Policy & Planning

Policy dialogues, on-line learning events, development of policy proposals and/or discussion papers to be shared across the sector.

Organization: The Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network

WNHHN

Website

Toolkit materials and program: Active Living with Chronic Conditions

Self-Management Programs, University of Victoria

Document

Webinar: Evaluation Summary of Better at Home Rural and Remote Pilot Project

Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia (SPARC BC)

Multimedia

Anti-Ageism in the Workplace

City of Toronto

Website

Nutrition databases: UnlockFoods and PEN (Practice-based Evidence in Nutrition)

Dieticians of Canada

Website

Webinar: Project Impact Healthy Aging Virtual Showcase 2020

From United Way

Healthy Aging by United Way

Multimedia

Food Security Assessment Resources

Nanaimo Foodshare

Website

Evidence and best practices for Community based food security projects in BC

Provincial Health Services Authority

Document

Guidelines: Evolving your food bank into a force for change

Community Food Centres Canada (CFCC)

Document

Evidence and best practices for food security and food programs in BC

B.C. Ministry of Health

Document

Toolkit: Community Food Assessment

Provincial Health Services Authority

Document

Canada's Food Guide translated in 4 Indigenous languages

Health Canada

Document

Research paper - Contained or Enabled: The Changing Role of Canada's Civil Society in Promoting Civic Discourse

Joanne Cave and Lisa Lalande, Mowat NFP.

Document

Country Reports: COVID-19 and Long-Term Care

International Long-Term Care Policy Network

Website

Toolkit: Seniors Engagement

City of New Westminster

Document

The Future Cost of Long-term care in Canada

National Institute on Ageing

Document

Why Canada Needs to Better Care for Its Working Caregivers

National Institute on Ageing

Document

Roles and experience of geriatric social workers during disaster response

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Document

Academic paper: Social Isolation in Older adults during COVID-19

The Journal of Nutrition, Heath and Aging

Document

Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Older Persons, May 2020

United Nations

Document

Webinar: A Life Well Lived is a Life Well Planned

Institute for Healthy Living & Chronic Disease Prevention and North Okanagan Hospice Society 

Video

Health Care Decision-Making: Legal Rights of People Living with Dementia

Canadian Centre for Elder Law

Video

Exploring ethno-cultural variations in how older Canadians define healthy aging: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Shahin Shooshtari, Verena Menec, Audrey Swift, Robert Tate

Document

Social Prescribing in Ontario - Final Report (March 2020)

Alliance for Healthier Communities

Document

How You Can Help Social Rx Participants During COVID-19

Andrea Tomlinson

Document

2020 Generational Real Estate Trends Report: Aging in Place

Mustel/Sothebys

Document

Assisted Living in British Columbia: Trends in Access, Affordability and Ownership

Andrew Longhurst

Document

The Health Benefits of Physical Activity Among Adults and Older Adults

Government of Manitoba

Document

Webinar: Dementia Friendly Communities

Healthy Aging by United Way

Multimedia

Ageism Amplifies Cost and Prevalence of Health Conditions

Becca R Levy, PhD, Martin D Slade, MPH, E-Shien Chang, MA, Sneha Kannoth, MPH, Shi-Yi Wang, MD, PhD

Website

Promoting Seniors’ Well-Being: The Seniors’ Mental Health Policy Lens Toolkit

Penny MacCourt

Document

An overview of healthy aging strategies in rural and urban Canada

SPHERU

Document

Care receivers in Canada, 2018

Statistics Canada

Document

Integrating Health and Transportation in Canada

Transportation Association of Canada

Document

Health Reports: Life expectancy differs byeducation and income levels

Statistics Canada

Document

Caregivers in Canada, 2018

Statistics Canada

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Cohort profile: The Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohorts (CanCHECs)

Michael Tjepkema, Tanya Christidis, Tracey Bushnik and Lauren Pinaul

Document

Trends in mortality inequalities among the adult household population

Emma Marshall-Catlin, Tracey Bushnik and Michael Tjepkema

Document

Planning for a Build-Out of Affordable Rental Housing in Metro Vancouver

Marc Lee

Document

Community Planning Tool - Applying a Health Equity Lens to Program Planning

Fraser Health

Document

When a Hub Becomes Home: Placing Seniors at the Heart of B.C.’s Communities

BC Care Providers Association

Document

Monitoring Seniors Services 2019

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Document

Promoting Indigenous women's heart health: lessons from gatherings with Elders and Knowledge-Holders

Annalijn Conklin, Rebecca Lee, Jeff Reading, Karin Humphries

Document

APPENDICES: IMPACT OF HOUSING FIRST AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ON FRAIL SENIORS - SPOTLIGHT ON A LANGLEY SOCIAL HOUSING COMPLEX

Langley Seniors Community Action Table

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IMPACT OF HOUSING FIRST AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ON FRAIL SENIORS - SPOTLIGHT ON A LANGLEY SOCIAL HOUSING COMPLEX

Langley Seniors Community Action Table

Document

Relieving the Burden of Navigating Health and Social Services for Older Adults and Caregivers

Laura Funk

Document

Is Mitigating Social Isolation A Planning Priority For British Columbia (Canada) Municipalities?

BC Centre for Disease Control

Document

Intergenerational Evaluation Toolkit

Dr. Shannon Jarrott

Document

ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Adults

Participaction

Document

Old School Anti-Ageism Clearing House

Old School

Website

Seniors’ Housing: Examples of Successful Developments in BC

Josh Cook

Document

First Nations Health Authority Regional Health Survey

First Nations Health Authority

Website

The Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities - Looking back over the last decade, looking forward to the next (2018)

World Health Organization

Document

GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR AGE-FRIENDLY BUSINESSES: HARNESSING THE POWER OF 21ST-CENTURY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE

World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Ageing

Document

British Columbia Long-Term Care Quick Facts Directory

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Document

U R B A N I N D I G E N O U S P E O P L E - Not Just Passing Through

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

Document

Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples: A Holistic Approach

Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCUNESCO)

Document

Demonstrating Value

Demonstrating Value

Website

British Columbia Active Transportation Design Guide

Province of British Columbia

Document

Healthy Community Engagement Action Guide

Plan H

Document

Healthy Aging by United Way 2018/19 Annual Report

Healthy Aging by United Way

Document

Webinar: Elder Abuse - Awareness, Resources, Prevention

Healthy Aging by United Way

Multimedia

How to Become Age-friendly

Goverbment of BC

Website

BC Age-Friendly Designated Communities

Age-Friendly BC

Document

AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES EVALUATION GUIDE: USING INDICATORS TO MEASURE PROGRESS (2015)

Public Health Agency of Canada

Document

BC’s Adult Guardianship Laws: Supporting Self Determination for Adults in British Columbia

Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia

Document

Decision Tree: Assisting an Adult Who is Abused, Neglected or Self Neglecting

Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia

Website

Thinking Outside of the Breadbox: A “how‐to” handbook for food security programming in Community Health Centres

GGTA CHC Food Security Network

Document

Who’s at Risk and What Can Be Done About It? A Review of the Literature on the Social Isolation of Different Groups of Seniors

National Seniors Council

Document

What We Heard Report: Financial Crimes and Harms Against Seniors (2019)

National Seniors Council

Document

Angus Reid Institute Survey: Welcome or worry? Aging causes anxiety for some, while others take it in stride

Angus Reid Institute

Document

Project Impact: Healthy Aging

Healthy Aging by United Way

Document

Altogether Better Working Together to Create Healthier People and Communities (UK)

Altogether Better

Document

The Waverton Hub Manual: Ageing well in your own neighbourhood

Waverton Hub

Document

Angus Reid Institute: Caregiving in Canada: As population ages, one-in-four Canadians over 30 are looking after loved ones

Angus Reid Institute

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Angus Reid Institute: As Canadians age, struggles over access to health care extend to prescription drugs

Angus Reid Institute

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Angus Reid Institute: Access to health care a significant problem for one-in-five Canadians 55 and older

Angus Reid Institute

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Living arrangements of seniors - Special Report (Census 2011)

Statistics Canada

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Home health care and related services, 2017

Statistics Canada

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SOCIO ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Senior Households Living in Core Housing Need (2019)

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Document

Understanding the impact of public policies and programs on the labour market decisions of older workers (2019)

Employment and Social Development Canada

Document

Report on housing needs of seniors (2019)

Employment and Social Development Canada

Document

Core Community Supports to Age in Community (2019)

Employment and Social Development Canada

Document

Study: Evolving Internet Use AmongCanadian Seniors (July 2019)

Jordan Davidson andChristoph Schimmele

Document

AGING AND DYING IN PRISON An Investigation into the Experiences of Older Individuals in Federal Custody (2019)

The Correctional Investigator Canada and Canadian Human Rights Commission

Document

Healthy Housing Action Guide

BC Healthy Communities

Document

BETTER AT HOME First Nations Programs Evaluation 2017/18

United Way of the Lower Mainland

Document

Declaration of the Community-Based Seniors’ Services Sector in BC and 20 Strategies for Outreach/Engagement

B. McMillan

Document

Suffering in Silence: The financial abuse of seniors in British Columbia

Vancity Credit Union

Document

Catalyst for Change: A Roadmap to a Stronger Charitable Sector

Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector

Document

A Dementia Strategy for Canada: Together We Aspire

Public Health Agency of Canada

Document

Home Support…We Can Do Better

Office of the Seniors' Advocate

Document

A Portrait of social isolation and loneliness in Canada today

Angus Reid Institute

Document

LGBT END-OF-LIFE CONVERSATIONS WEBSITE

Website

Poverty and inequality among British Columbia’s seniors (2017)

Iglika Ivanova with Shannon Daub, Marcy Cohen and Julie Jenkins

Document

Dementia in the Workplace Curriculum for Newcomers

Building Trust

Multimedia

Debt and assets among senior Canadian families

Sharanjit Uppal

Document

AARP Livability Index

AARP

Website

Loneliness and Social Connections: A National Survey of Adults 45 and Older

AARP Foundation

Document

The Brain and Social Connectedness:GCBH Recommendations on Social Engagement and Brain Health

Global Council on Brain Health

Document

The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging (US)

The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging

Website

The "Seniors Village Hub" Movement

Peter Kenyon

Document

The rewards and challenges that come with caregiving

McMaster Optimal Aging Portal

Website

Components and Outcomes of Internet-Based Interventions for Caregivers of Older Adults:Systematic Review

Cassioppée Guay, MScOT et al

Document

Study: Debt and assets among senior Canadian families, 1999 to 2016

Statistics Canada

Document

The State of Evaluation in Canada: Measurement and Evaluation Practices in Canada's Charitable Sector

Imagine Canada

Document

Family Matters: Grandparents in Canada

Statistics Canada

Document

The Best of Care: Getting it Right for Seniors in British Columbia (Part 2) - Systemic Investigatio