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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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Global Report on Agism - Campaign to Combat Ageism
The World Health Organization
The Global report on ageism outlines a framework for action to reduce ageism including specific recommendations for different actors (e.g. government, UN agencies, civil society organizations, private sector). It brings together the best available evidence on the nature and magnitude of ageism
Assessing Cash-for-Care Benefits to Support Aging at Home in Canada
Institute for Research on Public Policy
The Institute for Research on Public Policy recently published Assessing Cash-for-Care Benefits to Support Aging at Home in Canada discussing changes required in Canada’s long-term care system.
In this study, a group of leading scholars led by Colleen Flood argue that the challenge facing Canada
Successful Aging: What It Means for Older Adults
McMaster Optimal Aging Newsletter
"Successful aging" has become an important concept to describe the quality of aging.(1) Despite a growing literature on this topic, there is no standard definition of successful aging. It is increasingly seen from a holistic point of view. It may refer to the capacity to maintain good physical healt
Working from home: Productivity and preferences
Tahsin Mehdi and René Morissette, Statistics Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant increase in telework since mid-March 2020. At the beginning of 2021, 32% of Canadian employees aged 15 to 69 worked most of their hours from home, compared with only 4% in 2016. A change of such magnitude raises several questions:
To what extent are
COVID Discussions - Vaccine Q&A - Drop-In Zoom Sessions
COVID-19 Resources Canada
COVID-19 Canada Resources are a dedicated team of multidisciplinary Canadians with expertise ranging from biomedical research to web-development and business analysis, virtually working together to execute on COVID-19 Resources Canada’s vision and mission.
COVID Discussions is a virtual kitchen t
COVID-19 translated resources
Government of Alberta
COVID-19 resources are available in عربي, 中文, हिंदी, 한국어, فارسی, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, Af-Soomaali, Español, Français, Tagalog, Tiếng Việt and اردو.
Access information that has been translated into Arabic, Chinese – Simplified, Chinese – Traditional, French
CanAge Vaccine Report Card
CanAge - Canada's National Seniors Advocacy Organization
The first of its kind in Canada, this report card assigns each provincial/territorial government an objective letter grade on their immunization efforts in the core areas of coverage (funding), access and public awareness. The findings were disappointing, albeit unsurprising given Canada’s histori
Pandemic Perspectives on Long-Term Care: Insights from Canadians in Light of COVID-19
National Institute on Ageing
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact in Canada’s longterm care (LTC) settings. In June 2020, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), in partnership with the National Institute on Ageing (NIA), reported that 81% of Canada’s deaths from COVID-19 during the first wave oc
Rising to the Challenge: B.C.’s Community-Based Seniors’ Service Agencies Stepped Up During COVID-19
Healthy Aging CORE BC
United Way of the Lower Mainland releases study on how community agencies kept older adults safe at home during the pandemic.
How a network of community agencies across the province pulled together to keep older adults safe is the subject of a new report entitled Rising to the Challenge: How B.C.
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