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[Video] When kids, teens and young adults provide dementia care: A real-life story from young caregivers
Alzheimer Society of Canada
In this video, four siblings of different ages speak about being young caregivers for their grandmother living with dementia
[Website] WHO Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities
WHO | UN Decade on Ageing
Click HERE to access the websiteWhat is an age-friendly world?A world in which you would want to grow older.Age-friendly environments foster healthy and active ageing. They enable older people to: age safely in a place that is right for them; be free from poverty; continue to develop personally; and
[Resource] Global levels of physical inactivity in adults: off track for 2030
WHO | UN Decade on Ageing
Click HERE to Access KnowledgeOverviewRegular physical activity can improve both mental and physical health in people of all ages and abilities. Conversely, too little physical activity increases the risk of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes – all l
[Database] Promising interventions to prevent and respond to abuse of older people
WHO | UN Decade on Ageing
Click HERE to access the database“WHO’s new database is a critical first step towards developing and scaling up cost-effective solutions to address abuse of older people, which has been highlighted as one of five priorities to tackle the issue during the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030
[Resource] Let's Go: Steps for Engaging Older People and Improving Communities for All Ages
HelpAge
Click HERE to learn moreThis guide is designed to help you begin your own journey towards making your community more age friendly. It showcases exciting, innovative, small scale and low or no-cost projects that are having a big impact on the lives of older people in communities across the Americas r
[Resource] WordSwap Poster
Ontario Centre for Research, Innovation & Learning in Long Term Care
Click HERE to access the posterUsing Person-Centred Language (PCL) ensures the way we speak is respectful, life-affirming, and inclusive. Here is a poster with a few ways to swap out words for PCL in your everyday language. Although designed for long-term care, there are helpful terms here for many
[Resource] Launch of GBA+ Toolkit
NAFC | IYC | FCM
Honouring Spaces for 2S+ & IndigiQueer Inclusivity,” toolkit.
[Webinar Recording] What is JAVA Social? Introductory Webinar: Spread happiness, end loneliness
JAVA Social & United Way BC
[Report] Ageing Matters: Listening to B.C. Seniors
Office of the Seniors Advocate British Columbia
The ‘Ageing Matters’ report reaffirms B.C. seniors on fixed incomes are disproportionately impacted by the high cost of living and unable to absorb increased costs for housing, food, medical equipment, mobility aids and other necessities for healthy ageing.The report is based on the issues raise
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