News
Sign up for the Healthy Aging CORE Alberta e-news to keep up-to-date with activity from the platform and the Community-Based Seniors Services (CBSS) sector across the province.
Click here to SIGN UP for all CORE newsletters or specific segments and stay in the Loop! Recent newsletters can be viewed here.
filter by:
CANADA | Dec 11, 2024
[News] Ipsos Poll: Majority of Canadians with Household Income Below $60K May Soon Turn to Charities to Meet Daily Essential Needs
Charities facing sustained, high demand for essential services
READ MOREDecade of Healthy Ageing
On December 14th, 2020, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing.Â
What is the Decade of Healthy Ageing?
The United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2
Covid: Students and retirees form long-distance friendships
A heartwarming story about connections made between students and retirees who have been left isolated during the pandemic across languages and cultures.
READ MORE HERE
New mandatory provincewide measures to protect lives
Expanded health measures will be in effect provincewide. All Albertans, businesses, organizations and service providers must follow all new health measures. These restrictions will be in place for a m
COVID-19 restrictions not sufficient to bend the curve
The health measures currently in place to battle the coronavirus aren’t likely to be sufficient in bringing down case numbers, Alberta’s top doctor said on Monday while reporting another 16 deaths
Winter is already a trying time for some seniors. COVID-19 will make it worse
A 2014 report by the National Seniors Council concluded that 50 per cent of people over the age of 80 felt lonely.Â
With the pandemic grinding on, researchers say those feelings have been heighten
Strong restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19
Alberta’s government is declaring a state of public health emergency and putting aggressive measures in place to protect the health system and reduce the rising spread of COVID-19 cases. New restri
U of a Student Creates 3D Printed Resource to Help Teach Cree Language
Syllabics kit based on “Star Chart” helps Indigenous language learners connect with Cree culture. Kaia MacLeod, a master's student in library and information studies and an Indigenous intern with
The Medically At-Risk Driver (MARD) Centre is inviting proposals from not-for-profit alternate transportation for seniors service providers in rural and remote areas
The Medically At-Risk Driver (MARD) Centre is inviting proposals from not-for-profit alternate transportation for seniors (ATS) service providers in rural and remote areas of the province.
Â
The s
New measures to curb the rapid growth of COVID-19
Targeted health measures will take effect on Nov. 13 to curb the rapid growth of COVID-19 in Alberta and protect the health system.Â
Alberta’s government is implementing additional health measures
Newsletter
Sign up for the Healthy Aging CORE Alberta e-news to keep up-to-date with activity from the platform and the Community-Based Seniors Services (CBSS) sector across the province.