Links

Wellness

The active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life…a state of complete physical, mental, social and financial well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

The following links lead in that direction.

• National Seniors Strategy – A project of the Canadian Medical Association, supported by ACER-CART. Add your voice to the call for a National Seniors Strategy. By doing so, you will be part of the movement that will help bring about the change we need.
• CanAge – Canada’s National Seniors’ Advocacy Organization, a trusted voice of Canadian Seniors.
• McMaster Optimal Aging Portal – designed to make the best scientific evidence on how we can manage our health conditions and stay healthy, active and engaged as we grow older, easily accessible and understandable to a broad range of citizens. The Portal draws content from three best-in-class one-stop shops.
• Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging – CCAA is Canada’s leader in current research and program development for improved physical ability and healthy aging for older adults. It is a not-for-profit national research and education centre within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Western Ontario.
• Health Canada – Addresses health topics including cancer, hepatitis, natural health products, STDs, smoking, and food and nutrition.
• Wellness Guide on Diabetes – essential resource on what diabetes is and how to mitigate the risk of it being a personal health concern in the future.
• Women’s Health Matters – Evidence-based and updated information on women’s health and news, and research findings on women’s diseases and lifestyle trends.
• Medscape – This site has a listing of speciality sites and the latest medical news.
• Canadian Health Care Coalition – The Canadian Health Coalition is a public advocacy organization dedicated to the preservation and improvement of Medicare. Its membership is comprised of national organizations representing nurses, health care workers, seniors, churches, anti-poverty groups, women, students and trade unions in 9 provinces and one territory.
• Early Symptoms of Dementia
• Canadian Deprescribing Network – Dedicated to raising awareness of medication safety, deprescribing and safer alternatives to risky medications. Do I Still Need this medication?
• Canadian Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse
• Alzheimer Society of Canada
• The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Canadian Seniors Dictionary
• My Sleep Well
• Elder abuse awareness
• Heart and Stroke

Lifestyles for Seniors

• Seniors Canada On-Line – is a website sponsored by the Canadian government.
• Thinking About Aging in Place – Plan for the future today to help you live the life you want tomorrow

Pension and Retirement Income

• Pension and Retirement Income Committee 2023 AGM Report
• ACER-CART Survey of Canadian Teacher Pension Plans’ Cost-of-Living Arrangements
• Provincial Teacher Pension CPI Adjustments 2023
• Money and You Seniors Edition

Financial Wellness

• Statistics Canada – has data and analyses on virtually every aspect of Canada’s society and economy.
• CRA/ARC – A Canadian government site that provides useful information about pension splitting.
• Financial Consumer Agency of Canada – The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) is an independent body working to protect and inform consumers of financial products and services.
• Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre – The central agency in Canada that collects information and criminal intelligence on mass marketing fraud (telemarketing), advance fee fraud letters (e.g. West African), internet fraud and I.D theft complaints.
• Prevention from Frauds and Scams
• How to report fraud

Lifelong Learning

• Gluu Society – Digital Skills for Older Adults – Online Learning resources – Learn to use the technology in your life.