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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] Challenging Ageism: A Guide to Talking About Ageing and Older Age
Centre for Aging Better
This guide is designed as a practical tool to support organisations in communicating about ageing and older age. The way people currently talk about ageing and older age is largely negative. To change this conversation we need to stop reinforcing these beliefs – and tell a new story. Small changes
[Resource] Quick Guide to Avoid Ageism in Communication
WHO
Language and images convey meaning, which feed assumptions and judgements that can lead to ageism. The way we frame communications also affects how people think, feel and act towards different age groups. This short guide, produced as a part of the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism, aims to help you
[Resource] GUIDELINES FOR AGE-INCLUSIVE COMMUNICATION
Changing The Narritive
GUIDELINES FOR AGE-INCLUSIVE COMMUNICATION
[Resource] FNHA Mental Health Support Resource
FNHA
First Nations Health Authority Resource list for mental health support
[e-Learning] Different Types of Dementia
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
Dementia is a general term for a decline in cognitive function severe enough to interfere with daily life. It is most commonly caused by toxic proteins or blood vessel damage in the brain, or a mix of those causes. The symptoms and signs of dementia can vary based on the cause and the area of the brain affected.
[Resource] Social prescribing playbook
CASCADES
This playbook is a practical resource designed to inspire and guide action in advancing social and nature prescribing for improved health and environmental outcomes. It offers readers a clear roadmap to integrate equity-focus, patient-centred approaches, raise awareness of healthcare providers' roles, and promote the critical contributions of link workers.
[Webinar Recording] Intergenerational Linkages CoP- Event- Social Prescribing
Intergenerational Linkages CoP
special presenters from the Alberta Social Prescribing Program talk to us about how Social Prescribing to Intergenerational initiatives benefits Older Adults
[Report] 2024 Provincial Summit on Aging Summary Report
United Way BC
The 2024 Provincial Summit on Aging, held on November 6 & 7, 2024, brought together over 400 in-person and 60 remote attendees from the Community-Based Seniors’ Services (CBSS) sector to discuss the current state and future of aging in BC. The 2024 Provincial Summit on Aging Summary Report pr
[Webinar Recording] Moving Through Grief
United Way BC
The journey continues. The Loss has happened. Going through anticipatory grief, does not lessen the grief you will experience after the person has passed. It is necessary to take time to grieve. Some people will push it down and not talk about it. Grief is inside pain and mourning is the expressi
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