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Podcast: Zoomer Week in Review
Episode: Kim Grier on "Virtual Dementia Tour" & Vince Sferazza on Food Waste
Description: Christine Ross fills in for Libby Znaimer.
With an aging population, Canada is bracing for a wave of new cases of Alzheimer’s and dementia. There’s a groundbreaking program that allows caregivers to feel what it’s like to live with the disease. Christine speaks with Kim Grier, the lead trainer of ‘Virtual Dementia Tour’.
And – Next time you clean out the fridge and throw that head of lettuce or yogurt in the compost or trash, think about this fact: 60 percent of food Canadians throw away could have been consumed! And there’s now a movement gaining momentum to change our att...