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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] What can be done to reduce food insecurity in Canada?

Proof Toronto

There is a strong body of evidence showing that food insecurity can be reduced through policy interventions that improve the incomes of low-income households.Click here for article

[Recording] Family Caregivers as Visible and Valued Partners in the Healthcare System: Competency Based Education for the Health Workforce

Caregiver-Centered Care and CORE Alberta

Caregiver-Centered Care Initiative at the University of Alberta, Dept. of Family Medicine has developed award-winning, competency-based education for health and social care providers and leaders

[Report] A Dementia Strategy for Canada: Together We Achieve - 2024 Annual Report

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

The 2024 Report to Parliament on the national dementia strategy

[Article] Diet and cardiovascular disease: What works?

McMaster Optimal Aging Portal

Key FindingsGlobally, cardiovascular disease results in almost 18 million deaths every year.Diet is a modifiable behaviour that can impact one’s health and lifespan.  A variety of dietary patterns and programs exist; these include the Mediterranean, low fat, low sodium, very low fat, modified fa

[Resource] Food Banks Canada Releases Hunger Count 2024

Food Banks Canada

Food Bank Use in Canada - Buckling Under the Strain

[Resource] Poverty in Canada Through a Deprivation Lense

Food Banks Canada

Looking at Material Deprivation Indexes and Food Security

[Resource] Social Connection Guidelines

Various

public health guidelines for social connection

[Report] Addressing the Coming of Age and Its Related Complexities Among Canada’s Veterans

National Institute on Aging

The National Institute on Ageing (NIA) in partnership with the Canadian Institute for Military and Veterans Health Research (CIMVHR) and the Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) has released a groundbreaking new report calling for the urgent development of a comprehensive strategy to support Canada’s ag

[Research] Statistical checkup of Canadian men’s health

Statistics Canada

to heighten awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys

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