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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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Mental Health First Aid Supporting Older Adults (MHFA SOA) training
Imagine Institute
Imagine Institute for Learning is excited to be able to support the coordinated facilitation of MHFA SOA across Alberta. Mental Health First Aid for Seniors is an evidence-based training by the Mental Health Commission of Canada designed for people who have frequent contact with older adults such as
Virtual Volunteer Screening & Engagement Guidebook
Volunteer Alberta
This guidebook:
Builds and expands upon Volunteer Canada’s 10 Steps to Screening from a virtual perspective
Includes information and resources about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in volunteer screening throughout
Provides scalable suggestions and recommendations to fit your organizat
Futures Policy Forum Webinar Recordings
Alberta Association on Gerontology
Alberta Association on Gerontology's (AAG) first initiative for the Futures Policy Forum offers FREE monthly webinars on Zoom. They plan to reach participants across the province. They know that a broad and diverse range of individuals have a stake in our desired future for healthy aging.
Aims
Digital Inclusion, Online Participation and Health Promotion: Promising Practices From Community-Led Participatory Journalism
Kate Mulligan
A growing body of evidence demonstrates that digital inclusion mediates access to other social determinants of health – directly, through access to and literacy in technologies or services, and indirectly, by supporting people’s capacity to participate fully and equitably in civic and cultural l
We Must Prioritize Nonprofit Leaders’ Rest and Healing, and Here Are Some Cool Funders Doing That
Vu Le, Nonprofit AF
Our sector is complicated. On one hand, this work is fulfilling and meaningful and it is a privilege to be able to do it. On the other hand, it can be soul-crushingly stressful. It consumes us, demanding more and more, constantly taking. It takes our sleep. It takes our health. It ruins our natural
Driving & Dementia Roadmap - Support for the Driving with Dementia Journey
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
When a person has been diagnosed with dementia, making the decision to stop driving can be a difficult time for the individual, their families, friends, and healthcare teams.
Complex concerns come with determining when it’s time to hang up the keys: How can this topic be approached in a respectfu
Systematic Review of Social Prescribing and Older Adults: Where to From Here?
Amanda Percival, Christie Newton, Kate Mulligan, Robert J Petrella, and Maureen C Ashe
Social prescribing is a person-centred model of care with emphases on lessening the impact of unmet social needs, supporting the delivery of personalised care, and reducing non-medical resource use in the primary care setting. The purpose of this systematic review was to synthesize the effect of soc
Recording: Re-orienting Health and Social Services for Older Adults: Provincial Strategies for Community-Based Seniors Services
CORE Canada
In September, 2022, CORE Canada launched a series of monthly 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 Heal
Resources to Support Active Aging at Home
Active Aging Canada
There are so many resources available to help older adults stay active at home. Active Aging Canada shares a few ideas to stay active, stay safe and maintain physical distancing.
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