January, 2024

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Every January, EAPO recognizes and brings awareness to Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. During this month, we encourage organizations and individuals to learn more about dementia and its stark impact on Canadians.

Please take the time to review resources and past webinars that EAPO, in collaboration with community partners, has developed to bring awareness of Alzheimer’s and Dementia to support seniors, and their caregivers.

Fact sheets: Initiating a Dialogue on Dementia and Elder Abuse Project (IDDEA); Infographic: Initiating a Dialogue on Dementia and Elder Abuse.

Don't miss your opportunity to learn more about elder abuse by attending our educational webinars, sessions and topics are offered in English and/or French. EAPO also encourages you to review the many resources, supports and articles posted in the e-Newsletter that raise awareness of Ageism and Alzheimer’s Month.

Marta Hajek, CEO

Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario

Petition: IT’S TIME to Age With Rights

Risk Assessment Training Course

Due to high demand we are offering training again!

EAPO is excited to offer a 3 day interactive virtual course designed to equip front-line providers in community, health, and justice services with the essential skills in risk assessment of older persons.

April 30, May 1 & 3 | 9:00 - 12:00 EST

Early Bird Price: $225

EAPO Webinar Recordings

Help Us Remain – Bring Care for Identity to Care for Dementia

Click HERE to watch the webinar recording

Participants leart about Egale’s dementia-related research and resources as well as Egale’s awareness campaign – Help Us Remain: Bring Care for Identity to Care For Dementia.

Implementing the Seniors’ Anti-Bullying Toolkit in Seniors’ Residences

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This webinar provided the results from the Seniors Bullying in Ontario Survey, formal feedback from stakeholders, and existing best practices, a Seniors’ Anti-bullying Toolkit was created.

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January is Alzheimers Awareness Month 2024

Brain-healthy tips to reduce your risk of dementia. Why brain health is so important. While there are some risk factors you cannot control for dementia, such as age and genetics, reducing the effects of risk factors that can be controlled is possible...

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Cold Weather Safety for Older Adults

Older adults have a higher chance of being affected by cold weather. Changes that come with aging can make it harder for older adults to be aware of their body becoming too cold, which can turn into a dangerous health issue quickly...

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Bell Let’s Talk 2024. Let’s talk about creating real change!

This year, Bell Let’s Talk Day is on Wednesday, January 24, and the Defence Team is joining the conversation to help break down stigma and raise awareness around mental health.

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EAPO in Media

Aging Powerfully: Working Together Toward a Safer Future

EAPO is grateful to @MediaplanetCA for being a part of the Empowering Aging Canadians campaign launched online on Healthsinsight.ca

...We all know the saying “It takes a village to raise a child”. But what happens when the child grows old? Shouldn’t the same village be eager to provide attention, support, and care across the life course and into our later years?...

Authors:

Raeann Rideout, Director, Strategic Partnerships, EAPO, and

Bénédicte Schoepflin, Executive Director, CNPEA

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New Elder Abuse Reports and Resources

The Many Faces of Dementia in Canada (Alzheimer Society Canada)

Consultations on the social and economic impacts of ageism in Canada: “What w e heard” report (Employment and Social Development Canada)

Understanding the Factors Driving the Epidemic of Social Isolation and Loneliness among Older Canadians (NIA)

“You’re Not Understood, and You’re Isolated”: A Narrative Account of Loneliness by Black Older Adults in Ontario,Canada (Canadian Journal on Ageing)

Learning from practice: Promoting Well being and health equity among older adults. (National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH))

Protecting Retirees and Consumers Nearing the End of Work (Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA))

Ageism Reports and Resources

Connecting generations: planning and implementing interventions for intergenerational contact (WHO)

This guide, developed for the campaign, builds on the evidence in the Global report on ageism that interventions for intergenerational contact is one of three strategies that have been proven to work in addressing ageism, together with policy and law and educational interventions.

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Ageism in artificial intelligence (AI) for health (WHO) .

The WHO policy brief Ageism in artificial intelligence for health examines the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine and public health for older people, including the conditions in which AI can exacerbate or introduce new forms of ageism. The brief presents legal, non-legal and technical measures that can be used to minimize the risk of ageism in AI and maximize AI’s benefits for older people as these technologies become more commonly used across the world.

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Age-Friendly Communities: Are they also “Friendly” for Death, Dying, Grief, and Bereavement? (Canadian Journal on Aging). The age-friendly movement aims to ensure that people can live healthy and meaningful lives as they age. It is committed to activity and inclusion, with policies, services, and structures that enable older adults to remain engaged in activities that they value. We suggest that there is further opportunity for communities to increase inclusion and reduce ageism by improving their “death-friendliness”.

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