For Seniors, By Seniors: Community Conversations

This project aims to create a virtual gathering space connecting seniors with each other and experts to address the issues that matter most to them when it comes to aging in place healthily and safely. 

Falls in seniors

Key strategies and resources to help older adults prevent falls and the importance of fall prevention with Canada’s aging population.

Seniors' Fall Prevention and the Social Determinants of Health: A Social Policy Lens (2019)

Produced by the Atlantic Collaborative on Injury Prevention (ACIP), this document:

  • Provides background information on fall-related injuries among seniors;
  • Highlights the social determinants of health and the evidence linking them to seniors’ fall prevention;
  • Discusses activities that seek to address the social determinants of health in preventing falls among seniors; and, lastly,
  • Highlights current seniors’ fall prevention initiatives by each Atlantic province and provides examples of social policies that could enhance and/or complement seniors’ fall prevention efforts.

Tips for caregivers to help seniors stay active during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

While spending more time at home, seniors may develop a routine with less daily physical activity. Here’s how caregivers can support seniors to stay active and help them prevent falls.

Seniors' Falls in Canada (Second report, 2014)

This report provides policy makers, researchers, community programmers and practitioners with current national information to prevent falls among seniors.

Cost of injury - Falls in seniors infographic

This infographic presents the costs and causes of fall injuries in seniors. All data from the 2021 Cost of Injury in Canada report.

Better Vision for Seniors: A Public Health Imperative (2017)

Canadian Association of Optometrists Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities

Medication Use and Seniors (2017)

Canadian Medical Association policy update 2017.