Resources

[Podcast] Examining our expectations of respite care: setting ourselves up for success when it comes to maximizing our respite experiences and outcomes (Episode 97)

Caregiver's Compass

expectations and realities of respite care and how we can maximize this truly valuable time so we can come back home refreshed and content.

[Recording] Intergenerational Linkages CoP- Event- Shared Housing

Intergenerational Linkages CoP

In this event we discussed intergenerational and shared housing initiatives and how they are supporting older adults.

[Article] For the Sake of Argument

Harvard Kennedy School

The idea of good citizenship at this time of widening ideological divides and growing political polarization.

[Research] Evidence-informed policy brief – Utilizing the determinants of healthy aging to guide the choice of social prescriptions for older adults

HPCDP Journal

Adopting tools such as the Healthy Aging Asset Index can bring cohesiveness to the support that older adults receive across the care continuum and has the potential to shift the balance of care away from the health system and towards the community, thus improving the capacity of health systems and government to meet the needs of Canada’s older adults.

[Video] Social Prescribing in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism

Describes what social prescribing is and how SSM is introducing it in Saskatchewan.

[Video] When kids, teens and young adults provide dementia care: A real-life story from young caregivers

Alzheimer Society of Canada

In this video, four siblings of different ages speak about being young caregivers for their grandmother living with dementia

[Commentary] Building the social prescribing student movement in Canada

HPCDP Journal, Government of Canada

Alongside the rapid expansion of the social prescribing movement around the world, a global network of student champions has emerged to build the social prescribing student movement.