Creating Connections

Creating connections – tools for supporting those who are hard of hearing.

Join us for a practical and engaging session on hearing loss, communication tips, and helpful equipment. We will explore common challenges, show off some great tools, and introduce our free seniors social support program – designed to reduce isolation and build community through mentoring, meet ups, and tech coaching.

Gearing Down Behind the Wheel

When to Park the Keys

Sharon Grolmus, AMA Senior Driving Instructor, will be discussing staying a safe driver in our later years. She will also address when it may be time to “park the keys” and the requirements for keeping a driving license.

Speaker:  Sharon Grolmus has been a Driving Instructor, Chief Instructor as well as a Senior Instructor in Alberta for 47 years and 35 of those have been with AMA. Her extensive experiences have included: teaching defensive driving, the Alberta Impaired Driver Program (AIDP), training and evaluating drivers for companies in advanced vehicle control techniques for handling vehicles in adverse conditions. She now devotes a lot of time training and monitoring more junior instructors and on helping senior drivers extend their safe driving histories.