Experience in Action:
Community Programming
for Healthy Aging
Introduction
The materials were developed from a cross-Canada process designed to
gather the lessons learned from seniors' community projects funded by
Health Canada over the last 25 years. The documentation was developed
and produced by the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto,
with the participation and support of the New Horizons: Partners in
Aging program of Health Canada.
Experience in Action: A National Forum for Healthy Aging was held
between February 9 and 11, 1997, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Participants
in the Forum included representatives of seniors' organizations and community
projects that had been funded by Health Canada under the New Horizons:
Partners in Aging program. The Forum synthesized what the participants
had learned through their participation in a variety of projects across
the country. Participants also suggested actions that seniors can take
in the future to improve their well-being and to contribute to healthy
aging.
The materials are intended to facilitate the sharing of results from
the Forum. You may find it helpful to examine your current efforts in
light of these materials to see if they can be of assistance in your ongoing
work. Some of the lessons that you can draw may be helpful to you in planning
future activities.
Nine fact sheets grouping the key learnings into eight theme areas,
and identifying information sources that contributed to these materials:
1. Core Values in Seniors Programs
2. Effective Community Development
3. Partnerships
4. Participation and Leadership by Seniors
5. Volunteer Recruitment, Retention and
Recognition
6. Effective Project Management
7. Sustainability
8. Social and Community Change
9. Sources and Resources
Community Guide for Using the Forum Materials
Complete Series of New Horizons
Fact Sheets (PDF) 
The Proceedings of Experience in
Action: A National Forum for Healthy Aging, February 9 -11, 1997
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