Here you will find tools and resources that will help guide your community towards developing solutions to become more age friendly – in a way that best suits your community’s unique needs.
Disability Health Promotion Network - Manitoba
This website is intended as a resource to assist persons living with disabilities, seniors and their families and caregivers locate information on the web to assist them in taking control of their own health. This searchable website will allow users to read articles we have written and refer to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Users will also be able to link to reliable health information sources found on the web about living with a disability and seniors.
Leisure and Aging Research Group
LARG (the Leisure and Aging Research Group) is a community of scholars studying leisure and aging that recognizes the interconnectedness of these fields with attention given to global diversity. Our mission is to enhance interdisciplinary and international dialogue between leisure and aging researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy makers. Membership in LARG is voluntary and open to anyone in the world.
Alberta Senior Citizens Sport and Recreation Association
The ASCSRA promotes sport and recreation development for seniors (55+) across the province, acts as the provincial voice to ensure input by and age categories for seniors in the Alberta Seniors Games, and promotes future Alberta Seniors Games.
International Year of Older Persons
The purpose of the Year of older Persons was to foster international awareness of the importance of seniors' role in society and the need for intergenerational respect and support.
Vanier Institute of the Family
To make families as important to the life of Canadian society as they are to the lives of individual Canadians.
Older Adults Centres Association of Ontario
The OACAO ensures that older adults in Ontario have opportunities and choices that lead to healthy and active lifestyles.
Older Adults Centres Association of Ontario
The OACAO ensures that older adults in Ontario have opportunities and choices that lead to healthy and active lifestyles.
PACE - Programs for Autonomy and Communication for the Elder
The PACE 2000 mandate is to promote continuous communication links between seniors and young people through the use of new and developing technologies.
Active Living Coalition for Older Adults
ALCOA, a partnership of organizations and individuals having interest in the field of aging, encourages older Canadians to maintain and enhance their well-being and independence through a lifestyle that embraces daily physical activities.
Adult Health and Development Program
The AHDP is an intergenerational health promotion and rehabilitation program in which college students are paired with older adults for the purpose of engaging in health and wellness activities.
Senior Corps taps the skills, talents, and experience of more than 500,000 Americans age 55 and older to meet a wide range of community challenges through three programs: RSVP, Foster Grandparents, and Senior Companions.
The prime focus of the Uncles/Aunts at Large program is to foster a one-on-one relationship between a volunteer Uncle and a male child or between a volunteer Aunt and a female child.
Active Independent Aging - A guide for falls prevention and active living
Active Independent Aging is a guide designed to promote the health and independence of older adults and veterans through falls prevention, active living and activity-friendly environments.
Centre for Intergenerational Practice - UK
The centre aims to support the development of intergenerational practice throughout the UK and to promote an understanding of the potential of intergenerational approaches to address social issues.
Temple University Center for Intergenerational Learning
The Center for Intergenerational Learning at Temple University is dedicated to strengthening communities by bringing generations together to meet the needs of individuals and families throughout the life cycle.
Illinois Intergenerational Initiative
The initiative promotes quality education for all ages through intergenerational efforts and lifelong learning.
Penn State Intergenerational Programs and Aging
Focuses on educational programs and practices that strengthen intergenerational relationships and competencies in children, youth, older adults, and families.
Senators of the Environment: Intergenerational Program
An Intergenerational Project on Education and Environmental Awareness.
Prime Mentors of Canada brings the knowledge and wisdom of the senior into the school milieu. Young protégés from grades six to eight work with a mentor on a project of the child's choosing.