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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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Article: Is Your City Planned for All Citizens as They Age? Selecting the Indicators to Measure Neighbourhoods’ Age-Friendliness in the Urban Planning Field
Silvia Urra-Uriarte et al.
The goal of this work was to develop a collection of indicators that can assist urban planners in meeting the unique needs of older individuals within their community and evaluating the age-friendliness of various neighbourhoods.ABSTRACT In many countries, urban population ageing trends are a recogn
Canadian Social Survey Results: Quality of Life, Virtual Health Care and Trust, 2023
Statistics Canada
Relationships with family, friends and neighbours are essential in developing a strong sense of identity, belonging and personal safety. Similarly, trust in family and friends and in societal institutions can be important to building and maintaining social ties. Trust is associated with higher levels of reciprocity and cooperation between individuals, and can facilitate the flow of information and transactions. This, in turn, can affect the overall performance of the economy.
Study: Food insecurity among Canadian families, 2022
Statistics Canada
With the cost of living continuing to rise, spending more to buy less food is a reality for an increasing share of Canadian families. Released today, the study "Food insecurity among Canadian families" offers insight into families most at risk of food insecurity, looking at those below and above the poverty line. It also examines the possible role of assets and debt in food insecurity.
Community Conversations Project
SFU Aging in the Right Place
Click HERE to learn moreCommunity Conversations ProjectThe Community Conversations project is a sub-project of the Aging in the Right Place (AIRP) Partnership. In response to the AIRP project’s Lived Expertise Advisors’ interests and experiences, the Community Conversations project was started
Government of Canada establishes Advisory Group to help Canadians living with rare diseases
Government of Canada- Health Canada
Government of Canada establishes Advisory Group to help Canadians living with rare diseases
Guide: Let's Talk: Language of Health Equity
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH)
This installment of the Let’s Talk series supports intentional reflection on the language used to describe equity and people who live with inequities.
Caregiver-Centered Care Education: Education for Health and Social Care Providers about Person-Centered Care for Family Caregivers
Dr. Jasneet Parmar, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UofA
Do you work with family caregivers? Do you want to learn more about person-centered care for family caregivers? Our competency-based Caregiver-Centered Care Education is Free online www.caregivercare.ca. Each module takes 45-60 minutes to complete. You receive a continuing competency certificate on
RECORDING: Social Prescribing for Older Adults: First Year Findings
Healthy Aging Alberta
Join Healthy Aging Alberta and Network Coordinators from across the province to learn more about the Social Prescribing for Older Adult programs being supported.
The Relational Work of Systems Change
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Collective impact efforts must prioritize working together in more relational ways to find systemic solutions to social problems.
Newsletter
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