Aging and seniors
Health promotion and wellbeing, ways to stay active, fall prevention, emergency preparedness, mental health, substance use, and elder abuse.
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Services and information
Dementia
Symptoms and treatment, how you can help, risk factors and prevention, what Canada's doing
Chronic pain
Options to help people manage their pain, support for people living with pain
Preventing falls and injuries for older adults
Impact of falls and injuries, risk of falls, preventing falls, safe driving
Age-friendly communities
What an age-friendly community looks like, becoming recognized, provincial and territorial initiatives
Oral health for seniors
Connection between oral health and general health, caring for dentures and implants, dry mouth
Using substances as an older adult
Substance use and talking to your health care provider
Life changes experienced by older adults
Mental health and importance of maintaining social connections as you age and move through transitions later in life
Healthy eating for seniors
Eating habits that promote and protect health and well-being
Programs and services for seniors
Income supports, caregiving benefits, services for veterans, fraud prevention, safety at home, managing your money
Guides for senior safety and security
Community guide for seniors and their caregivers, safety concerns, frauds and scams
National Seniors Council
Engagement with seniors, stakeholders and experts on current and emerging issues related to quality of life of seniors
United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing
What Canada’s doing, about, taking action, measuring progress and indicators, public opinion research