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[Report] Inequalities in later life: Barriers to accessing local businesses and customer-facing settings

Centre for Ageing Better

This report highlights the available evidence around how older people often have unequal access to local businesses and community settings. It also highlights how age can intersect other characteristics such as disability or ethnicity to widen these inequalities and means that some older people face

[Resource] PODCAST SCHOOL FOR SENIORS

National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA/ANREC)

Training modules to learn how to start your podcasting journey, built by seniors for seniors

[Video] How to tap into our collective empathy

TED Talks

Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on death row). She shares what she's learned about compassion in the face of death and dying, and a deep insight into the nature of empathy.

[Podcast] Caregiver's Compass

Stephanie Muskat

This is Caregiver's Compass. An uplifting, inspirational podcast talking about all things caregiving. Therapist and caregiver Stephanie Muskat takes you through real-life caregiving stories from her own therapeutic experience and gives you the raw and personal on her own caregiving experiences as a young caregiver. Plus hear from tons of incredible experts and caregivers who are living their day-to-day journeys. It's all here at Caregiver's Compass.

[Report] Understanding Volunteerism in Canada

Canadian Alliance for Social Connection and Health

This project aims to understand the motivations and barriers Canadians face regarding volunteering. We analyzed data from the 2021 and 2022 waves of the Canadian Social Connection Survey (CSCS) and conducted six focus groups with a subset of survey respondents. Results explore types of volunteer wor

[Focus Group] Community is Medicine!

Canadian Alliance for Social Connection and Health

We’re conducting focus group discussions to inform the development of a new online tool that will help people in your community get connected to social supports, volunteer opportunities and more through “social prescribing” initiatives!

[Resource] Social determinants and inequities in health for Black Canadians: A Snapshot

Government of Canada

The following snapshot aims to highlight how Anti-Black racism and systemic discrimination are key drivers of health inequalities faced by diverse Black Canadian communities.

[Resource] Heart and Stroke Resources

Various

Here are a variety of Heart and Stroke Resources for older adults.

[Report] WHO clinical consortium on healthy ageing 2023

WHO Clinical Consortium on Healthy Ageing

The 2023 meeting of the WHO Clinical Consortium on Healthy Ageing (CCHA) was the group’s ninth gathering and took place in Geneva 5–7 December 2023.

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