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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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Take the 15-Minute Financial Fitness Assessment for Your Non-Profit
Volunteer Alberta, Servus Credit Union Screen reader support enabled. Volunteer Alberta, Servus Credit Union
Volunteer Alberta and Servus Credit Union have teamed up to enhance your non-profit's financial resilience. Take their 15-minute financial fitness assessment tool to learn where your organization is doing well and what needs attention.
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Buddy Up to Help Men
Centre for Suicide Prevention
In Canada, men have a suicide rate 3x higher than women.
The "Buddy Up" campaign by the Centre for Suicide Prevention is a call to action to men, by men.
Access resources that encourage men to have conversations with their buddies if they are struggling with thoughts of suicide.
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Aging With Technology
agewithtech.ca
This project began as a road map to guide developers of mobile health (mHealth) technologies through a stakeholder-driven process to ensure apps and devices remain accessible and usable as we age.
Discussions with stakeholders involved in this project, including many of you, frequently came back to
'It's Not a Burden' — the New Film on Caregiving for Your Parents
Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue
Picture:Â Filmmaker Michelle Boyaner with her mom Elaine, a star in "It's Not a Burden" Â | Â Credit: courtesy of Greenie Films
Funny, heartfelt and fantastic, this film shines a spotlight on the complexities of caregiving for your mom or dad.
Much of the 87-minute cinema verité documentary by t
Vital Topic — Primer on Income and the Cost of Living in Edmonton
Edmonton Social Planning Council
Edmonton Vital Signs is an annual checkup conducted by Edmonton Community Foundation, in partnership with Edmonton Social Planning Council, to measure how the community is doing. Vital Topics are a quick but comprehensive look at issues that are timely and important to Edmonton. For this edition, ES
#AgeingWithPride
Centre for Ageing Better
To mark Pride Month 2021, we've gathered stories from a number of older LGBT+ people to share their perspectives on inequality, community and how attitudes towards LGBT+ people have changed.
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Moral Leadership: A Conversation with Dr. Nicholas Harvey and Dr. Robert Franklin, Part II
Edge Leadership, Nonprofit Quarterly
Moral leadership—the presence of one or two women or men of integrity, courage, imagination, seeking to challenge people, to serve the common good—represents the single most important predictor of whether or not an organization will remain relevant and effective and ethical.
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Vital Topic — Gaps in the Social Safety Net
Justine Basilan, Edmonton Social Planning Council
Edmonton Vital Signs is an annual checkup conducted by Edmonton Community Foundation, in partnership with Edmonton Social Planning Council, to measure how the community is doing. Vital Topics are a quick but comprehensive look at issues that are timely and important to Edmonton.
For this edition, t
Caring for LGBTQ2S+ Elders
Centre for Studies in Aging and Health
This reading list includes links to and summaries of a variety of resources including considerations regarding LGBTQ2S+ Older Adults. Sub-topics include social strengths, health knowledge, cultural awareness, elder abuse and neglect, caregiving outcomes, long-term care needs, experiences of ethnic m
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