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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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[Resource] Social Prescribing - Community Implementation Toolkit - May 2024
Healthy Aging Alberta
Healthy Aging Alberta (HAA) is a rich network of community-based, seniors-serving organizations and allies across the province united by a shared vision: to make Alberta one of the best places in the world to grow older. HAA facilitates social prescribing programs for older adults throughout the pro
[Resource] Healthy Eating Starts Here Healthy Eating in the Community Community Gardens Handbook: How to Start and Maintain a Garden
Alberta Health Services
a complete guide to start and maintain a shared space where groups of people can grow vegetables, fruit and herbs. The handbook also provides tools, resources and tips to help along the way.
[Podcast] Supporting Family Caregivers in Healthcare Through Research, Education and in Practice with Dr. Jasneet Parmar (Episode 94)
Caregiver's Compass and Caregiver Centered Care
Caregivers are aware there are significant gaps in our healthcare system, yet some of the answers to these gaps are found in supporting and providing education to the healthcare workers on the front lines
[Report] The role of faith-based organisations in developing age-friendly communities
Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG)
Faith-based spaces are important community assets. They are a critical form of social infrastructure and often already provide important services to older people.
[Recording] CORE Group Event: IG Café ~ What’s happening in the schools? What to do over the Summer!
Intergenerational Linkages Community of Practice
What’s happening in the schools? What to do over the Summer!
NRC AGE Questionnaire
Design for Public Health Lab- Carlton University
Survey looking for responses from residents of Canada who are 65+ years old and have travelled by air in the last 5 years.
[Article] Preventable hospitalizations and deaths ‘of despair’ associated with income inequality
University of Alberta
Prevention and support programs should be targeted to regions with highest social inequities, researchers say.
[Report] Black Lives Experiencing Homelessness Matter: A Critical Conceptual Framework for Understanding How Policing Drives System Avoidance among Vulnerable Populations
Taylor and Francis Online
This paper examines racialized encounters with the police from the perspectives of people experiencing homelessness in San Diego, California in 2020. By some estimates, homelessness doubled in San Diego during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
[Webinar] IG CAFE: How to Turn One-off Events into Longer-Term Programs
Intergenerational Linkages CoP CORE Group
IG CAFE: How to Turn One-off Events into Longer-Term Programs
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