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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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The Caregivers’ Club
CBC Docs POV
The Caregivers' Club is a short documentary that follows three families caring for people living with dementia — their heartbreak, humour and frustration. It’s a devastating but ultimately inspiring journey thousands of families will be forced to take as Canada ages.Â
Visioning the Future: First Nations, Inuit, & MĂ©tis Population and Public Health
National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health
Visioning the Future: First Nations, Inuit, & Métis Population and Public Health is a collaborative report offering a vision for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples’ public health. The commissioned report not only complements the Chief Public Health Officer’s 2021 public health vision
Hidden and Invisible: Seniors Abuse and Neglect in British Columbia
Office of the Seniors Advocate
In this report, Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie details the results of a systemic review of seniors’ abuse and neglect in British Columbia. The review examined the protections that exist for B.C. seniors, the prevalence of seniors’ abuse and neglect, the method of reporting abuse and neglect,
Heat Alert & Response Planning for Interior BC Communities: A TOOLKIT
Interior Health
The purpose of the toolkit is to provide community partners practical information and resources that will assist them in developing and implementing systems and strategies to respond to extreme heat, specifically in rural communities.
Website: HR Intervals
Impact Canada
HR Intervals has been developed for managers, employees, and board members who perform HR functions at nonprofit organizations. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders better understand, address, and guide people management in their organizations. In addition to the content currently available, new re
Opioid Response Training for Community Organizations
St. John's Ambulance
Opioid poisonings are on the rise across Canada, and more communities are impacted by the crisis every day. The need for support is growing – especially in communities that are underserved by existing services.
Many communities experience high rates of opioid use, but lack the support needed to m
COHO BC's Guide to Property Co-Ownership
COHO BC
Learn what to do and what not to do when it comes to collaborative ownership, a phenomenon that started decades ago and is making a comeback in recent years with the high cost of real estate and a growing sense of social isolation in society.
Read the report here.
Aging & Thriving In the 21st Century
Institute for Community Prosperity
This is a scan of issues, trends, system dynamics and innovations related to an ageing population in Canada. It is guided principally by the following question: What factors are preventing older Canadians from flourishing, and how might we transform systems to maximize the choice, dignity, mobility,
The 2021 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity
ParticipACTION
This year’s edition examines the impact COVID-19 has had on physical activity levels and highlights how Canada faces a physical inactivity crisis deepened by the pandemic.
Public health restrictions meant that active commutes to work or school (e.g., university, college), going to the gym, partic
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