The Curse of a Long Life
3,185 views · Published 1 April 2010 · 52:11 · Indexed 24 October 2026
Channel: TVO Today · 2010 · Education
Read our blog post "Witchcraft and death in West Africa" on TVO.org: http://bit.ly/aDPskr Read our blog post "I Heart Supercentenarians" on TVO.org: http://bit.ly/dvrzNB Living to 100: Is it all it's cracked up to be? Does living longer mean living better? Guests: Michael Gordon is one of Canadas best known geriatric medical specialists with Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System. His latest book, Moments that Matter: Cases in Ethical Eldercare follows soon on his memoir Brooklyn Beginnings: A Geriatricians Odyssey. Moments that Matter, is a guide for family members to help support them through the very difficult personal and ethical challenges which they often face during the later years of life of their parents and elder loved ones. For more information see drmichaelgordon.com. Derwyn Shea is a Reverend Cannon, Chair and CEO of St. Hilda's Towers and rector of the Anglican parish of St. Hilda's. Prior to his career at St. Hilda's, he was a MPP, representing the riding of High Park-Swansea (1995-1999) and a Toronto City and Metro Councilor for many years. Robert Buckman is president emeritus of the Humanist Association of Canada, an oncologist at Princess Margaret Hospital, and the author of Can We Be Good Without God, and Biology, Behaviour and the Need to Believe. Visit drbuckman.com. Lyndsay Green is author of You COULD Live a Long Time: Are you Ready? And a pioneering sociologist and researcher who has spent her career helping people use communications technologies for learning. Margaret Wente is a columnist for The Globe and Mail and author of You Cant Say That in Canada. Read her full biography. Pat Morrow is a busy Octogenarian living in Toronto. She is a former nurse and volunteer in the community. She is a Bronze Life Master in Bridge.
