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[Resource] This is what Alzheimerā€™s looks like: ā€˜It looks like meā€™

PBS News Hour

What does it feel like to be diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimerā€™s disease? Pam Montana and Chris Hannafan offer their Brief but Spectacular takes on what it means to live with the disease and how their worlds have changed.

Webinar Recording: Aging Lives Uprooted: Welcoming and Supporting Older Refugees to Canadian Communities

OACAO in collaboration with HelpAge Canada and CORE Canada

This webinar painted a picture of the older adult refugee experience in Canada, including the effects of fleeing conflict zones, the process of seeking asylum, and what it means to have lost everything. We heard from those working in the field - nationally, provincially, and locally ā€“ who shared t

De Hogeweyk and a Normal Life with Dementia with Jannette Spiering

SilVR Adventures

This interview highlights the work of Jannette Spiering from Be Advice and also De Hogeweyk in the Netherlands. Even if you donā€™t recognise the names you may know the story, itā€™s been described as ā€œthe dementia villageā€ a name Jannette and the team strongly dislike, but itā€™s received a lot

Journal of Dementia Care: Hogewey: A 'home from home' in the Netherlands

Beatrice Godwin

Beatrice Godwin is impressed by Hogewey, an award-winning development with an innovative approach to residential and nursing care for people with advanced dementiaWhen it comes to learning from international developments in dementia care, there are few better places to look than the Netherlands. Hog

Global Report on Ageism

World Health Organization

OverviewThe Global report on ageism outlines a framework for action to reduce ageism including specific recommendations for different actors (e.g. government, UN agencies, civil society organizations, private sector). It brings together the best available evidence on the nature and magnitude of agei

Colour of Violence: Race, Gender, & Anti-Violence Services

Battered Women's Support Services

Battered Womenā€™s Support Services is thrilled to announce the launch of Colour of Violence: Race, Gender & Anti-Violence Services, a report placing racialized survivors at the center of anti-violence work. BWSS engaged in a community-based research project to better understand and raise awaren

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