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CANADA | Sep 04, 2024
[News] Healthy aging in place: Connaught Community Partnership Research Program funds activity spaces for older adults
Connaught Community Partnership Research Program funds activity spaces for older adults
READ MORERapid testing expands to include vulnerable Albertans
Rapid testing will be expanded across the province to reach Albertans in homeless shelters, long-term care facilities and remote rural communities.
Starting Dec. 18, rapid point-of-care testing will
Winners of Minister’s Seniors Service Awards announced!
On December 15, 2020, the Honourable Josephine Pon, Minister of Seniors and Housing, presented awards to nine Albertans. Selected from 100 nominations – the most since 2007 – the 2020 Minister’s
Decade of Healthy Ageing
On December 14th, 2020, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing.Â
What is the Decade of Healthy Ageing?
The United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2
Covid: Students and retirees form long-distance friendships
A heartwarming story about connections made between students and retirees who have been left isolated during the pandemic across languages and cultures.
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New mandatory provincewide measures to protect lives
Expanded health measures will be in effect provincewide. All Albertans, businesses, organizations and service providers must follow all new health measures. These restrictions will be in place for a m
COVID-19 restrictions not sufficient to bend the curve
The health measures currently in place to battle the coronavirus aren’t likely to be sufficient in bringing down case numbers, Alberta’s top doctor said on Monday while reporting another 16 deaths
Winter is already a trying time for some seniors. COVID-19 will make it worse
A 2014 report by the National Seniors Council concluded that 50 per cent of people over the age of 80 felt lonely.Â
With the pandemic grinding on, researchers say those feelings have been heighten
Strong restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19
Alberta’s government is declaring a state of public health emergency and putting aggressive measures in place to protect the health system and reduce the rising spread of COVID-19 cases. New restri
U of a Student Creates 3D Printed Resource to Help Teach Cree Language
Syllabics kit based on “Star Chart” helps Indigenous language learners connect with Cree culture. Kaia MacLeod, a master's student in library and information studies and an Indigenous intern with
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