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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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Building Connections: Promising Practices to Reduce Older Adult Social Isolation for Age-Friendly Community Initiatives
Ontario Age-Friendly Communities Outreach Program
The Ontario Age-Friendly Communities Outreach Program has developed Building Connections: Promising Practices to Reduce Older Adult Social Isolation for Age-Friendly Community Initiatives to provide age-friendly community initiatives with an evidence-based outline for creating or adapting community
A Feminist Recovery Plan for Canada
YWCA Canada
Women, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people are at the forefront of Canada’s pandemic response
And women need to be centered in Canada’s economic recovery efforts going forward. 56% of women workers are concentrated in occupations known as the 5Cs: caring, cashiering, catering, cleaning and cle
Civic infrastructure ill-equipped to serve an aging population
Zoltan Varadi, University of Calgary
Calgary’s exponential growth as a city over the past several decades may soon be outpaced by another metric — its rapidly increasing population of older adults. A recent study by University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work professor Dr. Yeonjung Lee, PhD, found that more than three-quarters of
More Than a Visitor: The Emerging Role of Essential Caregivers in Long-Term Care
Centre for Innovation and Research in Aging
This report is comprised of summaries of several research projects that the Centre for Innovation and Research in Aging (CIRA) team completed throughout 2020 and 2021 in partnership with the York Care Centre (YCC).
Visitation has been restricted for many long-term care facilities across the world d
Resilience: Why do some of us bounce back from adversity better than others?
Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
The resilience scale from the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative is a metaphor to explain why some people seem more resilient than others and to help visualize how to improve resilience: the ability to respond positively in the face of adversity.
READ MORE HERE
Assessing the risk of side-effects of the COVID-19 vaccines
World Health Organization
If you have the choice of more than one vaccine and are wondering which one to take and how to assess the risk of side effects, this episode of Science in 5 with WHO’s Dr Katherine O’Brien is for you.
WATCH HERE
COVID-19 Vaccine Information for Older Canadians Available in Multiple Languages
National Institute on Ageing
The National Institute on Ageing (NIA) released a guidance document titled COVID-19 Vaccines: What Older Canadians Need to Know, authored by Dr. Samir Sinha, Ms. Sabina Vohra-Miller, and Dr. Jennie Johnstone. This report is now available in 13 languages.
The document outlines common questions arisi
List of Free Stock Image Websites
CORE Alberta
This post will be updated to include various online stock image websites that are accessible and diverse.Â
Age-Positive Image LibraryÂ
Royalty Free Stock Images by PixabayÂ
Stock Images & Videos by PexelsÂ
Nappy "provides beautiful, high-res photos of Black and Brown people...tacklin
RECORDING: CORE FALLS PREVENTION AWARENESS & EDUCATION LAUNCH EVENT
CORE Alberta
You can access the recording HERE.
Please find the slide deck shared during the presentation attached .
The CORE Falls Prevention Group hosted an Awareness and Education Launch on April 22, 2021 with guest speakers Melanie Morgan-Redshaw & Nan Shybunka from Finding Balance.Â
Here is th
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