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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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Value of Volunteering Wheel
Volunteer Canada
The Value of Volunteering Wheel illustrates the many benefits of volunteering to building confidence, competence, connections, and community. It also serves as a portal to research that examines the social and economic value to organizations, neighbourhoods, businesses, society-at-large and to vol
HOME CARE NEEDS IN CANADA -Infographic
Statistics Canada
This infographic depicts data on home care services that allow people of all ages to receive care at home rather than in a hospital or long-term care facility. Home care services include short-term care for recovery, long-term care for disabilities, chronic conditions or age limitations, and end-of-
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
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