Clinical resources for Health Care Professionals who care for older adults.
Resources for older adults and those who care for aging family and friends.
Information about the Ontario Age-Friendly Communities Outreach Program.
The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health (CSAH) at Providence Care in Kingston, Ontario works within four pillars of knowledge exchange, education, capacity building and research to improve the health and well-being of older adults with complex needs and their caregivers. Sagelink.ca is the web host for CSAH.
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CSAH & SHKN Linkages: April 2021
Linkages includes a listing of upcoming events, opportunities and updates related to aging, health and caring for older adults. This month’s reading list features some of the most recent academic publications on “Aging & Technology”.
April 1: Policy Rounds: Responding to the COVID-19 Emergency, Returning to Growth: Older Workers and the Pandemic Recovery (AGE-WELL)
April 6: Experiences in Caregiving during COVID-19: What have we learned? (AGE-WELL)
April 6: Heart of Home Care Awards 2021 (VHA Home HealthCare)
April 8: Policy Rounds: Measuring and enforcing the human rights of older persons (AGE-WELL)
April 8: Bruyère TALKS Research: Improving Access to Palliative Care Through Routine Prognostication (Bruyère Research Institute)
April 14: Building Connections: Promising Practices to Reduce Older Adult Social Isolation for Age-Friendly Community Initiatives (Ontario Age-Friendly Communities Outreach Program)
April 19: AVOID Frailty: How Vaccinations and Optimizing Medications Can Reduce Risk (Centre for Studies in Aging and Health)
April 22: Bruyère TALKS Research: Understanding Hospital-to-Home Transitions in Palliative Care (Bruyère Research Institute)
April 29: Promoting Health and Wellbeing through Age-Friendly Communities (The Ontario Caregiver Organization)
Reading List: Aging & Technology
This reading list includes links to and summaries of a variety of resources regarding aging and technology.
Blog: Harnessing the power of technology, now and post COVID-19
All of us are wondering what the world will look like post pandemic. It’s safe to predict that technology will play a much larger role in the lives of older adults and caregivers.
Webinar Recording: Aging, Privacy and Technology
Dr. Lisa Carver reviewed technology that ‘supports’ healthy aging for people aging in place and in their community, discussed data collected and novel applications of that information, and promoted the prevention of unintended and intended violations of older adult’s privacy and autonomy.
Playful Aging: Digital Games for Older Adults
This report describes how digital games can help maintain older adults’ health and wellbeing. The authors explore learning, intergenerational gameplay and digital game preferences. The report expands on how to design and evaluate digital games for older adults and concludes with a look to the future.
Living through the COVID-19 Pandemic: Personas and Scenarios developed by Older Adults and Caregivers
A persona and scenario is a semi-fictional account that describes a person, situation or problem, with the goal of creating a potential solution.
Webinar Recording: Aging, Privacy and Technology
Dr. Lisa Carver reviewed technology that ‘supports’ healthy aging for people aging in place and in their community, discussed data collected and novel applications of that information, and promoted the prevention of unintended and intended violations of older adult’s privacy and autonomy.