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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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Social Prescribing in Ontario Progress Report

Alliance for Healthier Communities

The Alliance for Healthier Communities has piloted Rx: Community – Social Prescribing in Ontario to adapt this model and measure its impacts in our context. Member centres are already places of belonging, providing social and community supports as a part of comprehensive primary health care. The p

B.C. Seniors' Guide - Japanese Translation

Tonari Gumi Japanese Community Volunteers Association

BC Seniors’ Guide -Japanese The BC Seniors’ Guide is a book-style compilation of information and resources to help us all plan for and live a healthy lifestyle as we age.  The Guide is now available in Japanese, courtesy of Tonari Gumi Japanese Community Volunteers Association.  The

A Snapshot of Grandparents in Canada

Vanier Institute

This edition in the Vanier Institute of the Family Statistical Snapshots series brings together information and insights to enhance our understanding of grandparents, exploring their evolving family relationships in Canada.

Assisted Living in British Columbia: Trends in Access, Affordability and Ownership

Andrew Longhurst

This report provides information on access to publicly subsidized assisted living in BC. Between 2010-2017 BC added only 105 units of publicly subsidized assisted living despite a growing seniors’ population while—more than 10 times that number—1,130 private-pay units were added. Seniors who

The Health Benefits of Physical Activity Among Adults and Older Adults

Government of Manitoba

This two page infographic includes data and sources on The Health Benefits of Physical Activity Among Adults and Older Adults.

Webinar: Dementia Friendly Communities

Healthy Aging by United Way

January was Alzheimer’s Awareness Month -  a reminder us that many people around us are living with dementia and that their lives  - and those of their caregivers - benefit significantly when other community members are sensitive to their situation and challenges. To keep this notion alive year

Ageism Amplifies Cost and Prevalence of Health Conditions

Becca R Levy, PhD, Martin D Slade, MPH, E-Shien Chang, MA, Sneha Kannoth, MPH, Shi-Yi Wang, MD, PhD

The persistent status of ageism as one of the least acknowledged forms of prejudice may be due in part to an absence of quantifying its costs in economic terms. In this study, we calculated the costs of ageism on health conditions for all persons aged 60 years or older in the United States during 1

A Billion Reasons to Care

Office of the Seniors Advocate

A Billion Reasons to Care is the first provincial review of the $1.4 billion-dollar contracted long-term care sector in British Columbia. The review examined industry contracts, annual audited financial statements and detailed reporting on revenue and expenditures for the years 2016/17 and 2017/18.

Promoting Seniors’ Well-Being: The Seniors’ Mental Health Policy Lens Toolkit

Penny MacCourt

The Seniors’ Mental Health Policy Lens has been designed to promote and support the mental health and well-being of all seniors. • It is a set of questions to identify (or predict) any direct or indirect negative repercussions of policies, programs and services (in place or proposed), on senior

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