Producers Blog

This past Sunday I headed over to the Cambridge Centre to videotape an interesting event. Dunfield Cambridge assistive living retirement residence held a free jazz band concert to raise community awareness about their new $30M facility coming to Cambridge, Ontario. The Jazz Quintet was made up of talented local musicians.

I decided to videotaped the Dunfield Cambridge event because livelihood in old age is something that hits me pretty close to home. My Grandmother suffers from dementia, a degenerative brain disease that effects the memory, and the Dunfield is a huge supporter of keeping those minds fresh. Nella, Marketing Manager for Dunfield Retirement Residence, and I had a rather lengthy discussion regarding The Dunfield’s efforts to keep their retirees in excellent health. I was unaware that a person with dementia can still be taught new things, even though their mind is degenerating. I really like the Dunfield’s take on retirement, or “un-retirement” as they call it. They really try to keep their retirees busy out in the world.

I find it so important that todays youth take an interest in their elders, as that’ll be us one day!