The Blue Book Podcast

The Blue Book Podcast


Latest Episodes

What’s Going on in the Bedrooms of Older Adults
August 23, 2022

In this episode, Dr Leah Tidey and Jordan Monks, Patient-Oriented Research Graduate Fellow at the University of Victoria, talk about older adults and sexual intimacy, including the topic of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI's)between older adults. As p

Hoarding Behaviour: What It Is and What It’s Not
May 16, 2022

In this episode of the Blue Book Podcast we talk with Cari Taylor, the Regional Mentor for South Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands for the non-profit organization the British Columbia Association of Community Response networks and Megan Sabel

Voices in Motion - A Choir for Those with Mental Challenges
September 07, 2021

In September 2017, four departments at the University of Victoria (Nursing, Psychology, Sociology and Music) joined forces in a study to research the effects of participating in a choir on those with dementia. Spearheaded by Dr. Debra Sheets, founder and

Seniors Social Isolation Due to Covid-19
May 06, 2021

“In our first episode of the “The Blue Book Seniors Serving Seniors Podcast” Executive Director Vicki Pilot is joined by Adam Newton, Social Worker with Island Health, Dr. Penny MacCourt, and Denise Cloutier to discuss the effects and research into Covid-