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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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[Report] Claiming our Space, Naming our Future – Report on the 2024 CBSS Sector Summit
HelpAge Canada
Report on the 2024 CBSS Sector Summit
[Report] Addressing the Coming of Age and Its Related Complexities Among Canada’s Veterans
National Institute on Aging
The National Institute on Ageing (NIA) in partnership with the Canadian Institute for Military and Veterans Health Research (CIMVHR) and the Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) has released a groundbreaking new report calling for the urgent development of a comprehensive strategy to support Canada’s ag
[Research] Statistical checkup of Canadian men’s health
Statistics Canada
to heighten awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys
[Recording] Intergenerational Linkages CoP- Cafe- Ageism
Intergenerational Linkages CoP
We discussed experiences and how Agism shows up in your life or your initiatives, and how Intergenerational programming can influence changes
[Resource] Inclusive Research Guidebook: Engaging People Living With Dementia From Ethno-Racial Communities
Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program
Inclusive Dementia Research Guidebook
[Report] A Report on Current Views and Experiences of Social Prescribing in Men’s Sheds
Bryony Porter, Pippa Belderson, Kristy Sanderson, Sarah Hanson, et al.
As one of the few community and social opportunities specifically tailored to men, Sheds have attracted the attention of health and social care services professionals, social prescribers and other statutory and voluntary sector agencies who seek to ‘refer’ their clients to groups and activities
[Resource] Brain Health and Cognitive Impairment in Aging Research Initiative
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Towards Healthy Brain Aging
[Report] Engaging Older Women in Your Community: A Promising Practices Guide for Women’s and Senior Serving Organizations
Canadian Centre for Elder Law
Engaging Older Women in your Community is a promising practices tool developed as an outcome of the Older Women’s Dialogue Project (OWDP). The publication is intended to support your agency to anticipate and address structural barriers to the participation of older women in community initiatives aimed at legal and policy change. We include key questions to explore, tips for enhancing organizational capacity to include older women, and examples from our experience throughout the OWDP.
[Report] Economic abuse among senior immigrant women: Literature and research report
WomenACT
Senior immigrant women occupy intersecting identities of gender, age and immigration. Each of these have been known to impact experiences of gender-based violence and help seeking. Furthermore, these intersections can create specific risk factors related to economic abuse. This report examines the dynamics and experiences of economic abuse among senior immigrant women. The first part of this report explores the existing literature on economic abuse among senior immigrant women. The second part of this report contains findings from community-based research undertaken with service providers and senior immigrant women with lived experience of economic abuse.
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