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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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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

United Way of the Lower Mainland’s Better at Home Rural and Remote Pilot Project: Final Evaluation Report

SPARC BC

This report presents a summary of findings from the evaluation of the Better at Home Rural and Remote Pilot Project that is managed by the United Way of the Lower Mainland and funded by the Province of British Columbia. SPARC BC also hosted a webinar on this report in 2018. See the recorded webinar

Emergency Preparedness for Older Adults - A Checklist

Health in Aging Foundation

Older adults are among the most vulnerable when disaster strikes. That’s why it’s critical that older people, and those who care for them, prepare for emergencies. If you’re an older adult, or care for an older person, follow the steps below to prepare for and respond in an emergency.

​Exploring the possibilities at Active Aging Week

​The Journal of Active Aging

New experiences, teamwork, education and fun defined the week that proves many things are possible when older adults get active.

The Screening Handbook: Tools and Resources for the Voluntary Sector

Volunteer Canada

Tools and resources to better match people and organizations, improve the safety and quality of programs in communities, and reduce risks and liability

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