Patient & Caregiver Resources - Healthy Aging & Wellness

Physical activity is one of the most important things a person can do to maintain their physical and mental health and quality of life as they get older. Walking, stretching, and keeping muscles in good condition will help to maintain a person's independence.*

• Information Sheets / Guides
• Advocacy Organizations
• Support Groups
• Other Links

Information Sheets / Guides

• Aging and Mental Health - Click here
  Source: Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario
• Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living for Older Adults - Click here
  Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
• Exercise for Good Health - Click to download 
  Faire de l’exercice pour être en bonne santé - cliquer pour télécharger
  Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health
• Healthy Eating and Physical Activity: Healthy habits that last a lifetime - Click here
  Source: Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
• How to Stretch - Click to download
  Faire des étirements - cliquer pour télécharger
  Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health
• Prevention and Aging: Basics - Click to download
  Les rudiments de la prévention et du vieillissement - cliquer pour télécharger
  Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health
• Questions to Ask Your Primary Health Care Team - Click to download
  Questions à poser à votre équipe de soins de santé primaires - cliquer pour télécharger
  Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health
• Tai Chi - Click to download
  Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health
• Winning at Weight Loss - Click to download
  Gagner à perdre du poids - cliquer pour télécharger
  Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health

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Advocacy Organizations

• Active Living Coalition for Older Adults - Click here
• Canada's Association for the Fifty-Plus (CARP) - Click here

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Support Groups

• Community Care for South Hastings - Serving Belleville (including Thurlow Township), Tyendinaga Township and Deseronto and surrounding areas -  Click here
• Gananoque and Area Services to Assist Independent Living - Serving Gananoque, the Front of Yonge and Leeds and the Thousand Islands - Click here
• Land O’ Lakes Community Services - Serving Addington Highlands, including Kaladar, Flinton, Northbrook, Cloyne, Denbigh and surrounding areas - Click here
• Lennox and Addington Seniors Outreach Services - Serving Napanee and south central Lennox and Addington County - Click here 
• Mills Community Support Corporation - Serving Lanark County -  Click here
• Prince Edward County Community Care for Seniors Association - Serving Prince Edward County -  Click here
• Seniors Association Kingston Region - Serving Kingston and surrounding areas -  Click here
• Southern Frontenac Community Services - Serving rural Kingston and South Frontenac Township -  Click here

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Other Links

• Public Health Agency of Canada - Division of Aging and Seniors - Healthy Aging and Age-Friendly Communities - Click here
• Public Health Agency of Canada - Physical Activity Tips for Older Adults (65 Years and Older) - Click here
• U.S. National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging - Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults - Click here

*Source: Public Health Agency of Canada

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