Seniors Canada On-line
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Canada's Trusted Information Source for Seniors, Caregivers, Families and Service Providers.
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A to Z Index
The A to Z Index presents a list of sites that relate to a specific subject. For example, if you were looking for anything to do with 'injuries' you would click on the letter 'I', then click on the subject 'injuries'. This would give you a list of all sites that have been assigned the subject 'injuries'.
"Lifestyle"
No information found for Yukon Territory on this subject.
The following links, however, may be of interest:
Canada
50plus.com
www.50plus.com (CARP, Canada's Association for the Fifty-Plus) is a Canadian website providing unique content, community and commerce for people over the age of 50.
Source : Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP)
Abilities Magazine
ABILITIES is Canada's foremost cross-disability lifestyle magazine. It is widely read by people with disabilities, their families, friends and professionals.
Source : Enablelink
Active Living Magazine
Healthy lifestyles for today's amuputees.
Source : Active Living Magazine
Active Living Tips: Aerobic Fitness for Older Adults (PDF Format)
Research tells us that exercise is good for all older people. Aerobic exercise is especially
good. It helps older adults move more easily and feel better. Even people in their 90s can improve their aerobic fitness.
Source : Active Living Coalition for Older Adults
Contact Information :
- Toll-Free Number: 1 800 549 9799
- Alcoa Officer Number: 416 - 423 - 2163
- Fax Number: 416 - 423 - 2112
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E-Mail :
alcoa@ca.inter.net
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Business Address :
Active Living Coalition for Older Adults
33 Laird Drive
Toronto, Ontario
M4G 3S8
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Active Living Tips: Exercise For Your Heart's Sake: It's Never Too Late (PDF Format)
You can reduce the risk of heart disease as you get older. You can do many things right now and every day to avoid heart disease. Heart disease is a "lifestyle disease" because how we choose to live affects our heart health. Daily activity over many years can help protect against heart disease.
Source : Active Living Coalition for Older Adults
Contact Information :
- Toll-Free Number: 1 800 549 9799
- Alcoa Office: 416 - 423 - 2163
- Fax: 416 - 423 - 2112
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E-Mail :
alcoa@ca.inter.net
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Business Address :
Active Living Coalition for Older Adults
33 Laird Drive
Toronto, Ontario
M4G 3S8
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Active Living Tips: Healthy Eating and Regular Physical Activity (PDF Format)
Eating a healthy diet and staying active are two
important ways to improve our health and quality of life. In combination, they slow down the progress of diabetes, heart diseases and some cancers. This article reviews some general tips on how you can keep active and healthy.
Source : Active Living Coalition for Older Adults
Contact Information :
- Toll-Free Number: 1 800 549 9799
- Alcoa Office Number: 416 - 423 - 2163
- Fax: 416 - 423 - 2112
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E-Mail :
alcoa@ca.inter.net
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Business Address :
Active Living Coalition for Older Adults
33 Laird Drive
Toronto, Ontario
M4G 3S8
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Age of Reason.com
Age of Reason strives to provide senior citizens with practical information relative to seniors lifestyles.
Before You Renovate
This information can help you move from the planning stages of your projects right through to the finishing touches. Whether it is a lifestyle renovation, a retrofit project, or a maintenance and repair renovation.
Source : Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
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
Canada's Seniors at a Glance
This site profiles our aging society including life expectancy, financial resources, diversity, spending habits, lifestyle, and levels of fitness. Includes tables and graphs.
Source : Health Canada
Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging
The mission of the Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging is to develop, encourage and promote an active, healthy lifestyle for Canadian adults that will enhance the dignity of the aging process.
Source : Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging
The Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging (CCAA)
The mission of the CCAA is to develop, encourage and promote an active, healthy lifestyle for Canadian adults that will enhance the dignity of the aging process.
Source : Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging.
Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging - Physical Activity Programs at the Centre
To develop, encourage and promote an active, healthy lifestyle for Canadian adults that will enhance the dignity of the aging process.
Source : Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging
The Care Guide - Everything under the sun for seniors' housing and care
Comprehensive guides to seniors' housing and care services including retirement homes, nursing homes, home health care, adult lifestyle retirement communities, supportive housing and palliative hospice care.
Source : Care Planning Partners Inc.
Caregiving Tips
Helping someone manage his or her diabetes can be overwhelming. Since diabetes also impacts an individual's family, chances are that as a caregiver you'll have to make changes to your lifestyle, too. We've put together some tips to help you deal with the demands of diabetes.
Source : Bayer Health Care.
Find a Dietitian
This search engine, created by the Dieticians of Canada, can help you to locate a dietician near you, specializing in a variety of fields, that can help you to live a healthier lifestyle.
Source : Dieticians of Canada
Health Promotion - Veterans Affairs Canada
Health Promotion initiatives will support, educate and involve Veterans and seniors in adopting healthy behaviors, lifestyles and foster independence.
Healthy Living
Health Canada has several publications and information to help you make informed choices about your health
Source : Health Canada.
How Do I Keep My Body and Mind Healthy?
Stresses the importance of good nutrition, physical activity, and mental activity. Includes tips for seniors on how to eat well, get active, and get involved. Prepared by the Harper Alberta Council on Aging Foundation and the Consumer Health Information Service.
Source : Government of Canada. Public Health Agency of Canada. Canadian Health Network.
I want to stay as independent as I can. What are some options for seniors' housing?
Most seniors want to live on their own, in their communities. They also want to be able to maintain their lifestyles. However, people's needs and abilities change as they get older. As a result, they may have to consider their best housing option. This Web page gives information to assist you in making these decisions.
Source : Government of Canada. Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Health Network.
Injury Prevention - Home safe home?
This article discusses some of the major causes of injury to seniors -- in the house, the yard and/or nearby walkways and sidewalks -- and some of the ways they can reduce their risk. In many cases, home injuries can be prevented by: finding out where the potential hazards lie, taking appropriate precautions and making lifestyle adjustments.
Source : Public Health Agency of Canada
Lifestyle Steps to Lower Your Blood Pressure
General information on what can you do to lower or prevent high blood pressure.
Source : Government of British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services.
Physical Activity Guide for Older Adults
The Guide provides a rainbow of physical activities that can help you have more energy, move more easily, and get stronger. It tells you how much activity you should strive for and how to get started. It also lists the many benefits of physical activity and the health risks of inactivity. This Handbook provides additional information to help you make the best use of the Guide.
Source : Government of Canada. Health Canada.
Physical activity: a fountain of youth
This Web page provides a quiz which you can take to assess your fitness knowledge.
Source : Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
Reducing The Risk of Breast Cancer
This fact sheet gives information on how you can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer. Research shows that you can lower your risk of developing the disease or dying from it by minimizing lifestyle and environmental risk factors and through breast cancer screening.
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