Seniors Are Cool!

Seniors Are Cool is an incredible educational video! The full version is only available on dvd so far, but you can check out a little preview here!

Also, I had a fascinating meeting today with two women in who in inter-generational education, more to come on that soon! 

Elder Abuse Training

(from Age & Opportunity)

Hey there, it's been a little while since I posted, but the reason is because I was just at the Elder Abuse Training & Information Forum which was held earlier this week in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I gave a presentation on the elder abuse research project that I coordinate here in Toronto and also had the opportunity to meet an impressive group of fellow Canadians who work to help and protect older adults through their professions in nursing and medicine, social work, community development, education, policing, and policy development. Connecting with these people was truly inspiring, plus it is always encouraging to know that there are other people out there who care and fight for these issues!


I attended a workshop about inter-generational education (which included a very impressive video called "Seniors Are Cool" which I strongly suggest you check out...I will find the link and post it as soon as I can.) I also learned about Community Response Networks, the law relating Power of Attorney and the rights of older adults in choosing and changing their PoA, how older adults can avoid financial scams, and best practices for non-Aboriginal professionals who are entering First Nations communities to help address issues of mistreatment. There was so much more, this is just a snapshot of some of the things that were covered. More to come soon!

Age Friendly Communitites in Ontario

University of Waterloo partnered with MAREP, Alzheimer Society, and the Research Institute for Aging have developed a website with tools and resources aimed to guide communities toward "age-friendly" solutions, check out their website: http://afc.uwaterloo.ca. I found the image above at: http://www.marep.uwaterloo.ca/Age-Friendly/Age-FriendlyCommunityInitiative.htm

How much do you know about seniors?

The Ontario Seniors Secretariat has created a quiz to promote awareness of the needs of the aging population. I took the quiz and scored 60/70 or 66.66%, and I work in the field of aging (uh oh)! Actually, I would be very interested to see what you think of it. I find it a bit generous/overly optimistic...but maybe that is because the negative stories are the ones that get the most press, or maybe it has to do with the kind of sampling the government did in the studies that the data is based on...In any case, the more knowledge out there the better!

Check out the quiz here: http://www.apps.mcl.gov.on.ca/agingquiz/englishQuiz.asp

Safe Sex & Aging

             Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times

 

           

This New York Times article from 2007 looks at sexual education for the aging population: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/nyregion/14sex.html