We all want to live long lives, but maintaining a high quality of life is equally important. Will we have enough savings to live comfortably or will we slip into poverty? Will new living situations bring us closer to our partners and family members or will they split us apart? Can we continue to live healthy and fulfilled lives well into our golden years or are we destined to become a burden for our families and society to bear?

What can we do, as individuals, to preserve our health, finances and domestic happiness as we transition into retirement? With considerations as varied as housing, health care usage, income, elder care, sexual identity and changing family situations, it’s a complicated issue that needs to be taken seriously.

On February 7, 2012, we held a provocative dialogue about ageing at the Surrey Arts Centre. Our panel shared unique perspectives on the issue before opening it up to the audience for a wider discussion.

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Moderator

Shiral Tobin – Broadcaster, CBC Radio One

Panelists

Teresa Liu-Ambrose, PT, PhD - Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Physical Therapy

Brian O’Neill MSW, PhD – Associate Professor, UBC School of Social Work

Sherry Baker, BHE ’60, MA – Executive Director, BC Association of Community Response Networks; Owner, 55pluspros.ca

Annie Kvick – Money Coach; Certified Financial Planner

Moderator Bio

Shiral Tobin

Shiral Tobin is an award winning broadcast journalist and is currently a relief host for CBC Radio One’s regional current affairs programs.  She’s also the Director of CBC Vancouver’s The Early Edition with Rick Cluff. She also has a weekly consumer column on the program called Pinched about living a full life with less.  She has worked in several positions at CBC since she arrived in 2001, from regional radio reporter in the Vancouver newsroom to AP then Producer of The Early Edition.

In the years before CBC, Shiral produced and co-host BC’s most listened to political talkshow, The Rafe Mair Program at  the Corus Station CKNW in Vancouver for 8 years.  She has also co-hosted The Agenda, a daily evening current affairs show on CKNW, and hosted an overnight program on the Corus network.  Shiral also worked as a rookie reporter in Williams Lake.