It is exciting to share 2024 Edition of the Options Open Guide, marked the beginning of our 5th year in action! Based on the contents of the Options Open Guide, we have led hundreds of workshops, community conversations, book club

Over the last few years, our team at Collaborative Aging has been holding various types of virtual workshops and seminars about the Options Open guide. Our small group conversational workshops held in North America have been really well received. A

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach. –Gloria Steinem The aging process is a topic that many do not want to discuss. It is considered taboo, and if you

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.  –Gloria Steinem The aging process is a topic that many do not want to discuss. It is considered taboo, and if you

The last twelve months of the global COVID pandemic have been a “game changer” in everybody’s lives.  However, it has been especially devastating for seniors, particularly those living in residential or care facilities.  This period of immense hardship and loss

May 27, 2020 For many years, the long-term care home system in Ontario, (and other provinces), has struggled with a host of systemic under-funding, physical design and staffing challenges in meeting the dramatically increasing health complexity, heavy care and medical

April 13, 2020, by Sue Lantz, Managing Director COVID-19 is causing ravaging damage to the people who live and work in various types of residential and institutional settings serving seniors and people with disabilities.  The question is, why are we

I read with dismay today’s opinion article by Andre Picard in the Globe and Mail. The article chronicles the nightmares of COVID-19 for the residents, front-line staff and caregivers of seniors in the publicly-funded long-term care homes and also many retirement

Marilyn’s story is about proactive planning for Aging in Place by outfitting your home for accessibility and safety.  Her wise planning choices are now enabling her to stay in the place that she loves.  Here is her story… Marilyn and

What fun it was to participate in last weekend’s workshop hosted by the Wine on the Porch Co-Housing Team in Toronto! All of the participants and speakers explored the benefits and challenges of creating a shared housing or co-housing community.