November is Fall Prevention Month in Canada. Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death, hospitalization and emergency department visits for older adults in Canada. Age-Friendly Communities across Ontario support fall prevention among older adults by creating safer outdoor and indoor public spaces and promoting active aging.

The video recording, PDF slides, and resources are now available for our recent webinar: Leading and Learning with Pride: City of Toronto’s Revitalized Tool Kit for Supporting 2SLGBTQI+ Seniors.

Join us for our upcoming webinars:

• November 23: Developing a Council on Aging: Advancing your Local Age-Friendly Efforts from 12-1 p.m. Eastern. Register here.
• December 7: Do Interventions to Reduce Ageism Work?  A Meta-analysis and review finds promising results from 12-1 p.m. Eastern.  Register here.

Keep reading for more age-friendly resources, including three funding opportunities!

Kind regards,
Emily Mullins
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Age-Friendly Communities Knowledge Broker
mullinse@providencecare.ca

Age-Friendly News
Ontario

• Tay seniors symposium a 'great opportunity' and social success (Midland Today)
• Candidates reply to questions on an age-friendly community (part 3) (North Lanark, The Millstone)
• Ontario Building More Accessible Communities in Blind River (Ontario Newsroom)
• ‘Human Library’: Seniors tell stories to debunk discrimination towards old age. (Toronto, CTV News)
• Toronto’s University Health Network to create first seniors emergency care centre with historic $52M donation (Toronto, CBC News)
• Playhouse conducting free programs for local seniors (Gananoque, The Gananoque Reporter)
• Trades Day of Caring ‘a blessing’ for local seniors (9 photos) (Sault Ste. Marie, SOO Today)
• City celebrates the contributions of Hamilton’s seniors at 27th annual Senior of the Year Awards gala event (City of Hamilton)
• ElderDog helps seniors and their furry companions (Guelph, Guelph Today)
• Ontario Building New Seniors' Housing Complex in Kenora (Kenora, Province of Ontario)
• Rebecca Johnson Senior Award presented by Age Friendly Thunder Bay (TB News Watch)
• Government of Canada announces project in Pickering to support seniors (Pickering, Cision)
• Canadians want to age in the right place. A new report details why so many are struggling (Toronto Star)
• ‘I adore her, but sometimes I’m overwhelmed.’ How a program to help older adults age at home allows the whole family to thrive (Toronto Star)

• 2 Kelowna university students living, volunteering in long-term care home say ‘it’s a blessing’ (British Columbia, Global News)
• Memory Café offers safe space for those on dementia journey (Alberta, Okotoks Today)
• UBCO joins Age Friendly University global network (University of British Columbia)
• In this brave new age, we need to think more about age-friendly jobs  (Macdonald-Laurier Institute)
• Facilitating Older Adult Learning: One of the New Micro-Certificates from Extended Education (University of Manitoba)

• Tech to help older people is a young and growing field (United States, Marketplace)
• The anxieties of growing old when you’re LGBTQ (United States, The Washington Post)
• Creating Housing for People of All Ages — From Conversation to Action (United States, AARP)
• Growing Older (Global Reporting Program, University of British Columbia)

Upcoming Events

Funding Opportunities

• Ontario Trillium Foundation Resilient Communities
  • Application due: December 7, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. ET
• Spark - Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (cabhi.com)
  • Applications due: December 2, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. ET
• Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility: EnAbling Change Program
  • Applications due: December 8, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. ET

Research

• Neighborhood greenness, but not walkability, is associated with self-rated measures of health in older adults: An analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (Preventive Medicine Reports)
• The World Health Organization's impacts on age-friendly policymaking: A case study on Australia (The Australian Journal Of Social Issues)
• Advancing age- and dementia-related social inclusion through Sharing Dance (Taylor & Francis Group)
• Aging in the Right Place: A Conceptual Framework of Indicators for Older Persons Experiencing Homelessness (The Gerontologist)

Resources

• Dementia in Canada: Cross-Country Report 2022 (CanAge)
• It’s Time to Unleash the Power of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities in Canada (National Institute on Ageing)
• Ageing in the Right Place: Supporting Older Canadians to Live Where They Want (National Institute on Ageing)
• Supporting Your Neighbours. Would you know what to do if you thought an older adult was socially isolated? A Community Conversation Guide (Supporting Inclusion through Intergenerational Partnerships)
• Creating Intergenerational Dementia Programs: A Guide for Community Organizations (Supporting Inclusion through Intergenerational Partnerships)
• Free online resource empowers older adults to make difficult decisions about driving and dementia (Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care)
• Protecting older adults from the effects of natural disasters and extreme weather (National Institute on Aging)
• Age-Friendly Business Examples (United States, AARP)

Community of Interest on Social Isolation and Loneliness

• Click here to join this group.