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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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How To Become A Mental Health Champion
Canadian Mental Health Association Calgary
A mental health champion is defined as any person a part of an organization who takes the necessary actions to:
Raise awareness of the real impacts of mental illness
Challenge and reverse the effects of mental health stigma within the workplace
Provide peer support and helpful resources to thei
Men's Sheds Edmonton Digital Information Sheet
Men's Sheds Edmonton
Men's Sheds Edmonton build and promote casual spaces for all men to connect, create, and socialize in a positive environment. We're a grassroots men’s health movement grounded in the spirit of camaraderie and the power of community.
A Men’s Shed is a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive place
Social Prescribing: A Call to Action
Dominik Alex Nowak, MD MHSc CCFP and Kate Mulligan, MA PhD
In this academic paper, social prescriptions are examined in light of the relationships that people have with their family doctors and how such relationships can affect the success of social prescribing programs.
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RECORDING: How To Start an Intergenerational Program (Part 1/3 Series)
CORE Alberta
You can access the recording of the conversation HERE.Â
The CORE Intergenerational Linkages Community of Practice Group (IG COP)Â hosted the first part (How to Start an Intergenerational Program) of their 3 part workshop series on January 26, 2021. The word cloud pictured above illustrates how par
Promising Approaches Revisited: Effective action on loneliness in later life
Campaign to End Loneliness
Promising Approaches Revisited: Effective action on loneliness in later life includes a promising approaches framework to help make sense of the different ways we can address loneliness, and explains how these approaches fit together to create an effective community response. The guide offers examp
RECORDING: Presentation on Restorative Justice and Elder Abuse
CORE Alberta
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Please find the slide deck shared during the presentation and some additional resources attached .
The CORE Elder Abuse Group hosted a presentation on restorative justice and how it ties in with elder abuse on January 26, 2021 with facilitator Dianna Bennett.
Here is the fa
CAGP/CCSMH Position Statement for Mental Health Care in Long-Term Care During COVID-19
Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry AND Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health
This position paper was co-written by the Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry (CAGP) and Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health (CCSMH) and outlines a number of recommendations that support the mental health and wellbeing of older adults living in LTC homes in Canada.
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Remaking the Economy: Health, Racial Disparities, and Economic Justice
Steve Dubb, Nonprofit Quarterly
Building on a set of articles in the winter 2020 issue of Nonprofit Quarterly, this webinar in our Remaking the Economy series looks at healthcare, the largest sector of the US economy.
Famously, the US pays far more than any other nation on healthcare—17.7 percent of the economy in 2019—ye
Grant Preparation Toolkit
Keela
The Grant Preparation Toolkit helps non-profits organize their grant applications and write a compelling proposal. The toolkit was created in partnership with Keela and Imagine Canada's Grant Connect.
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