Resources
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.
filter by:
101 Guide: Strength-Based Communication for Nonprofit Organizations
Prosper Strategies
Strength-based communication uses messaging that emphasizes the strengths, opportunities and power of an individual, group or community. It represents people positively, in a way that feels true and empowering to them. Even better: it works! Contrary to popular belief, strength-based communication i
Alberta Nonprofit Data Strategy: Community Nonprofit Analysis (Second Quarter 2022)
PolicyWise
This analysis is based on responses by community nonprofits surveyed by Statistics Canada across Canada. It introduces community nonprofit organizations’ outlook and their employee situation. This analysis focuses on employee struggles in the community nonprofit sector and plans for employee recru
Centre for Newcomers Senior Services
Centre for Newcomers
Centre for Newcomers' (CFN) Seniors' Services address the unique needs of seniors through building social support networks and resources, as well as interventions that promote intergenerational learning. Through needs assessments, information, and referrals, seniors will be supported with their ide
CORE Frailty Series Report
Healthy Aging Alberta
The CORE Frailty Series ran from November 2021 to April 2022, where five groups on CORE Alberta came together to host various sessions to showcase their unique perspectives on the topic of Frailty.
Garnering a total of 450 registrants, the first ever series on CORE Alberta was a huge success! A re
Leading & Learning with Pride: A Revitalized Tool Kit on Supporting 2SLGBTQI+ Seniors
The City of Toronto, Seniors Services and Long-Term Care (SSLTC)
2SLGBTQI+ older adults face unique challenges as they age and often experience barriers to access across healthcare, long-term care, retirement, homecare, and social service environments.
This toolkit includes guidance from working groups, insights from folks with lived expertise, and real-world ex
NIA Long Term Care COVID-19 Tracker (paused)
National Institute on Ageing
The National Institute on Ageing has made the difficult decision to pause its innovative NIA Long-Term Care COVID-19 Tracker Project, even though Canada and its long-term care (LTC) and retirement homes have now entered their seventh wave of the pandemic.
We are pausing this project not because
Inflation Driving up Demand and Costs While Creating Desperation
Emily Jensen, Imagine Canada
Normally, we associate July with the beginning of a sleepier, sunnier time of the year. However, this year it seems that the news won’t slow down. Nonprofits are, as usual, working hard to serve their communities despite the difficult times we’re facing. In the latest edition of this quarterly b
Are Assistive Devices Suitable for Me or My Loved One?
McMaster University
Did you know that, in Canada, 1.1 million older adults use assistive technology to compensate for physical or cognitive limitations? An essential part of healthy aging involves evaluating and accepting the changes that may occur in your vision, mobility, and hearing and implementing what you need to
Resource Guide for Older Adults at Risk of Going Missing
Calgary Missing Older Adult Resource Network
This resource guide is a tool to support vulnerable older adults who may be at risk of going missing. The guide incorporates prevention tips, preparedness in the event someone does go missing, available resources and tips for community members if they find someone that has gone missing.
The guide i
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.