Older Adult Health and Wellness

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This week we have a focus on the health of older adults and how Community-Based Seniors Serving (CBSS) organizations and systems allies are building stronger communities, creating policies, and developing support systems while looking at emerging practices for wellness. We have compiled a selection of recent resources, articles, and reports on mental and physical health and wellness issues affecting older adults:

• Resource: Learning from Practice: Promoting Well-Being and Health Equity Among Older Adults | NCCDH
• Resource: Reducing Social Isolation and Increasing Both Mental and Physical Health for Canadians | Cycling Without Age Canada
• Resource: Why Climate Change is an Ageing Issue | National Institute on Ageing
• Resource: Men’s Mental Health: Building Emotional Awareness | Mind Beacon
• News: The Epidemic of Loneliness: Social Isolation in Older Men | Toronto Star
• News: Ontario Seniors’ Home Adopts a Pair of Ducklings for Animal Therapy Program | CTV News
• News: Why Caring for an Aging Spouse Can be a Lonely Struggle | Toronto Star
• News: Working to Provide Barrier-Free Hygiene Services in Calgary | Enough for All
• Journal Article: Association of Neighborhood Deprivation and Depressive Symptoms with Epigenetic Age Acceleration: Evidence from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging | The Journals of Gerontology
• Report: Enabling a More Promising Future for Long-Term Care in Canada | National Institute on Ageing 
• Report: A National and International Jurisdictional Review and Comparative Analysis of Long-Term Care Home Legislation, Policies, Directives and Standards with HSO’s 2023 National Long-Term Care Services Standard | National Institute on Ageing
• Podcast: Building Health Equity-Focused Public Health Organizations| NCCDH

As always, if there are important topics that you would like more information on or possibilities you would like to explore, please connect with us.

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