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Promoting the Health of Older Adults: Further Resources
July 2021
Print ISBN: 9781773382401
Compiled by Peggy Edwards, Irving Rootman, Frances Grunberg, and Mélanie Levasseur, with contributions from chapter authors
Introduction
This website contains annotated lists of further resources organized by topics (and chapters/personal reflections) in the book Promoting the Health of Older Adults: The Canadian Experience. It includes relevant readings (books, reports, articles, and key media reports) and links to websites, organizations, programs, and videos that will enrich your understanding and research related to all of the chapters in the book. This website will be kept up-to-date as new resources are added.
The reader is referred to the references in each chapter, which provide links to important resources and sources for the topic in that chapter. Sometimes, selected references are repeated in these additional resource lists when they provide substantial coverage of the topic in a particular chapter.
Contents
General Resources
Part I: Key Demographic, Conceptual, and Theoretical Elements
- Aging and Older Adults in Canada: Demographics and Health Status (Chapter 1)
- Key Concepts in Health Promotion and Gerontology (Chapter 2)
- Theories and Models in Health Promotion with Older Adults (Chapter 3)
- Ageism (Personal Reflection 1)
Part II: Building Healthy Public Policy
- Healthy Public Policy (Chapter 4)
- Policy and Program Innovations for an Aging Society (Chapter 5)
- A Rights-Based Approach to Policies and Practices Involving Older Persons (Personal Reflection 2)
Part III: Creating Supportive Environments
- Age-Friendly Communities (Chapter 6)
- Housing in Later Life (Chapter 7)
- Transportation for an Aging Society (Chapter 8)
- AgeTech: Technology-Based Solutions for Aging Societies (Chapter 9)
- Reducing Social Isolation: Fostering Social Support and Participation (Chapter 10)
- Relationships in Later Life (Chapter 11)
- Mistreatment of Older Adults (Chapter 12)
Part IV: Strengthening Community Action
- Community Development and Older Adults (Chapter 13)
- The Engagement and Contributions of Older Persons in Society (Chapter 14)
- Health Promotion among Older Indigenous People (Chapter 15 and Personal Reflection 3)
- Aging in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQ2+) Communities (Chapter 16)
- Health Promotion and Immigrant Older Adults (Chapter 17)
Part V: Developing Personal Skills
- Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (Chapter 18)
- Health Literacy and Older Adults (Chapter 19)
- Mental Health, Cognitive Resilience, and Vitality in Later Life (Chapter 20)
- Healthy Aging and the Arts (Chapter 21)
- Healthy Eating and Older Adults (Chapter 22)
- Physical Activity and Older Adults (Chapter 23)
- Disability in Later Life (Personal Reflection 4)
Part VI: Reorienting Health Services
- Public Health and Healthy Aging (Chapter 24 and Personal Reflection 5)
- Older Adults: Community Health and Social Services (Chapter 25)
- Regaining, Maintaining, and Improving Independence in Daily Life (Chapter 26)
- Nursing Homes / Long-Term Care (Chapter 27)
- Reorienting Mental Health Services for Older Adults (Chapter 28)
- Older Adults, Caregivers, and Caregiving (Chapter 29)
- Substance Use and Older Adults (Chapter 30)
- Death and Dying (Chapter 31 and Personal Reflection 6)