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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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Trousse d'Outil: Isolement social des aînés - un regard sur les nouveaux immigrants et réfugiés aînés au Canada
Healthy Aging CORE Team
Le présent supplément est une ressource complémentaire conçue pour permettre aux organismes et aux fournisseurs de services d’adopter des approches afin d’aider les nouveaux immigrants et réfugiés aînés à renforcer leurs liens sociaux. Cette ressource sert de point de départ pour amorc
Toolkit: Engaging Men in Older Adult Centres
Healthy Aging CORE Team
Research has shown that older men are less likely to socialize regularly, face a higher risk of mortality related to social isolation than women and men 65+ have one of the highest suicide rates. Many men see work as being central in shaping and sustaining their identity, so retirement can be a toug
Guide: Aging with Pride - Creating Inclusive Services for LGBTQ2S+ Older Adults
Healthy Aging CORE Team
The Ministry of Seniors and Housing in collaboration with community organizations recently published Aging with Pride: A Guide to Creating Inclusive Services for LGBTQ2S+ Older Adults. The purpose of the guide is to increase awareness of LGBTQ2S+ older adults’ issues and needs and identify co
National Seniors Strategy 2020 (Third Edition)
Healthy Aging CORE Team
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of National Seniors Day, Ryerson University's National Institute on Ageing released the Third Edition on their National Seniors Strategy. The National Institute on Ageing is a Ryerson University think tank focused on the realities of Canada’s ageing population.
Guidelines: 24-Hour Movement - For Adults 65+
Healthy Aging CORE Team
Introducing Canada's first 24-hour Movement Guidelines for Adults (65+). These guidelines were developed by the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP), the Public Health Agency of Canada, Queen’s University, ParticipACTION, and a network of researchers and stakeholders from across Canada
Covid and Longer Lives: Combating Ageism and Creating Solutions
Healthy Aging CORE Team
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has exposed long-standing challenges and inequalities in the way we define and protect the rights of older people around the world. The COVID and Ageing Society Virtual Dialogue Series focused on five thematic areas in which older people have been most significant
Guidebook For Seniors: Safety and Security
Healthy Aging CORE Team
This guide was developed by the RCMP for seniors, their family members, care-givers, friends, and anyone else who may find it useful. It isn’t meant to include everything but tries to answer some common concerns when it comes to seniors’ safety and security. The RCMP's goal is to raise awarene
The Lived Experiences of Aging Immigrants Project
Healthy Aging CORE Team
The Lived Experiences of Aging Immigrants was a Narrative Photovoice Project from 2014-2017 (see here) This project's research explored the everyday stories of aging among 19 diverse immigrant older adults in Canada. Following a series of knowledge exchange events that utilized the Lived Experi
Caregiving in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities Shaping a National Conversation
Healthy Aging CORE Team
Caregiving is an issue that affects all Canadians. One in four Canadians is a caregiver for someone with a long-term health condition, disability or need related to aging at some point in their lives. It is estimated that 75% of care is provided by unpaid caregivers, saving Canadian healthcare syste
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