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The University of Toronto's
Institute for Life Course and Aging
Presents ...

SOCIAL HEALTH & AGING

AN ONLINE WORKSHOP FOR HEALTHCARE & OTHER PROFESSIONALS

When: Mon November 4th to Sun December 1st, 2013 (4 weeks) ONLINE weekly at=
 your discretion
Cost:    $240 (Students $120) Registration Deadline: October 28th, 2013
This workshop will be offered only if there is sufficient enrolment.
Register online at: http://www.aging.utoronto.ca

Course Objectives:
* To become familiar with the social health components of older adults * To=
 be able to screen for socially unhealthy older adults * To be able to use =
social health assessment tools * To understand ways of intervention for ach=
ieving better social health for older adults in Canada

Week one: Social Health - Definitions and Theory Definitions of Social Heal=
th in late life The social components of older adults' social health: socia=
l engagement, support networks, social exclusion The health components of o=
lder adults' social health: Quality of life and well-being, Physical and me=
ntal health

Week two: Assessment - How to screen and assess socially unhealthy older ad=
ults Screening those at risk Assessment Specific tools

Week three: Intervention
What can be done to help and by whom
Evidenced-based knowledge on interventions in social health

Week four: Socially healthy aging in Canada Supportive environment Social h=
ealth for older Canadians

Instructor: Tal Spalter, PhD
Dr. Tal Spalter is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute for Life Course =
and Aging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Tal works with Profe=
ssor Lynn McDonald, Director of the Institute, on a knowledge mobilization =
project that is examining how evidence-based social pocket tools, dissemina=
ted by the National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE), are bein=
g used by various stakeholders (e.g., older adults, caregivers, clinicians)=
. Her specialties are: Aging & Gerontology Studies; Social Capital and Soci=
al Networks; Life Course Transitions; Inter-generational and Family Relatio=
nships; Quality of Life; Knowledge Translation/Exchange; and Changes in fun=
ctioning in late life.

Copyright (c) 2013 Institute for Life Course and Aging, All rights reserved=
.

Our mailing address is:
Institute for Life Course and Aging
263 McCaul Street, Suite 328
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1W7
Canada

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