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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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[Resource] Inclusive Research Guidebook: Engaging People Living With Dementia From Ethno-Racial Communities
Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program
Inclusive Dementia Research Guidebook
[Report] Engaging Older Women in Your Community: A Promising Practices Guide for Women’s and Senior Serving Organizations
Canadian Centre for Elder Law
Engaging Older Women in your Community is a promising practices tool developed as an outcome of the Older Women’s Dialogue Project (OWDP). The publication is intended to support your agency to anticipate and address structural barriers to the participation of older women in community initiatives aimed at legal and policy change. We include key questions to explore, tips for enhancing organizational capacity to include older women, and examples from our experience throughout the OWDP.
[Report] Economic abuse among senior immigrant women: Literature and research report
WomenACT
Senior immigrant women occupy intersecting identities of gender, age and immigration. Each of these have been known to impact experiences of gender-based violence and help seeking. Furthermore, these intersections can create specific risk factors related to economic abuse. This report examines the dynamics and experiences of economic abuse among senior immigrant women. The first part of this report explores the existing literature on economic abuse among senior immigrant women. The second part of this report contains findings from community-based research undertaken with service providers and senior immigrant women with lived experience of economic abuse.
[Resource] Systems Map Community Campaign Kit
Healthy Aging Alberta
The Systems Map Community Campaign Kit contains email templates and newsletter and social media content that organizations can share with their own partners and networks.
[Resource] Brain Health and Cognitive Impairment in Aging Research Initiative
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Towards Healthy Brain Aging
[Resource] Dementia Research and Innovation Funders Alliance
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
A voice for healthy brain aging
[Research Report] Digital Literacy Training for Low-Income Older Adults Through Undergraduate Community-Engaged Learning: Single-Group Pretest-Posttest Study
Lisa M Soederberg Miller
This study examines a digital literacy training program pairing undergraduates with low-income older adults to enhance digital skills while educating students about aging.Read the study here: JMIR Aging - Digital Literacy Training for Low-Income Older Adults Through Undergraduate Community-Engaged L
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