- Maintaining Vigour, Vitality and Virility: A seniors health forum moderated by Dr. Art Hister, Tuesday, April 3, 7-9 p.m. at Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Admission: $10. Tickets: 604-913-3634 or www.kaymeekcentre.com.
COMMUNITY members of all ages are invited to learn about maintaining vigour, vitality and virility throughout the aging process at this year's Seniors Health Forum, set for Tuesday, April 3 at Kay Meek Centre at 7 p.m.
According to a written statement, the annual forum is organized by representatives of the West Vancouver Community Foundation and is intended to bring information, not only to seniors, but to anyone interested in how to make the aging process more enjoyable.
This year's event, the fifth forum to date, will feature well-known educator and media personality Dr. Art Hister as moderator.
Speakers at Maintaining Vigour, Vitality and Virility include Dr. Larry Dian, whose presentation is entitled Successful Aging: Is 90 the new 80?
Dian, a specialist in geriatric medicine, will deal with the question of why some people are old at 60 while others are young at 90, and will offer constructive suggestions on how, even at an advanced age, people can take measures that could extend the quality and length of their lives.
Dr. Kevin Solomons, a clinical associate professor in the University of British Columbia's department of psychiatry, as well as the associate medical manager of the outpatient Mood Disorders Clinic, will focus on the opportunities that aging brings for personal power, freedom and peace of mind in his talk, Promoting Mental and Spiritual Vigour in Later Life.
The third scheduled speaker is Dr. Stacy Elliott, whose presentation, Real Sex Begins at 50, will focus on normal changes to sexuality as we age, the link between sexual dysfunctions and medical conditions, what therapies there are for sexual difficulties and how to view sexuality through an intimacy-based lens.
She will also share tips on defining a comfortable sexual life for oneself alone or with a partner.
Elliott is a sexual medicine physician and a clinical professor in the departments of psychiatry and urology at the University of British Columbia, director of the B.C. Center for Sexual Medicine, co-director for the Vancouver Sperm Retrieval Clinic, medical director of the Men's Sexual Health Service at the Prostate Center, the physician consultant to the GF Strong Sexual Rehabilitation Service and chairwoman of the Canadian Male Sexual Health Council.
