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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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Revolutionary Black Grace: Finding Emotional Justice in Global Black Communities
Esther A. Armah, Nonprofit Quarterly
Loss is an intimate part of global Blackness. Britain was an empire. America became a superpower. Africa had kingdoms. All global Black people lost something through systems of oppression where the language of whiteness ruled under brutal lash, stolen native tongues, and charred skin.Unfortunately,
Too Essential to Fail - Letters of Support
CCVO
While other sectors recover, nonprofits juggle heightened demand for services with increasingly complex client needs and decreasing revenues. Learn more about the state of Alberta's nonprofits in CCVO's latest report, Too Essential to Fail.The nonprofit sector is too essential to fail. We
Ageing, Inequality and Ethnicity: Evidence Cards
Centre for Ageing Better
This set of downloadable evidence cards highlights the contributions of and shocking inequalities experienced by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups approaching retirement age.Older generations are becoming more diverse than ever. But also more unequal. There’s an increasing level of inequalit
Understanding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in the Workplace
Miranda McKie, Room for Her
Building and promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is not only the right thing to do — it’s smart business practice.Over the past couple of years, it seems like every organization has been talking about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). We have seen increased job postings, mandates, a
The Guide to the DTC and RDSP for Newcomers with Disabilities
Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (AAISA)
The Guide to the DTC and RDSP for Newcomers with Disabilities was designed to help frontline workers in settlement agencies and advocates introduce newcomers with disabilities to the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) and Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP).The guide will help settlement workers sha
Alignment of the Healthy Aging Framework and a Recovery-Orientated System of Care
Healthy Aging Alberta
Alignment of the Healthy Aging Framework and a Recovery-Orientated System of Care
Mental Health Inequity and Loneliness and How That Effects Our Society
Nobel Conference 58- Gustavus Adolfus College
Mental Health Inequity and Loneliness and How That Effects Our Society
Rehabilitation strategies post-stroke
McMaster University
Stroke affects up to 10% of older adults in Canada, making it the third leading cause of death nationally and one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. For many people, recovery from the initial event is just the beginning of a longer period of rehabilitation to restore lost function caused
In older people, some types of therapy improved loneliness and social support in long-term care or community settings
McMaster University
Review questionIn older people, do any types of therapy reduce loneliness and social isolation?BackgroundLoneliness and social isolation are common in older adults. Both loneliness and social isolation can increase a person’s risk for serious health conditions, hospitalization, and death.Reducing
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