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Resources on CORE include checklists, toolkits, reports, studies, videos, and other materials on topics relevant to those working or volunteering in support of healthy aging and older adults independent living.

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The Giving 2022 Report

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Generational Giving Trends The Giving Gap Remains a Key Challenge Facing Canadian Charities The “giving gap” is a trend whereby older Canadians are giving financially at twice the rate of younger Canadians, which indicates that charities will face a major shortfall in funding when older donors a

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2022 & Toolkit

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What is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD)? World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is an annual unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. With one voice, we will celebrate the importance of palliative care to quality of life, and advocate

Truth and Reconciliation Toolkit

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Toolkits Reconciliation is an ongoing journey, one that will take a collective effort to find a new way forward. You are invited to contribute to this important conversation and involve your social and professional circles, be it your family, friends, colleagues, neighbors, or classmates. The Com

Dementia Ventures: Learnings on Engaging with People with Lived Experience

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Read below for insightful takeaways from a roundtable discussion exploring the Flipping Stigma toolkit: an online resource with pragmatic strategies for breaking down stigma associated with dementia. Team members from the Building Capacity Project and the Westside Seniors Hub met with Community Part

Placemaking for Active Recreation Kit (PARK) E-Book

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Placemaking for Active Recreation Kit (PARK) has published a new e-book on placemaking and physical activity. The e-book called "Let’s Heal Our Cities: Tapping into placemaking and active recreation" gets straight to the basics and the most practical approaches to creating active public spaces th

Webinar Recording: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day June, 2022

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CanAge, CNPEA, Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario and the BC Association of Community Response Networks would like to thank those who took part in the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day event on June 15, where people gathered to remind the world that human rights don’t get old. If you missed the event o

Dementia Education Program

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Alzheimer’s disease, which represents two-thirds of dementia cases, is on the rise. With a powerful demographic shift taking place in Quebec, it’s vital that we ensure that those who are hardest hit receive the training, protection and resources they need. Care partners are at the centre of the

Cannabis and Older Adults eLearning - Free & Accredited!

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The response to our Health Canada funded eLearning modules on cannabis and older adults has been outstanding. The free, MOC and MainPro+ accredited English and French eLearning modules can be accessed through the CCSMH website at ccsmh.ca . "Cannabis consumption among older adults has been accele

Report: Current State of Social Prescribing in Canada

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This report is the first output of a project being delivered in partnership with the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing (CISP) and the Canadian Social Prescribing Community of Practice (CoP). The objective of the project is to better understand the current state of social prescribing (SP) in

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