Resources
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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Webinar: The Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement (BH/AVRBC Volunteer Management Series 2016/17)
Lindsay Baker, Vancouver Aquarium
In 2016, Lindsay Baker, from Volunteer Services at the Vancouver Aquarium, hosted on webinar on the Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement. See attached webpage link for recorded webinar.Â
See power point slides here.Â
This webinar is part of the 2016-2017 Volunteer Management Webinar Series wi
Webinar: Criminal record checks (BH/AVRBC Volunteer Management Series 2016/17)
Lillian Whitmore, Lighthouse Consulting
In 2016, Lillian Whitmore, from Lighthouse Consulting hosted a webinar to discuss criminal record checks for volunteers. See attached webpage link for recorded webinar. Or powerpoint slides here.Â
Also, see the Criminal Record Review Program's FAQ sheet here.
This webinar is part of the 2016-2
Webinar: Risk Management for Coordinators of Home visiting, Home visitors and volunteers
Orah Chaye, BC Council for Families
In 2016, Orah Chaye from the BC Council for Families, hosted 2 webinars on risk management for Better at Home programs:
1. Risk Management for Coordinators of Home Visiting. See recorded webinar here. or Powerpoint slides here.
2. Risk Management for Home Visitors/Volunteers. See recorded webinar
Webinar slides (and handouts): Falls and Fire Prevention
BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit
In 2015, Dr. Vicky Scott, Senior Advisor for Fall & Injury Prevention at the Ministry of Health, and Yasmin Yassin, Research Coordinator for the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility at UBC, hosted a webinar for Better at Home programs to discuss falls and fire prevention. See attached webpage li
Webinar slides: Responding with Respect - Creating and Maintaining a Safe and Caring Environment
Canadian Mental Health Association, Vancouver-Burnaby
In 2014, Steve Baik, Community Educator for the Canadian Mental Health Association, hosted several webinars to discuss creating and maintaining a safe and caring environment. See attached webpage link for powerpoint slides.
*These webinar slides were originally posted to the Better at Home Hub
Webinar slides: Volunteer Management series for Better at Home programs
Carol Dixon, Providence Health Care BC
Carol Dixon from Providence Health Care BC has given webinars on several topics as part of a series on Volunteer management, developed specifically for Better at Home programs:
1. Interviewing, screening, and managing risk when working with volunteers, on March 26, 2014. See powerpoint slides (Vo
Foodrescue.ca for food programs
Food Rescue
FoodRescue.ca is the creation of Second Harvest, Canada's largest food rescue organization. Their service is a free and easy way for food businesses and non-profit organizations to connect, schedule and track food donations. They take a local approach, giving food donors a simple and fast system
Video: Take Time for Seniors (re: Ageism)
Revelstoke Community Response Network
The Revelstoke Community Response Network recently released a video to help educate youth on elder abuse and neglect.
Take Time for Seniors is meant to build empathy, curiosity and interest towards seniors and their stories, said the network in a news release. The video asks youths to reflect on th
Anti-Ageism in the Workplace
City of Toronto
Ageism is the most socially accepted, normalized and tolerated form of discrimination today. It is the stereotyping and discrimination against individuals or groups based on their age. Ageism, like racism and sexism stems, from the assumption that all people of a group (i.e. older people) are the sa
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