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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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Recorded Webinar: Practical Technologies that can Enable Ageing in Place
Amaan Fazal
Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Geriatrics at Sinai Health and UHN and Director of Health Policy Research at the NIA, presents on "Practical Technologies that can Enable Ageing in Place". The webinar provides health care professionals a better understanding of:
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Recorded Webinar: The Practical Guide to the Elder Abuse and Neglect Law in Canada
Amaan Fazal
Webinar originally took place on May 9th, 2022.
The new and improved Practical Guide to Elder Abuse and Neglect Law in Canada was launched in April 2022. The new bilingual (English and French) Guide is a plain language, searchable website with information on all areas of law relevant to elder abuse
Recorded Webinar: Modular Construction - A Suitable Option for Seniors' Housing?
Amaan Fazal
This webinar was held on April 6th, 2022 and focused on some basics of modular housing for seniors site development and operation. The webinar provided information on what modular housing is and is not; how it can provide affordable, accessible, and or supportive housing solutions for older adults;
Recorded Webinar: Summit Preview Keynote Series: What is Social Prescribing?
Amaan Fazal
Social prescribing - the practice of medical practitioners connecting patients to community supports to improve health and well-being - was pioneered in the U.K .and is now gaining a foothold in Canada. Hear from our panelists: Dr. Marie Anne Essam, Dr. Grace Park, and Sonia Hsiung on what Social Pr
Recorded Webinar: Unpacking Innovations for Aging in the Right Place
Amaan Fazal
In recognition of National Seniors Day (October 1st, 2021), Simon Fraser University, Aging in the Right Place co-hosted a webinar with the following panelists from across Canada, who shared their innovations of aging in the right place for older adults with lived or living experience of homelessness
Recorded Webinar: Closing the Gaps– Advancing Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery for Older Adults
Amaan Fazal
This webinar features Dr. Samir Sinha, lead author of the recent Canadian Red Cross and National Institute on Aging White Paper that offers evidence-informed expert recommendations to Improve Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery for Older Adults Across Canada. The webinar was hosted by Unit
Webinar: Promoting Health of Older Canadians: Developing Personal Skills & Reorienting Health Services
Healthy Aging CORE Team
From United Way Healthy Aging:
The soon to be launched book, Promoting Health of Older Adults: The Canadian Experience, edited by I. Rootman, P. Edwards, M. Levasseur & F. Grunberg promises to be a welcome resource for learners, educators, practitioners and decision makers interested in support
Recorded Webinar: Transportation to COVID-19 Vaccination Sites – What is working for Seniors?
Amaan Fazal
A lack of transportation is preventing an untold number of BC’s older adults from getting their vaccinations. On Wednesday, May 26th, 2021, the CBSS Provincial Working Group on Seniors Transportation hosted a webinar to highlight solutions and services tackling this issue in BC and across Canada.
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