{"id":2675,"date":"2024-11-04T23:01:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T23:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2024-12-19T20:08:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:08:02","slug":"how-to-enhance-older-adult-participation-in-community-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/2024\/11\/04\/how-to-enhance-older-adult-participation-in-community-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enhance older adult participation in community programs\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Are your community events consistently attended by the same small group of older adults? Expanding participation to include a larger and more diverse audience can enhance the vibrancy and inclusivity of your programs. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join an Age Friendly Communities’ webinar on December 4 when our panel of experts will offer strategies for municipalities to increase attendance in community programs and broaden the diversity of attendees. Presenters will include Sahra-Lea Tosdevine-Tataryn, Age Friendly Strategy for Seniors Project Manager for the City of Surrey; Joanie Sima Gould, Executive Director of the Active Aging Society; and Christa Hoy, Program and Evaluation Manager with the Active Aging Research Team.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Register now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Webinar<\/strong> Objectives: <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Sharing Success<\/strong>: Showcase examples of community programs that demonstrate effective strategies for enhancing older adult engagement with local governments and community organizations.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Engage Diverse Populations<\/strong>: Discuss best practices and innovative approaches for reaching a variety of older adults across different backgrounds and demographics.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Address Recruitment Challenges<\/strong>: Identify common barriers to participation and explore practical solutions for overcoming them to increase older adult involvement.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        1. Foster Collaborative Partnerships<\/strong>: Highlight the importance of collaboration between local governments and community-based organizations to improve engagement with older adults and create impactful programming<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Are your community events consistently attended by the same small group of older adults? Expanding participation to include a larger and more diverse audience can enhance the vibrancy and inclusivity of your programs. \u00a0 Join an Age Friendly Communities’ webinar on December 4 when our panel of experts will offer strategies for municipalities to increase…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[19,28],"class_list":["post-2675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afc-webinar","tag-age-friendly-communities","tag-webinar"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":75,"label":"AFC webinar"}],"post_tag":[{"value":19,"label":"Age-friendly Communities"},{"value":28,"label":"Webinar"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Older-residents-1024x682.jpg",1024,682,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Patrick Dunne","author_link":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/author\/bchc_admin\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":75,"name":"AFC webinar","slug":"afc-webinar","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":75,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":8,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":75,"category_count":8,"category_description":"","cat_name":"AFC webinar","category_nicename":"afc-webinar","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":19,"name":"Age-friendly Communities","slug":"age-friendly-communities","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":19,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":30,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":28,"name":"Webinar","slug":"webinar","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":28,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":12,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2675"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2680,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2675\/revisions\/2680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}