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Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Simplified Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Simplified Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Hindi), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Hindi), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Italian), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Italian), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Traditional Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Traditional Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Spanish), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Spanish), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Polish), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Polish), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Social Isolation Detection Checklist, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Social Isolation Detection Checklist, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Social Isolation Detection Checklist
The Social Isolation Detection Checklist is a preliminary screening tool that can help you determine if an older adult might be at risk of social isolation. This tool can be completed one on one with an older adult. Alternatively, if you have been working with an older adult for an extended period of time and are familiar with their case history you can use your insider knowledge, intake records and case notes to complete this tool and determine risk. A list of recommendations (referrals) that correspond directly with the various categories in the Detection Tool is also included.
This resource …
Understanding Social Isolation And Loneliness, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Understanding Social Isolation And Loneliness, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Understanding Social Isolation and Loneliness
This educational PowerPoint presentation is intended to be used as a training resource and can be reviewed individually or as part of a group training session. This training module covers the concepts of social isolation and loneliness, how they differ and how they interact, and includes concepts and models that contribute to an understanding of how social isolation and loneliness impact older immigrants. This resource will also encourage you to discuss how this all relates back to your organization.
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, …
Intervention Best Practices, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Intervention Best Practices, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Intervention Best Practices
The Intervention Best Practices resource summarizes some of the best practices being used in programs and initiatives designed to address social isolation and/or loneliness. The various case studies included display innovative thinking and ideas from around the world. This resource can be used to inform program planning and implementation.
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring …
Community Monitoring And Evaluation: A Case Study Of Takaful And Karama / الرصد والتقييم المجتمعي: دراسة حالة من برنامج تكافل وكرامة, Mai Amr Abdelhafez, Shimaa Adel Heikal, Sarah Moharram
Community Monitoring And Evaluation: A Case Study Of Takaful And Karama / الرصد والتقييم المجتمعي: دراسة حالة من برنامج تكافل وكرامة, Mai Amr Abdelhafez, Shimaa Adel Heikal, Sarah Moharram
Papers, Posters, and Presentations
This paper discusses in particular the potential strategies for increasing community engagement and acceptance of the committees and enhancing their results. Based on the case studies and interviews with ministry officials and community monitors, policy alternatives were formulated to guarantee a better achievement of the Takaful and Karama program goals.
Productive Villages: A Hope For Reviving Rural Development In Egypt/ القرى المنتجة: بارقة أمل لإحياء التنمية الريفية في مصر, Aya Khaled Damir, Fayrouz El Dabbagh, Heba Mohsen, Maryham Madgy Abdelmalak
Productive Villages: A Hope For Reviving Rural Development In Egypt/ القرى المنتجة: بارقة أمل لإحياء التنمية الريفية في مصر, Aya Khaled Damir, Fayrouz El Dabbagh, Heba Mohsen, Maryham Madgy Abdelmalak
Papers, Posters, and Presentations
This policy paper addresses the problems facing rural production that are centered around production inputs and processes in terms of skills and capacities, financial sustainability and physical infrastructure, quality and market competitiveness in terms of international standards, technological integration and market information, and institutional challenges regarding monitoring and evaluation, coordination and government centrality.
‘Food As Commons’ Within An Australian Aboriginal Context, Anne Jennings
‘Food As Commons’ Within An Australian Aboriginal Context, Anne Jennings
Nulungu Journal Articles
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Tips For Planning And Implementing Inclusive Programs, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tips For Planning And Implementing Inclusive Programs, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tips for Planning and Implementing Inclusive Programs
The Tips for Planning and Implementing Inclusive Programs resource is intended to assist those involved in planning programs to support social inclusion. Tips are included for data-driven program development, for outreach to isolated and/or lonely older immigrants and for addressing barriers through a culturally competent lens.
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies to effectively …
Coping With Loneliness – A Resource For Older Adults, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness – A Resource For Older Adults, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Urdu), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Urdu), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Simplified Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Simplified Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Punjabi), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Punjabi), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Italian), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Italian), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Gujarati), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Gujarati), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Hindi), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Hindi), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Arabic), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Arabic), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Portuguese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Portuguese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Tip Sheet – Staying Socially Connected, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet – Staying Socially Connected, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Tagalog), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Tagalog), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Portuguese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Portuguese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
User Guide, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
User Guide, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
User Guide
The User Guide is the official manual for the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit. It provides an overview of the “Building Connected Communities” research project and the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit. Refer to this guide to learn more about the project’s background, the research team and community partners,
The User Guide also provides readers with a greater understanding of the contents included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit. It contains helpful information regarding each of the resources included, as well as practical suggestions and examples of when and how you may benefit from using the Toolkit.
This resource …
Mapping Collective Action Structures And Activities In A Rural Age-Friendly Communities Initiative, Althea R. Pestine-Stevens
Mapping Collective Action Structures And Activities In A Rural Age-Friendly Communities Initiative, Althea R. Pestine-Stevens
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Age-Friendly Communities (AFC) initiatives convene stakeholders across sectors and service areas throughout a community to work together to improve the social and built environments for older persons living in the community. While the AFC movement has been active internationally for thirteen years, little is known about the mechanisms that drive this work and its successes. This study aims to uncover some of the key collective action processes and structures that comprise AFC work in a rural county in New York State, through a collaboration theory framework and a social network analysis design.
Distinction For The Library Profession: Taking A Page From The Business Playbook, Antje Mays
Distinction For The Library Profession: Taking A Page From The Business Playbook, Antje Mays
Library Faculty and Staff Publications
Library and information professionals have much to offer the world-at-large, yet are often under-recognized beyond the sphere of librarianship. Looking beyond traditional library advocacy, this second article in the "Mayflower: Ode to New Beginnings" presents theory and practice of recognition-building strategies from the business world -- strategies applicable to librarianship: The article looks to the business playbook for building connections with the broader community and thereby enhancing the profession’s exposure.
Consciousness Against Commodifcation: The Potential For A Radical Housing Movement In The Cully Neighborhood, Cameron Hart Herrington
Consciousness Against Commodifcation: The Potential For A Radical Housing Movement In The Cully Neighborhood, Cameron Hart Herrington
Dissertations and Theses
A right to housing is a central iteration of the broader demand for a democratic right to the city. The perpetual housing crisis for lower-income people results from a commodified system in which access to housing is based on the exchange value interests of property owners, rather than a universal right to a decent, affordable home. This system is a pillar of neoliberal urban governance and justified by a hegemonic ideology that equates speculative homeownership with the American Dream. Achieving a right to housing, even at the local scale, requires a radical movement that cultivates individual and collective consciousness, discredits …
Deliberation And Dialogue In A Quiet Place, Roger A. Lohmann
Deliberation And Dialogue In A Quiet Place, Roger A. Lohmann
Faculty & Staff Scholarship
This article recounts the story of the rise and fall of the public deliberation and sustained dialogue mission of the Nova Institute in the (now defunct) School of Applied Social Sciences of West Virginia University. The concept of political quiescence in Appalachia is used to characterize some of the resistance to public discussion that was encountered. The article appears in a volume of essays around the theme of university-community relations in Central Europe and published in Budapest, Hungary.