Date and Time
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM MDT
Saturday, April 13
11am to 3pm
Location
Jerry Forbes Centre for Community Spirit
12122 68 Street NW, Edmonton
FREE Parking
Fees/Admission
FREE Admission & FREE BBQ Lunch
*200 Tickets Available.
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Contact Information
Holly Pshyk
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Description
A Lifestyle & Wellness Showcase exclusively for people ages 40+, presented by the Jerry Forbes Centre Foundation
Admission is FREE and our friends from Kiwanis Club of Edmonton will treat you to a delicious FREE BBQ lunch.
It's time we start normalizing conversations about health topics we think are embarrassing or uncomfortable. We'll have health professionals and wellness experts together for one convenient afternoon, all you have to do is SHOW UP!
You'll have the chance to have personal conversations with health experts, attend presentations on topics that are meaningful to you, and access onsite consultations and assessments.
You're asking yourself what health topics we're going to tackle so here you go:
- The Man Van of Prostate Cancer Centre will be onsite to provide PSA testing for men 50 to 70 years of age.
- Men's mental health check in and overall health and wellness evaluation.
- AHS will have their Breast Care Team, Screening For Life, available to provide resources on breast care and screening centres, and cervical colorectal cancer awareness.
- Hear In Edmonton will be providing hearing and cognitive testing.
- Candor Diversity Group has important information and resources about understanding neurodiversity as an individual and in the workplace.
- Dr. Dominique Paradis, ND from FLOW Functional Health Care will be available to answer your questions about peri/menopause, fitness and nutrition as we age, and understand hormone therapy.
- WECAN Food Basket Society tackles the big issue of nutrition and meal planning on a budget.
- Canadian Heard of Hearing Assoc. Edmonton has all of the resource material and information you need to understand hearing loss and removing the stigma of wearing hearing aides.
- A pharmacist will also be onsite to answer the burning equestions about vaccines, prescribing pharmacies, prescriptions while travelling, etc.
We're adding more health professionals daily so keep checking back for more updates!