MRU Chair Focuses on Unique Needs of Aging Population

Mount Royal University’s chair in Older Adult Health is more aware than ever of the challenges and opportunities for the University in focusing on this growing segment of the population.

Jocelyn Rempel, a registered nurse, consultant and MRU faculty member who ran her own business for ten years, is putting those entrepreneurial skills to work as she explores and drives a myriad of ideas and programs to help some of our most vulnerable friends, neighbours and family members. The chair position is being funded by the Riddell Family Charitable Foundation.

The last year was a busy one for Rempel as she took part in a curriculum review for MRU’s nursing program with an eye to incorporating a more gerontological focus for students. She also held an Age-Inclusive Symposium that looked primarily at ageism, an issue participants told her they definitely face and something the University should focus on. It’s a topic that flared up recently with the controversial departure of longtime news anchor Lisa LaFlamme from CTV National News.

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