Red Cross): Alejandro Terrones – Director, Disaster Risk Reduction, & Alyssa Margeson MSc – Project Manager, Community and Health Services
April 20, 2021
Common Mental Health Conditions in Older Adults
Speaker: Dr. Irina Nica-Graham MD, FRCPC – Geriatric Psychiatrist, Mount Sinai Hospital and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto
March 22, 2021
Balanced Diet, Balanced Life: How To Get The Most Out Of Your Meals
Speaker: Prof. Heather Keller RD, PhD, FDC, FCAHS – Schlegel Research Chair in Nutrition and Aging- Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging, The University of Waterloo
February 16, 2021
How Older Adults Can Get A Perfect Night’s Sleep
Speaker: Dr. Samir Sinha MD, DPhil, FRCPC, AGSF – Director of Geriatrics, Sinai Health and the University Health Network
December 8, 2020
Navigating Family Dynamics Around the Holidays; How To Best Manage Festivities with Ageing Parents
Speaker: Sabrina Gaon MSW, RSW – Senior Manager Complex Care Transitions and Social Work, Mount Sinai Hospital
November 17, 2020
Diabetes and Ageing: Unique Considerations and Addressing Goals of Care
Speaker: Dr. Alanna Weisman MD, PhD, FRCPC – Clinician Scientist and Endocrinologist, The Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes
October 20, 2020
Curbing Your Anxiety: Tips on How to Take Care of Your Mental Health
Speaker: Anthony Watt MEd, RP – Mental Health Clinician, Mount Sinai Hospital Wellness Centre
September 15, 2020
How to Effectively Maintain and Develop Social Relationships as You Age
Speakers: Anna Siciliano MSW, RSW and Revital Shuster MSW, RSW – Social Workers, Circle of Care
June 16, 2020
Supporting the Support System: Ways to Effectively Work with Caregivers
Speakers: Edward McAnanama OT, PhD – Reitman Centre Program Manager, and Dr. Leslie Nickell MD, MSW, CCFP – Medical Director at Bridgepoint Active Healthcare
May 19, 2020
Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID): What You Need to Know
Speaker: Peter Allatt – Bioethicist, Sinai Health
April 21, 2020
Oral Health and Older Adults: Special Care for Special Patients
Speaker: Dr. Mary-Ellen Cascone DDs – Staff Dentist, Sinai Health and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
February 18, 2020
Frailty in Older Adults – The Example of Blood Pressure
Speaker: Dr. Barry Goldlist MD, FRCPC – Staff Geriatrician, Sinai Health and the University Health Network
Contact Us
If you have any questions about Healthy Ageing 101 or want to be added to the distribution list to receive emails about upcoming sessions, please contact:
Elsa Nana Nzepa
Program Coordinator,
Healthy Ageing and Geriatrics Program,
Sinai Health and University Health Network
Date modified: April 2024