Resources and Tools
Health Canada Website - Falls Prevention ResourcesPosted Sept 4/03
Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging
  • The Role of Physical Activity in Ageing Well

    To help promote SummerActive (a national, community-based campaign to increase awareness about the importance of physical activity to health), the Alberta Centre for Active Living produced a series of five Hot Topics in Physical Activity

    Hot Topics in Physical Activity #3
    This issue focuses on Older Adults. Topics include:
  • the benefits of physical activity for older adults;
  • why some older adults may not be physical active;
  • using physical activity to boost the positive effects of rehabilitation and reduce the number of falls;
  • preventing some of the declines associated with ageing.

If you would like to reprint a Hot Topic in your newsletter, reproduce it on your web site, or distribute it to others, please contact Kathy Garnsworthy, Communications and Marketing Coordinator, Alberta Centre for Active Living, kathy.garnsworthy@ualberta.ca

  • Available from the Alberta Centre for Active Living:  "Acting our Age" is a resource binder with a 27-minute video and 16-page discussion guide for practitioners. 
    Contact the Alberta Centre for Active Living to purchase this resource or for further information.
  • Communicating with Seniors, Advice Techniques and Tips
    The Senior Audience; Large, Growing, Diverse
    Choosing the communication Medium
    Formulating your message
    Advice from the Experts - a list of Resources also included:
    Checklists and Guidelines (Service, Attitude, Sensory changes, Barriers and solutions, Aboriginal Peoples, Professionals, Meetings, Telephone, Plain language.....etc)

    available from Division of Aging and Seniors Health Canada
    Address Locator 1908A1
    Ottawa, Ontario
    K1A 1B4
    tel 613 952-7606
    fax 613 957-9938
    email: seniors@hc-sc.gc.ca
Senior Friendly Resources Launched

In response to recommendations made in the SCAN report (Seniors Community Action for Nutrition), Dietitians of Canada and the Senior Friendly™ Program began a collaboration to develop Guidelines for a Senior Friendly™ Grocery Store and companion nutrition resources.
  • Celebrate Active Living Together! A Community Event Kit
    Active Living Coalition for Older Adults (ALCOA), $10.00
    Phone: (905) 890-1203 ext. 293.   Fax: (905) 890-0854
    Email: alcoa@istar.ca
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  • ALCOA - The Active Living Coalition for Older Adults

    • Canadian Red Cross Society
    5700 CanCross Court
    Mississauga ON L5R 3E9
    Phone: (905) 890-1203 ext. 293 Fax: (905) 890-0854
    E-mail: alcoa@istar.ca
  • ALCOA - National Forum on Older Adults & Active Living,

    • You can order a copy of Proceedings from the ALCOA Forum on Older Adults and Active Living. The cost of the proceedings is $40 plus mailing.
    For more information contact the centre:
     The Centre for Activity and Ageing
    The University of Western Ontario
    London, Ontario N6A 3K7
    Canada
    Telephone: (519) 661-1603
    Fax: (519) 661-1612
    E-mail: wnonline@julian.uwo.ca
    Website: http://www.uwo.ca/wnews/issues/may13/aging.htm
  • "Programs for Seniors" booklet by Alberta Community Development Seniors Division

    • Alberta Seniors Information Line: 1-800-642-3853 for copies
    (provincial info. on gov't programs, benefits and services)
    • "Exercise: A Guide From the National Institute on Aging",
      • produced in conjunction with NASA.  This guide shows workouts for people over 50, with 45 illustrated exercises focusing on strength, flexibility, endurance, and balance.
      http://weboflife.ksc.nasa.gov/exerciseandaging/toc.html
  • "Active Living Guide: An Active Living Health Promotion Program",

    • This book was adapted from the Personal Fitness Guide, published by the Canadian Red Cross Society, 1989.
    Contact your local Canadian Red Cross Society for information on how to obtain copies.
    • Directory of Senior Services 1998

      • The Society for the Retired and Semi-Retired
      15 Sir Winston Churchill Square
      102 A Avenue -  100 Street
      Edmonton, T5J 2E5
      (780) 423-5510
  • "Edmonton Seniors Guide: A Guide to Products and Services for People 50+"

    • Produced by the Edmonton Senior newspaper
    #200, 10621-100 Avenue,
    Edmonton, AB. T5J 0B3
    (780) 425-1185
    • Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC) - Resources

    • "Wellinformed" - Three booklets and resources package. 

    • "Walk the Walk: The Art of Building Resilience in Youth" (intergenerational video)
      Contact the nearest AADAC office, check your local telephone directory.

    • "All the Best: Challenges and Choices for the Older Adult" FACT SHEET

      • AADAC Calgary office (403) 297-3036
    • "The Economic Costs of An Aging Population":     FACT SHEET

      • A Major Challenge in Canada For the 21st Century
      The national consensus process on creating evidence-based consensus on health, social and economic issues related to Seniors' Independence.
      Participate in the national discussion on these issues by visiting http://publish.uwo.ca/~cmcwill/NCP/
    • "Improving Health Care For Seniors":
      •     FACT SHEET
      A Major Challenge in Canada For the 21st Century
      The national consensus process on creating evidence-based consensus on health, social and economic issues related to Seniors' Independence.
      Participate in the national discussion on these issues by visiting http://publish.uwo.ca/~cmcwill/NCP/
    • "Improving Medication Use in Seniors":
      •     FACT SHEET
      A Major Challenge in Canada For the 21st Century
      The national consensus process on creating evidence-based consensus on health, social and economic issues related to Seniors' Independence.
      Participate in the national discussion on these issues by visiting http://publish.uwo.ca/~cmcwill/NCP/
    • "Mutual Aid, Self-Help, and Self-Care":     FACT SHEET

      • A Major Challenge in Canada For the 21st Century
      The national consensus process on creating evidence-based consensus on health, social and economic issues related to Seniors' Independence.
      Participate in the national discussion on these issues by visiting http://publish.uwo.ca/~cmcwill/NCP/
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