Resources

Community

Planning for Healthy Aging (Government of British Columbia)

South Vancouver Senior’s Hub

South Vancouver Neighbourhood House

West End Seniors Network

Publications

Population attributable fraction of type 2 diabetes due to physical inactivity in adults: a systematic review. Al Tunaiji H, Davis JC, Mackey DC, Khan KM.
BMC Public Health. 2014;14(1):469.

150 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week predicts survival and successful ageing: a population-based 11-year longitudinal study of 12 201 older Australian men. Almeida OP, Khan KM, Hankey GJ, Yeap BB, Golledge J, Flicker L.
British journal of sports medicine. 2014;48(3):220-225.

Correlates of physical activity: why are some people physically active and others not? Bauman AE, Reis RS, Sallis JF, Wells JC, Loos RJF, Martin BW.
The Lancet. 2012;380:258-271.

Shifting Patterns of Everyday Activity in Early Dementia: Experiences of Men and Their Families. Dahlke S, Purves B, Phinney A. Journal of Family Nursing. 2013;19(3):348-374. 26

Sustained impact of community-based physical activity interventions: key elements for success. Haggis C, Sims-Gould J, Winters M, Gutteridge K, McKay H.
BMC public health. 2013;13(1):892.

Life‐Space Mobility and Mortality in Older Men: A Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Mackey DC, Cauley JA, Barrett‐Connor E, Schousboe JT, Cawthon PM, Cummings SR. 2014;62(7):1288-1296.

The Diabetes Network Internet-Based Physical Activity Intervention A randomized pilot study. McKay HG, King D, Eakin EG, Seeley JR, Glasgow RE. Diabetes care. 2001;24(8):1328-1334.

Video capture of the circumstances of falls in elderly people residing in long-term care: an observational study. Robinovitch SN, Feldman F, Yang Y, et al. Lancet. 2013;381(9860):47-54.

Strategies used by home support workers in the delivery of care to elderly clients. Sims-Gould J, Martin-Matthews A. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement. 2010;29(01):97-107.

Winters M, Voss C, Ashe MC, Gutteridge K, McKay H, Sims-Gould J. Social Science & Medicine. 2014: May;133: 304-12.

Neighbourhood vitality and physical activity among the elderly: The role of walkable environments on active ageing in Barcelona, Spai

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