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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 Library] National Housing Strategy Housing Programs and Initiatives

A Place to Call Home - National Housing Strategy

Housing Programs and InitiativesCanada's National Housing Strategy offers funding through a variety of programs and initiatives. It makes investments in housing working in partnership with non-profits, developers and government entities to increase housing supply and improve quality and affordabilit

Webinar Recording: On Aging: Canadian Conversations - Housing and Aging in Community: An Intergenerational Approach with Raza Mirza

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On Aging Canadian Conversations is a twice monthly series featuring discussions with thought leaders about timely topics on aging. Join us for the third and fourth Thursday of every month for a 30-minute break in your day to get informed and inspired. The fourth episode this season featured the wor

[Webinar Recording] Housing and Living Arrangement Options for Older Adults: At home. In community

Healthy Aging United Way British Columbia

In September, 2022, CORE Canada launched a series of 90-minute sessions focused on Mobilizing to Promote Health and Well-Being for Older Adults. This health promotion series builds on the recent webinars offered by The National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) and Health Promo

[Resource] Non-drug strategies to reduce frailty

McMaster Optimal Aging Portal

Click HERE to access this resource Non-drug strategies to reduce frailtyDec 20, 2023 - McMaster University -The Bottom LineFrailty can lead to a host of health conditions and injuries, and impact quality of life.Non-drug options, such as physical activity, multicomponent strategies, and nutrition-re

[Resource] Mental Health Resource for Seniors: Cooking Up Calm

Dr. Gail Low, Faculty of Nursing - University of Alberta

It contains tips based on the six most effective mentally healthy living strategies to emerge from a research study conducted during COVID-19 when social distancing restrictions were lifting. It also contains some easy-to-follow meal recipes.

[Report] Seniors Connected Outreach

Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council

Seniors Coordinated Outreach was a collaboration of 26 organizations to redesign how outreach services are delivered across Edmonton

Social Prescribing Initiatives in Alberta Primary Care Networks

MPH Student Group

The purpose of this environmental scan was to determine the scope of socia lprescribing practices in Alberta Primary Care Networks (PCN) by examining current social prescribing initiatives and programs employed within PCN clinics. Specifically, this environmental scan sought to better understand the

RECORDING & RESOURCES: December 2023 Partners' Meeting

Connecting People & Community for Living Well

You can access the recording HERE or view it below. The Connecting People and Community for Living Well Group hosted their December 2023 Partners' Meeting. It featured a presentation from Caregivers Alberta.ResourcesThe following resources were shared during the meeting:Team CarePal Working Paper: H

‘Sheds for Life’: Delivering a Gender-Transformative Approach to Health Promotion in Men’s Sheds

Aisling McGrath, Niamh Murphy, and Noel Richardson

Research has highlighted the importance of gendered approaches to engage men with health. Sheds for Life (SFL) is a health and wellbeing initiative that utilizes evidence-based and gender-specific approaches to engage hard to reach men with health promotion directly in the Men’s Sheds (Sheds) sett

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