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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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Planning Accessible Events So Everyone Feels Welcome
Accessibility Directorate of Ontario
This booklet will show you many low-cost and no-cost things you can do to make your event more inclusive. It also includes a checklist so you can be sure that everyone can participate. Whether you’re planning your first or 21st small community event, this guide is for you.
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National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
The National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) is a national Aboriginal organization established in 2005 by the Government of Canada and funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada to support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis public health renewal and health equity through know
The Generation Games
Generation Games
FUN & WITH A PURPOSE
The Generation Games is a sport for all event, for people of all ages. Organized by and for the local community, as a do-it-yourself event. Organizing an edition is quite easy: clear guidelines and ready-to-use designs will help you.
EVERYONE TAKES PART
Mixed teams of var
FAQ – Strengthening Older Peoples’ Rights Worldwide
The Global Alliance For the Rights of Older People
We are all born equal and this does not change as we grow older. Even so, under the existing national, regional and international mechanisms, older persons are suffering from inequality and invisibility. As the proportion of older persons in the population increases, greater numbers of people will b
IN OUR OWN WORDS - WHAT OLDER PEOPLE SAY ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN OLDER AGE: A consultation by the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People
The Global Alliance For the Rights of Older People
In our own words: What older people say about discrimination and human rights in older age: a consultation by the global alliance for the rights of older people (2015)
The global alliance for the rights of older people (GAROP) is a network of over 115 civil society organizations from around the wor
Promoting Seniors' Well Being: The Seniors Mental Health Policy Lens Toolkit
Dr. Penny MacCourt for the BC Psychogeriatric Association
An evidence based practical instrument for developing policy, legislation, programs and services that promote and support the well-being and mental health of all older adults. (2008)
Guideline for Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Older Adults in Canada
Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2018
In these pages readers will find recommendations for a model for a comprehensive mental health service system for seniors, informed by current evidence and considered within the context of guiding values and principles important to Canadian seniors (e.g.,respect and dignity, self determination, inde
United Way of the Lower Mainland's Family & Friend Caregivers Information and Resource Handbook 2016
United Way of the Lower Mainland and SPARC BC
Metro Vancouver Family and Friend Caregivers Information and Resource Handbook –Second Edition is United Way’s response to repeated calls for an accessible, up-to-date guide in print form to all the information that family and friend caregivers of the elderly need in their caregiving journeys. D
Toolkit: Social isolation of seniors - Volume 1 - Understanding the issue and finding solutions
Dr. Penny MacCourt
This volume is the first of two documents produced by the Forum of Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors to help organizations and
individuals approach the social isolation of seniors. It updates and builds upon to Working Together for Seniors: A Toolkit to Promote Seniors
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