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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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Bicycling and Walking by Older Adults
Steve Mencher, AARP
More than ever before, older adults are bicycling and walking instead of driving. Like younger generations, people age 50 or older are choosing to ride a bike or slip into comfortable footwear for exercise as well as for commuting to work and running errands.
Data compiled by the League of American
Walking Speed - Is It a New Vital Sign?
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
Like your heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and rate of breathing, walking speed may be an important new vital sign.
By taking this interactive lesson, you'll learn the answers to the following questions:
What is walking speed and why is it important?
How does walking speed change w
How to Promote Brain Health
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
Dementia is a progressive brain disease that can have an adverse effect on your social activity and physical mobility.
By taking this interactive lesson, you'll learn how managing the following six factors can help to promote brain health and reduce your risk of developing dementia:
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Osteoarthritis and Exercise
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
Osteoarthritis, sometimes referred to as OA, is a common condition that affects our joints, causing pain, swelling, and stiffness.
By taking this short, interactive lesson, you will learn the answers to the following questions:
How common is OA of the hip and knee?
Is it a normal part of aging?
"Vax Hunter AB" uses Twitter to help find vaccine appointments
Danielle Davids
Albertans can book their vaccination appointment through a participating pharmacy, using AHS online, or by calling 811. However, some are having issues navigating the system to successfully book a vaccination appointment.
“Vax Hunter AB” is run by two Edmonton women who help connect people wi
A Toolkit for Grief is live!
Community Development Learning Initiative
Every person, and every community, has experienced some type of loss since the pandemic began in early 2020. Grief is a natural human experience that we may be feeling. This toolkit is to help us think, act, and change through our grief stories, making them meaningful to us and our communities.
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WHO Episode #38 - Current Global Trends
World Health Organization
What is data telling us about the spread of COVID-19 around the world? What does evidence tell us about transmission in populations that are vaccinated? WHO’s Dr Oliver Morgan explains in Science in 5 this week.
WATCH VIDEO HERE
Connecting Youth with Older Adults Through Technology
Centre for Technology Adoption for Aging in the North (CTAAN)
The need for technology to connect older adults with family and friends came into sharper focus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A recent collaboration between CTAAN the School District No. 57 (Prince George) and the University of Northern British Columbia gave elementary students the chance to think
Lessons from lockdown: Loneliness in the time of Covid-19
Campaign to End Loneliness
The Covid-19 lockdown between March and June 2020 had a clear and immediate impact on everyone’s ability to connect socially with people outside their households. Many recognised the risk that those who live alone, or who live apart from key people in their lives, would be severely affected by lon
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