Wanted: Input From Older Adults in Niagara
The Ontario Trillium Foundation is funding the Niagara Age-Friendly Community (AFC) Network’s project which involves engaging the community of older [...]
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06, 2014
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05, 2014
Inquisitive Minds Radio Show: Assessing the Age-Friendliness of St. Catharines’ Downtown-Core
How accessible is downtown St. Catharines for seniors? Guest: Elisa Brown, third year Brock Medical Sciences student, part of a [...]
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05, 2014
Fact Sheet: A Growing Need to Promote Seniors’ Mental Health
Seniors’ mental health affects us all. Especially when you consider that more seniors are living longer, there is a high [...]
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05, 2014
Tools for Health Care Providers: Late Life Suicide Prevention Toolkit
According to the WHO, older adults have among the highest rates of suicide worldwide. The majority of older adults who [...]
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05, 2014
Toolkit for Becoming an Age-Friendly Niagara
Whether you are a Niagara business owner, an employee serving customers, an organization leader or service provider, this ten-page took [...]
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04, 2014
Older Adults and Technology Use
In this report, the Pew Reearch Centre takes advantage of a particularly large survey to conduct a unique exploration not [...]
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04, 2014
The BeFAIR Project (Building an Elder Financial Abuse Intervention Response)
The purpose of the BeFAIR Project (Building an Elder Financial Abuse Intervention Response) is to stop elder financial abuse in [...]
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02, 2014
Niagara Age-Friendly Community: Authors Guide
This resource describes the criteria and process for submitting articles about work that positively promotes and advances the principles of [...]
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01, 2014
Attitudes About Aging – A Global Perspective
This report examines global public opinion on the challenges posed by aging populations for countries and for respondents personally. The [...]
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12, 2013
How a Guaranteed Income Could Put Food Banks Out of Business
This paper investigates the potential implications for non-elderly poverty in Canada by estimating the impacts of the guaranteed annual income [...]
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12, 2013
Lynne Segal on Ageing: The Paradox of Growing Old
In this podcast Lynne Segal, author of a new book Out of Time: The Pleasures and Perils of Ageing, discusses the stigma [...]
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11, 2013
Brock University Student Radio: Interview with Paula Gardner About Being Age-Friendly
On November 7th, 2013 Niagara Connects, in partnership with the Niagara Age-Friendly Community Network, hosted a webinar entitled "Through an [...]
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11, 2013
Niagara Age-Friendly Webinar: Additional Questions and Answers
On November 7th, 2013 Niagara Connects, in partnership with the Niagara Age-Friendly Community Network, hosted a webinar entitled "Through an [...]
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11, 2013
Niagara Age-Friendly Webinar: Supplementary Resources
The attached document lists 30 resources providing further information about age-friendly principles and their application within communities in both Canada [...]
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11, 2013
Through an Age-Friendly Lens: Planning for an Inclusive and Economically Vibrant Niagara – Event Recording
This is a recording of the November 7th, 2013 webinar with presenters Paula Gardner & Dominic Ventresca. Paula explores principles [...]
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10, 2013
Finding the Right Fit: Age-Friendly Community Planning
Creating an age-friendly province takes everyone: residents, community groups, governments, the business community and the non-profit sector working together. A [...]
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09, 2013
Better Health, Better Care, Better Value For All: Refocusing Health Care Reform in Canada
Ten years ago, the federal, provincial, and territorial governments created an agenda for health care reform in the 2003 First [...]
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09, 2013
Dementia-Friendly Design Considerations
This series of knowledge translation (KT) tools provide evidenced-based recommendations for dementia and senior friendly environmental design. Topics include Doorways, [...]
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07, 2013
Revera Report on Ageism: A Look at Gender Difference
The Revera Report on Ageism: A Look at Gender Difference shows that Canadian women are more likely than men to [...]
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07, 2013
Revera Report on Happiness
Developed in partnership with the International Federation on Ageing, the Revera Report on Happiness demonstrates that happiness, as well as optimism about [...]
