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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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Rethinking Virtual Partnerships
JS Daw & Associates
Working in collaboration can be difficult, even when you're all in the same room, but how do you work with partners across multiple venues, technology barriers and even time zones?
Replay the webinar with Partnership Brokers Association Catherine Russ. In it she shares her belief that it is entirel
Nonprofits amid COVID: The Fundamental Value of Radical Responsiveness
Zanita Tisdale, Chelsea Emelie Kelly, Monica Weigel McCarthy, Cassidy L. Jones and Joe Luesse, Nonprofit Quarterly
A food bank and an arts nonprofit may seem to have little in common. But both nonprofits had to respond similarly to COVID-19, leading to unexpected successes and profound changes.
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How assistive devices can help older adults live more autonomously
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
In Canada, 1.1 million older adults use assistive technology to compensate for physical or cognitive limitations. However, despite the potential benefits of these technologies, there are some older adults who remain reluctant to use them. They may fear being stigmatized or discriminated against, fee
Challenging Discrimination through Community Conversations
Centre for Race and Culture
“Challenging Discrimination through Community Conversations” is an ongoing series of online moderated round-tables with guest speakers from diverse communities, organizations, academia and the general public, which seeks to understand and address experiences of discrimination and exclusion in th
AgeTech Future of Technology and Aging in Canada Consultation Results Video
AGE-WELL
Earlier this year, AGE-WELL held a series of nationwide virtual consultations with industry, government, and community stakeholders including older adults and caregivers, to hear what Canadians think about technology and aging. We heard from individuals from coast to coast to coast and one thing was
Illuminating and mitigating the evolving impacts of COVID-19 on ethnocultural communities: a participatory action mixed-methods study
Denise Campbell-Scherer, Yvonne Chiu, Nicole Naadu Ofosu, Thea Luig, Karen Heather Hunter, Badi Jabbour, Sauleha Farooq, Ali Mahdi, Aline Gayawira, Fransiska Awasis, Funke Olokude, Hannah Goa, Hina Syed, Judy Sillito, Lydia Yip, Lyn Belle, et al
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated disparities in poverty and illness for people in vulnerable circumstances in ethnocultural communities. We sought to understand the evolving impacts of COVID-19 on ethnocultural communities to inform intersectoral advocacy and community action.
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In people with rheumatoid arthritis, aerobic exercises and/or strength training improve some symptoms
Hu H, Xu A, Gao C, et al.
Review questions
In people who have rheumatoid arthritis, do different types of exercise improve symptoms?
Background
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic condition. It can cause inflammation, pain, stiffness, and fatigue. It can also cause deformity of the small joints, usually in the hands and fee
Contribute to HSO's National Long-Term Care Services Standard
National Long-Term Care Services Standard
Engage with Us
Find out how you can keep engaged and contribute to HSO’s National Long-Term Care Services Standard. Throughout the development of HSO’s National Long-Term Care Services Standard we are committed to hearing the voices of all - through our successful inaugural National Survey that
Dementia Friendly Care: Methods to Improve Stakeholder Engagement and Decision Making
Anthea Innes, Sarah Kate Smith, Sophie Bushell, Salford Institute for Dementia and Ageing, School of Health and Society, University of Salford, Salford, UK
Abstract: Dementia friendly (DF) is a term that has been increasingly used in the international literature to describe approaches that include and involve people living with dementia within their communities and wider society. How to support the involvement of people living with dementia to achieve
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