How to combat ‘social aging’ | Canada Voices

At 97 years old, Merrijoy Kelner has a social calendar that would be the envy of someone half her age.

A retired medical sociologist who taught at the University of Toronto, she’s filled her retirement with connection, like volunteering one day a week at a hospice, cultivating a vibrant social network and keeping in touch with the university through faculty events. She also exercises every day.