Calgary Blog

Congratulations go out to all the Fall 2018 Study group members who joined our pilot project in Calgary. Although we intended to start with just local peers, we were thrilled when a few members from other parts of the province joined us as well. I am so pleased to announce all 10 of our dedicated

Dear fellow AGNA members, As many of you may recall, our Calgary Chapter offered a small Gerontological Certification study group this fall, trialling an online meeting form as an option for our participants.  I am happy to report that this worked better than we had hoped, and over the course of two months, we were

Greetings to our Calgary AGNA Chapter members! To celebrate Canadian Patient Safety Week, the Calgary Chapter held a joint event with the Alberta Association on Gerontology and the Kerby Centre on November 1st, with a presentation and discussion on safe medication use for seniors.  We were thrilled to have a group of 13 seniors and

Happy October to our friends across the province! In Calgary, we will offer two events in November around medication safety in seniors. On November 1st, we will celebrate Patient Safety Week, offering a joint event with Alberta Association on Gerontology and the Kerby Centre. We invite seniors, nurses and all other interdisciplinary team members to join

September is upon us again, and so many of us have fall projects underway.  In Calgary, we have started a pilot gerontology study group.  We received a lot of initial interest expressed to our email account, and were happy to have everyone who attended our information meeting sign up to participate for the full 8

Hello to all fellow AGNA Members! We are excited to announce we will run an 8 week long study group this fall in Calgary.  Our information night will be held September 5th (see poster below.) The study group was originally designed to support RNs who were preparing to write CNA’s Certification exam in Gerontology, and

We are thrilled to announce our first annual joint dinner event, in collaboration with the Alberta Association of Gerontology (AAG.)  This is a fantastic event to network with our community of gerontological practice.  This is a ticketed event, but for only $5, a buffet dinner is included.  We will enjoy a presentation by Allegra Samaha