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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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[Resource] What is social prescribing and Conceptualizing and Implementing Social Prescribing Programs
Canadian Alliance for Social Connection and Health
Social prescribing is a healthcare approach where professionals refer patients to non-clinical services like exercise, art, or community activities to improve well-being.About this Report This report presents the perspectives gathered from the Social Prescribing Community of Practice located on Vanc
[Resource] Intervention time: What non-profits want funders and government to know about their data problem
The Philanthropist Journal
What non-profits want funders and government to know about their data problem
[Resource] A National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada
Leilani Farha. Kaitlin Schwan
A National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada: A Human Rights Approach
[Resource] This is what Alzheimer’s looks like: ‘It looks like me’
PBS News Hour
What does it feel like to be diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease? Pam Montana and Chris Hannafan offer their Brief but Spectacular takes on what it means to live with the disease and how their worlds have changed.
Webinar Recording: UNDRIP & You
Real Estate Foundation of BC
The governments of Canada and BC have adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as their framework for reconciliation. But what does this mean for your organization and its work?Nonprofits, foundations, and local governments have important roles to play in advancing
New Documentary: Voices of Diversity
Rexdale Community Health Centre
Voices of Diversity is a documentary film produced by the Rexdale Community Health Centre in Ontario, Canada. This project is funded by the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors Program. When voices of diversity share wisdom, those speaking and those listening are both empowered. Storytell
Webinar Recording: Aging Lives Uprooted: Welcoming and Supporting Older Refugees to Canadian Communities
OACAO in collaboration with HelpAge Canada and CORE Canada
This webinar painted a picture of the older adult refugee experience in Canada, including the effects of fleeing conflict zones, the process of seeking asylum, and what it means to have lost everything. We heard from those working in the field - nationally, provincially, and locally – who shared t
Journal of Dementia Care: Hogewey: A 'home from home' in the Netherlands
Beatrice Godwin
Beatrice Godwin is impressed by Hogewey, an award-winning development with an innovative approach to residential and nursing care for people with advanced dementiaWhen it comes to learning from international developments in dementia care, there are few better places to look than the Netherlands. Hog
Indigenous Mental Health Resources
Stigma Free Society
Our Rural Mental Wellness Toolkit contains a section dedicated to resources created by Indigenous organizations. We are proud to partner with We Matter, an Indigenous youth-led organization, to highlight their diverse mental health toolkits created for Indigenous peoples, by Indigenous peoples. T
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