Activity & Aging

The goal of the Activity & Aging Community of Practice (CoP) is to educate and advocate on behalf of older adults living in care facilities to establish and promote realistic, outcome-based programs that can help benchmark effectiveness for all homes in Ontario and Canada.

To do this, an ACTIVE Guide will be created as a systematic and comprehensive approach to activity programming for frail seniors living in care facilities.

The Activity & Aging CoP will continue to strengthen the participation of current members and will focus on recruiting additional members.

The third goal of this CoP is to partner with other CoP’s to better learn and transfer knowledge between contemporary CoPs.

Core working group/ membership

OCSA, OLTCA, OANHSS, OACCAC, and CCAA are all major stakeholders, partners, and contributors to the Activity & Aging CoP. Knowledge and expertise in the development of the ACTIVE Guide have come from representatives of these organizations.

Our current membership includes:

• paid and unpaid caregivers.
• researchers
• policy makers
• educators
• librarians
• students
• older adults

Resources

• Activity and Aging CoP Introduction Handout
• Activity and Aging Overview Presentation
• ACTIVE Guide
• ACTIVE Guide Presentation
• Evidence Based Brief – Outcome-based Physical Activity Programming for Seniors in Long-Term Care Homes
• The Rural Route to Activity and Aging
• Preventing Falls Through Physical Activity

Contact

Clara Fitzgerald

Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging

519.661.1604

cfitzge4@uwo.ca

Terry Kirkpatrick
Knowledge Broker
613.762.7752
tekirkp@sympatico.ca

Mary Beth Forget
Information Specialist

416.785.2500 x2393

mforget@baycrest.org