Sally Chivers – The Conversation

Seniors wait after receiving a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Montréal, in March 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

April 27, 2021

Instead of jumping the COVID‑19 vaccine queue, try acting your age

Nicole Dalmer, McMaster University and Sally Chivers, Trent University

Older adults are assets, but they shouldn’t be commodities.

Improving death-friendliness offers further opportunity to improve social inclusion. A death-friendly approach could lay the groundwork for people to stop fearing getting old or alienating those who have. (Shutterstock)

March 29, 2021

Death‑friendly communities ease fear of aging and dying

Julia Brassolotto, University of Lethbridge; Albert Banerjee, St. Thomas University (Canada), and Sally Chivers, Trent University

Death-friendly communities that welcome mortality might help us live better lives and provide better care for people at the end of their lives.

We miss too much when we treat all seniors as helpless. (Unsplash/@unitednations/Lélie Lesage)

July 30, 2020

How we rely on older adults, especially during the coronavirus pandemic

Sally Chivers, Trent University

COVID-19 public health messages often classify ‘elderly neighbours’ as in need of aid, and overlook the substantial contributions, achievements and resources of older people.

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