North Shore residents are invited to attend two upcoming public forums looking at different aspects of aging.
The first is the Patient Advisory Board of Arthritis Research Canada’s annual ROAR 2016, an acronym for Reaching Out with Arthritis Research, Saturday, Oct. 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Burnaby’s Ismaili Centre, according to a written statement from the board.
This year’s theme is Action on Arthritis: Steps to a Better You and is timed with Arthritis Awareness Month.
The event offers an opportunity for arthritis patients, health-care professionals, researchers and members of the general public to hear from experts about the latest research on arthritis care and self-management.
Among this year’s speakers is North Vancouver’s Dr. Diane Lacaille, a rheumatologist, as well as a professor and associate head of academic affairs in the University of British Columbia’s Department of Medicine.
She plans to present her research on the impact of arthritis on employment and preventing work disability.
Those unable to attend are encouraged to view the event online via a free live webcast. Cost: $5. Info: www.arthritisresearch.ca/roar.
The second upcoming public forum is for women over 55. Entitled 55 & Up! Embracing the Future, the one-day event is being organized by Joyce Resin, a former CBC broadcaster and longtime fitness instructor, and is being presented Sunday, Oct. 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the downtown Vancouver YWCA.
“Women are living longer than ever before, but there isn’t a lot of advice for today’s women to navigate their last few decades. A lot of women are looking for advice about how to handle things as they age – finances, health, fitness, beauty and sex,” according to organizers.
To help address some of those questions 55 & Up! has brought together a number of experts to offer their two cents, including keynote speaker Vicki Gabereau, former broadcaster and West Vancouver resident, who will discuss how she has had to “re-invent herself” as she ages.
Cost: $119. Info: 55andup.ca.
