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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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A Year in Review April 1, 2019 – March 31,2020
United Way of the Lower Mainland
The 2019-20 Healthy Aging Year in Review highlights some of the key initiatives and vital work that has occurred, including the introduction of Integrated Community-Based Programs for Older Adults with Higher Needs, the second annual Provincial Summit on Aging, the expansion of the Healthy Aging COR
Summary Report: BC Rural and First Nations Health and Wellness Summit
Rural Coordination Centre for BC
On June 29 and 30, 2020, health care partners and peers gathered for a virtual health and wellness Summit to build relationships and co-develop shared priorities for the future of health care re-design and transformation in BC. The purpose of the BC Rural and First Nations Health and Wellness Summi
Academic paper: When I'm 64 (USA)
National Research Council (US) Committee on Aging Frontiers in Social Psychology
By 2030 there will be about 70 million people in the United States who are older than 64. Approximately 26 percent of these will be racial and ethnic minorities. Overall, the older population will be more diverse and better educated than their earlier cohorts. The range of late-life outcomes is very
Academic paper: The Effect of Age-Stigma Concealment on Social Evaluations
Journal of Basic and Applied Social Psychology
Many older adults try to avoid age discrimination by hiding visible signs of aging. But using cosmetic procedures to conceal one’s age also incurs negative evaluations. This paradox prompted us to ask whether people can detect age concealment and, if so, whether they would either negatively evalua
Academic paper: Peer Education as a Strategy for Reducing Internalized Stigma AmongDepressed Older Adults
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
This article examines the mechanisms through which peer educator (PE) intervention targets and reduces internalized stigma. There is substantial evidence that internalized stigma negatively impacts the lives of those suffering with mental health concerns, and has been identified as 1 of the most sig
Article: 5 Aging myths debunked
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal, McMaster University
Canadians are living longer than ever before, and poor health is not an inevitable part of the aging process. Using high-quality research evidence, the authors debunk popular aging misconceptions and change the way we think about growing older. The debunked myths are:
1. All older adults lose thei
Eliminating Stigma: A Focus on Seniors' Mental Health
Mental Health Commission of Canada
This brief report, from the Mental Health Commission of Canada, includes a number of key learnings for increasing capacity to reduce stigma in older adults and their families and methods to address it.
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Toolkit: PHRASES' Resources and Expertise to Impact Public Health
PHRASES (Public Health Reaching Across Sectors)
PHRASES provides public health practitioners with tools to build communication skills and strategies. In this toolkit (i.e., set of tools), they provide evidence-based framing and messaging tools and strategies to help public health professionals communicate across sectors. This includes strategic m
Toolkit: Framing the Foundation of Community Health
Frameworks Institute
This is a communications toolkit for public health professionals and advocates who want to engage in productive conversations about the value of, and critical need for, cross-sector collaboration. Topics such as why communicating about public health is tricky and where common public health messages
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