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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] National Volunteer Action Strategy for Canada - Roadmap to Meet The Moment
Volunteer Canada
Click HERE to read the reportCanada’s longstanding tradition of volunteerism plays a vital role in upholding our social support system and building community resilience. Volunteerism is also a powerful vehicle for helping us address critical social, economic, health, and environmental issues. Howe
[Resource] Disenfranchised trajectories. Living in LTC as an older adults who has experienced homelessness
SFU Aging in the Right Place
Click HERE to read the Full ArticleAbstractWhile the pandemic has sparked a heightened awareness of some of the challenges of living and dying in long-term care (LTC), little is known about the impact that less normative life trajectories can have on residents’ experiences. Yet, more marginal life
[Resource] Meanings of Aging in the Right Place for Older Clients of a Temporary Housing Program
SFU Aging in the Right Place
Click HERE to read the Full ArticleAbstractBackground and ObjectivesThe concept of aging in place is acknowledged as the preference of older adults, yet without consideration of the intersections of diversity in later life is critiqued as unattainable, unrealistic, or even undesirable. This gave ris
[Resource] 12 Scams of the Holidays
Canadian Anti Fraud Centre
The spirit of the holidays is a time of giving for most but, for scammers, it is a time of taking. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) highlights the most popular holiday scams so that you can recognize, reject, report and be merry. Download the PDF below.
[Resource] Aging and chronic diseases: A profile of Canadian seniors
Public Health Canada
Executive summaryThe goal of this report is to increase knowledge on seniors' health by providing information and data on the prevalence of chronic diseases and conditions, associated disability and mortality and information on key individual and social determinants of health. It aims to inform stak
[Resource] Grief And Bereavement Support In BC: A Collaborative Improvement Action Plan
BC Centre for Palliative Care
Click HERE to learn moreThe Action Plan:A Product of Insights from 33 Experts, 32 Organizations, and Two Public Partners at the 2022 Provincial Bereavement Roundtable.The groundbreaking report maps how British Columbians experience grief, and where they turn for support, and presents actionable reco
[Resource] 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
[Resource] Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation
The US Surgeon General Advisory
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[Resource] Neighbourhood Toolkit - Ideas, strategies and resources to strengthen seniors’ social connection in neighbourhoods
Nanaimo Seniors Connect Project
This toolkit brings together ideas, strategies and resources to strengthen social connections among seniors and others in their neighbourhoods. It will be useful to local community interest groups including neighbourhood associations, seniors’ organizations, community services, faith-based groups,
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