ZOOMER SQUAD: BOOSTER SHOTS & AGEING IN PLACE

Libby Znaimer is joined by David Cravit, Vice President of Zoomer Media and Chief Membership Officer at CARP, Peter Muggeridge, Senior Editor of Zoomer Magazine and Bill VanGorder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Policy Officer of CARP.

On today’s agenda: The COVID-19 pandemic has left most Canadians feeling concerned about the financial security and well-being of their families today and in the future. The level of worry is particularly acute for Canadians close to retiring or in early retirement.

A new report released by the National Institute on Ageing (NIA), called Canadian Perspectives on the Financial Realities of Ageing in Place, shows that 75% of adults say the pandemic has made them more concerned about their family’s financial security and well-being.

Together, Libby and the Zoomer Squad unpack this concerning issue, and more.

 

U.S. PANEL PROVIDES NEW GUIDANCE ON DAILY ASPIRIN FOR ADULTS

Adults at high risk for cardiovascular disease may face serious side effects if they start a daily regimen of low-dose aspirin.

Doctors should no longer routinely start most people who are at high risk of heart disease on a daily regimen of low-dose aspirin, according to new draft guidelines by a U.S. panel of experts.

Libby Znaimer is joined by…Dr. Chi-Ming Chow,
attending staff cardiologist at St. Michael’s Hospital and a full professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; and Dr. Mike Farkouh, Cardiologist and Peter Munk Chair in Multinational Clinical Trials (UHN).