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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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Study: Health Reports: Unmet home care needs in Canada, November 2018

Statistics Canada

The data are from the 2015 to 2016 Canadian Community Health Survey, which collects information related to health status, health care utilization and health determinants for the Canadian population aged 12 and older. The analysis pertains to household residents age 18 or older who received home ca

CANADIAN CODE FOR VOLUNTEER INVOLVEMENT

Volunteer Canada

Volunteer Canada created the Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement (CCVI) to support organizations that engage volunteers. The CCVI is a guide for involving volunteers in all levels of an organization. This includes volunteers working in leadership, direct service and virtual roles. We encourage

Seniors' Transportation: Seniors on the Move

Seniors on the Move has compiled useful resources and valuable sources of information when considering transportation issues and opportunities for seniors.

Allies in Aging Volunteer Training Modules

Allies in Aging

Training can help volunteers and service providers better identify seniors who are isolated, understand their needs, and connect them with appropriate services and resources. Many of the training modules below will connect you with resources you can download to conduct interactive workshops for volu

Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Seniors in Vancouver: Strategies for Reduction and Prevention

City of Vancouver Seniors’ Advisory Committee

In 2017, the City of Vancouver Seniors’ Advisory Committee initiated a special project to investigate the causes and consequences of social isolation and loneliness among older adults, and to develop recommendations to help the City of Vancouver and other stakeholders reduce and, ideally, prevent

Gather: The Art and Science of Effective Convening

Monitor Institute, Rockefeller Foundation, Monitor Deloitte

THIS GUIDEBOOK IS ORGANIZED around the most common building blocks of constructing any convening: deciding whether to convene, clarifying a “north star” purpose, and making a bevy of design choices that flow from that purpose. If offers a set of design principles, key questions, and critical iss

The BeHeard Message WorkBook

Woodcock, Mott, Nike and Packard Foundations

The BeHeard Message WorkBook is a step-by-step tool that will help you assess, develop and strengthen your organization’s message, as well as the image you project through visual communication. If you deliver a compelling message and present a striking image, you can attract a broader audience of

Retain and Gain PLAYBOOK - Career Management for Non-Profits and Charities

Lisa Taylor, Challenge Factory

This Playbook identifies 40+ low-cost tips, activities and actions that non-profits and charities can take right now (some in only 10 minutes a day) to attract, engage and retain staff.

A Roadmap for Home Health: Accelerating Best Practices in BC WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS REPORT

Institute for Health System Transformation & Sustainability and

This Proceedings Report synthesizes key learnings from the gathering held June 11-12, 2018 to: • Provide a framework for investigating evidence-informed options to improve planning, delivery and quality of home health services in BC • Create a road map towards promising and best practices in hom

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