Assistive Devices Info-Sheet for Seniors
This fact sheet provides information on assistive devices, their use and where you can obtain them.

At Home with Alzheimer's Disease
The safety and security of someone living at home with Alzheimer's Disease can be significantly improved by making minor, low-cost changes in a house or apartment. These practical adaptations will be of help to both the Alzheimer patient and their caregivers.
Source: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

At Risk: A Socio-economic Analysis of Health and Literacy Among Seniors (PDF Format)
This literature includes studies that have explored the link between the health of a population and such factors as income, education, occupation, marital status, family structure, urban or rural residency, gender, housing tenure, geographical location and immigration.

Be Prepared, Not Scared
Information products include alerts and advisories, self-help advice brochures, fact sheets, news releases, teacher's aids and videos.
Source: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada

Best Practices: Treatment and Rehabilitation for Seniors with Substance Use Problems
List of publications and studies.
Source: Government of Canada. Health Canada. Population and Public Health Branch. Division of Aging and Seniors.

Bruno and Alice: A love story in twelve parts about seniors and safety
This series of twelve illustrated stories follows the whimsical romance of two active seniors who, through lack of prevention, end up in awkward situations and almost miss their rendez-vous with love. The stories offer insight into some of the personal preventive measures seniors can take to make their environment safer and prevent injuries.
Source: Public Health Agency, Division of Aging and Seniors

Canada's Aging Population
A report prepared by Health Canada in collaboration with the Interdepartmental Committee on Aging and Seniors Issues.
Source: Government of Canada. Public Health Agency of Canada.

Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living for Older Adults
This Health Canada publication explains why physical activity is important, offers tips and easy ways to increase physical activity, and states how much is needed to maintain good health and improved quality of living later in life.
Source: Health Canada

Caregiving Strategies for Older Adults with Delirium,Dementia and Depression
This best practice guideline focuses on assisting all nurses (<abbr>RN</abbr>s and <abbr>RPN</abbr>s) who provide care to clients with delirium, dementia and depression in the acute, long-term and community care settings. This guideline incorporates best practices related to caregiving strategies of older adult aged 65 years and older with delirium, dementia and depression.
Source: Registered Nurses Association of Ontario

Dare to Age Well! Healthy Aging
The Dare to Age Well! CD is a collection of 54 publications and over 100 photos presenting the many aspects of healthy aging in Canada. It contains publications from Health Canada, in particular from the Division of Aging and Seniors, and others resulting from Federal/Provincial/Territorial collaboration.
Source: Health Canada

Does Age Matter?: Law and Relationships Between Generations
Age is often used as a distinguishing characteristic in Canadian law. The Law Commission of Canada wants to encourage governments and other institutions to review their use of age as a criterion in laws and the administration of laws to ensure that they are achieving their objectives and are appropriately targeted to the right population; that they aren't using false categories based on stereotypes of certain age groups or assumptions about a standard life course
Source: Law Commission of Canada.

Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide
This website explains how to best use Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating. It will help you make food choices for healthier eating every day.
Source: Health Canada

Elements of Mobility as Predictors of Survival in Elderly Patients with Dementia:
This research paper identifies elements of mobility that predict survival in elderly people with dementia in Canada. Poor mobility is postulated to affect survival both by increasing the risk of falls and through secondary diseases related to immobility.

End of Life Care for Seniors <abbr>CD</abbr>
This <abbr>CD</abbr>, produced by Health Canada's Division of Aging and Seniors, provides practical information for heath care and social service providers, seniors, family caregivers and the general public on subjects related to living and dying well, maintaining comfort, and sustaining caregivers.

Enhancing Safety and Security for Canadian Seniors: Setting the Stage for Action
This report focuses on the issue of safety and security for older Canadians. It addresses three specific components of safety and security: injuries, predominantly in relation to falls, elder abuse, and crime.
Source: Health Canada

Food Safety for Older Adults
This booklet explains safe food cooking temperatures, food storage and high-risk foods.
Source: Canadian Partnership for Consumer Food Safety Education.

Go for it: A guide to choosing and using assistive devices
A thorough and useful document designed to encourage seniors to explore all the assistive devices at their disposal. It offers tips on figuring out what you need, where to obtain it and how to get financial help if you need it.
Source: Government of Canada. Health Canada.

Government of Canada Responds to Final Report of the Special Senate Committee on Aging
The Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister of State (Seniors), tabled in the Senate the Government of Canada's Response to the final report of the Special Senate Committee on Aging.
Source: Human Resources and Skills Development

Guide to Access Health Care Benefits and Veterans Independence Program (<abbr>VIP</abbr>)
This guide provides information on the benefits and services available through the <abbr>VAC</abbr> Health Care Benefits Program and the Veterans Independence Program (<abbr title="Veterans Independence Program">VIP</abbr>)

Healthy Living - Seniors
Health Canada has several publications and information to help you make informed choices about your health.
Source: Health Canada.

Hearing Loss Info-Sheet for Seniors
Information on the causes of hearing loss, how to identify hearing loss, and offers tips on how to better communicate with and as a person who has suffered hearing loss.

Heart Disease: Info Sheet for Seniors
This information sheet answers some of the questions seniors and their families frequently ask about heart disease. It lists the warning signs and symptoms of a heart attack, suggests ways to reduce risk and presents resources where seniors can find more information. Includes a list of practical tips to healthy eating and a section about medication.

Incontinence : Silent No More
This bulletin which is part of the Health Canada series entitled Seniors Info Exchange discusses incontinence, its causes, treatment, support services, etc. This document was published in the fall of 1999.
Source: Government of Canada. Health Canada.

Innovations in Best-Practice Models of Continuing Care for Seniors
This is the final report of a three-part project to identify innovative best-practice models of continuing care for seniors. It should be of assistance to planners, practitioners, researchers and policy makers in designing programs and services that will aid seniors in achieving increased independence and a better quality of life.

Lessons In Learning: Never Too Old to Learn: Seniors and Learning in Canada
Research publication describing: why should seniors keep learning, what are some possible solutions to these barriers and what are some possible solutions to these barriers.
Source: Canadian Council on Learning