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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[Resource] Brain Health and Cognitive Impairment in Aging Research Initiative
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Towards Healthy Brain Aging
[Resource] Dementia Research and Innovation Funders Alliance
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
A voice for healthy brain aging
[Report] Women at the Forefront of Aging in Canada: Challenging the Status Quo for Older Women
Womens College Hospital
This report highlights the health and well-being challenges that older women face daily and on a systemic level.
[Report] Dementia in the Commonwealth Report
CommonAge
New report sheds light on dementia in the Commonwealth
[Resource] The Prejudice Map
Dr. Eric Hehman and Project Implicit
The Prejudice Map has been compiled to show areas of implicit and explicit bias across North America in a variety of key fields.
[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.
[Fact Sheet] The Gap in Affordable Housing for Low-Income Seniors: Defining the Problem and Finding Solutions
Seniors Housing Working Group
This fact sheet was prepared by Laura Kadowaki and Marcy Cohen on behalf of the Seniors Housing Working Group, a committee of the Community Based Seniors’ Services Leadership Council. The Leadership Council advises United Way BC’s Healthy Aging Department and is a provincially-represented body o
[Fact Sheet] Making Rental Housing Affordable for People with Low-Incomes
Seniors Housing Working Group
This fact sheet was prepared by Laura Kadowaki and Marcy Cohen on behalf of the Seniors Housing Working Group, a committee of the Community Based Seniors’ Services Leadership Council. The Leadership Council advises United Way BC’s Healthy Aging Department and is a provincially-represented body o
[Report] Potential lateral and upstream consequences in the development and implementation of social prescribing in Australia
Candice Oster and Svetlana Bogomolova
This research paper discusses the implementation of social prescribing in Australia and highlights the existing inequities in Australia's health outcomes. The authors argue that while social prescribing has been successful in countries like the UK and the USA, there is a need for a systematic approa
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