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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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Palliative Care ECHO Project - BC Provincial Hub
The ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes)™ model creates virtual knowledge-sharing networks by bringing together healthcare providers and subject matter experts using videoconference technology, brief lecture presentations, and case-based learning, fostering an “all learn, all tea
Healthy Aging – 2020-2021 Year in Review
We are excited to share with you the 2020-21 Healthy Aging Year in Review, which tells the story of this most extraordinary year – how United Way responded to the crisis, how the Community-Based Seniors’ Services (CBSS) sector rose to the challenge, and how the lessons learned will help us move
Video: Role of Culture and Community in Recognizing Diversity and Fostering Inclusion Among Older Immigrants and Other Underrepresented Populations
United Way Healthy Aging
United Way British Columbia Provincial Director, Government Relations & Programs, Kahir Lalji, presents at the International Federation on Ageing Global Cafe on the Role of Culture and Community in Recognizing Diversity and Fostering Inclusion Among Older Immigrants and Other Underrepresente
Report #3 of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector
Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector
The Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (the ACCS) began its work in late 2019 as a permanent consultative forum for promoting meaningful dialogue between the charitable sector and the Government of Canada, in particular the Canada Revenue Agency (the CRA) and the Department of Finance Canad
Innovations in Senior Housing: The Complete Guide to Cohousing
Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria and Canadian Senior Cohousing Society
The Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria and Canadian Senior Cohousing Society have developed this guide, generously funded by the Real Estate Foundation of BC, with the aim of exploring innovative solutions to senior housing needs in Canada. This guide is a product of diverse backg
Recorded Webinar: Choose to Move - Promoting Physical Activity & Social Connections for BC Seniors
United Way Healthy Aging
On July 28th, 2021, the presenters reviewed the unique design of the Choose to Move and its reach and impact, to-date. They shared ways you can build capacity in your community and organization through Choose to Move. Choose to Move is one of the most successful health promotion programs for older a
Range of free-to-use ‘age-positive’ icons launched to replace stereotypical symbols of ageing
Centre for Ageing Better
The Centre for Ageing Better has released a series of ten age-positive icons, designed to replace the limited and stereotypical selection of icons and symbols commonly used to depict ageing and older people in public life.
The new range of icons was developed as part of a competition Ageing Better
Literature Review Summary: Intergenerational and Seniors’ Innovative Housing Models
Seniors Pensions and Policy Secretariat of Employment and Social Development Canada
Consistent with one of the research priorities set out by the National Housing Strategy of Canada, this study seeks to explore alternative approaches to addressing housing needs and challenges of older adults by focusing on key innovative housing and service models developed and implemented in Canad
Case Study: Non-Profit Housing Co-operatives in the City of Vancouver
Marc White Ph.D (UBC)
Social Benefits of Co-operative Housing - Housing Co-ops’ Contribution to the Creation of Integrated Affordable Complete Communities
This study offers a comparative, census-based analysis of the social, demographic and economic profiles of families and individuals living in non-profit housing co-
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