Oasis
Learn more about some of the many approaches that are helping older adults age in place with improved safety, health and quality of life outcomes.
- Topics
- Aging in place
- Cultural Safety
- Health workforce
- Audience
Healthcare leader
Person with lived/living experience
Point of care provider
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A Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORC) is a community where a large proportion of residents are older adults, typically over 60 years old, but the area was not originally designed for older adult living. NORCs Programs offer an adaptable model to meet the health and social needs of diverse and evolving naturally occurring retirement communities.
Grounded in a relational approach, NORCs encourage active participation, enabling residents to take initiative in shaping their community, strengthening neighbour-to-neighbour connections, building trusted relationships and co-creating supports and a network that enables coordinated support across community and health systems.
About this Promising Practice
Oasis works with older adults living in NORCs to identify their needs and determine the services and activities that will best support them. Programming is designed to help older adults age in their communities, with support from an on-site coordinator who helps build on the strengths of members and connect them with existing community services and programs.
Program: Enabling Aging in Place
Location: Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
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Enabling Aging in Place
Through the Enabling Aging in Place collaborative, 26 health and social service organizations worked alongside older adults, care partners and community partners to strengthen locally grounded, person-centred approaches shaped by lived experience and real-world conditions. Together, they advanced practical ways to bring care closer to home and support people to live safely and well in their communities.