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CANADA | Mar 26, 2025

[News] Thriving in 2025: 5 ways to stick with your health goals

As we usher in a new year, many of us are inspired to embrace positive changes, especially when it comes to our health. For older adults, maintaining and improving health is a worthy and achievable goal. Whether you're aiming to boost your energy levels, enhance mobility, or feel your best, here are some tips to help you stick to your health goals in the coming year.

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Earthwise’s Garden Buddies cultivates lasting friendships

Earthwise Garden Buddies is a gardening together program that reaches out to seniors who live at home and would like to continue gardening for health and enjoyment. Volunteers are paired up with senio
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Affordable Seniors' Housing vacancies available at Vancouver Abbeyfield House

Affordable Seniors' Housing vacancies available: If you are finding managing your own home more than you can manage or would enjoy the companionship of others and support of having meals provided, th
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'The Decade of Healthy Ageing' has been adopted by the 73rd World Health Assembly

On 3 August 2020, following the 146th WHO Executive Board's recommendation made in February 2020, the 73rd World Health Assembly have adopted the proposal for a Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030) 
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Aging well: communities benefit from older adults

This article from Interior Health's news page describes the benefits of volunteering for older adults and how communities benefit from support of older adults - about one quarter of all volunteers i
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B.C.’s Seniors Advocate Statement on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2020

See the attached website link for Isobel Mackenzie's (Seniors Advocate) media statement released on June 15, 2020 regarding World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. This statement outlines some of the curr
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Intergenerational programs: Reduce stigma associated with aging, and more.

In this blog post, 'Intergenerational programs: It takes a village to age optimally', on the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal, three main points are outlined: Intergenerational programs can have a p
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Safe Seniors, Strong Communities Announcement

BC Minister of Healthy Adrian Dix and Isobel Mackenzie, B.C.'s Senior's Advocate announce the expansion of bc211 and the Better at Home Program to provide additional community supports for seniors dur
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Active Aging programs featured in CTV News

Active Aging programs, supported by Healthy Aging by United Way, provide free fitness activities for older adults in many communities throughout BC. Mission Community Services' Chair Yoga is featured
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Caregiving in Canada: As population ages, one-in-four Canadians over 30 are looking after loved ones

Three years ago, Canada quietly crossed a critical demographic threshold. For the first time, there were officially more seniors – those 65 and over –than children –those 14 and under –in the
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