For senior-serving organizations and groups
We have a range of services to educate, train, and advocate for changes. Connect with us today to get more information on these services!
Free Membership
Membership in Community Links is open to seniors groups and senior serving organizations as well as community members. Explore our benefits, or sign up right away!
Coalition Support
Aging Well Together Coalitions
Connecting agencies and individuals who are interested in making communities more age-friendly and in promoting healthy aging.
Workshops/ Training
For more information, or to arrange a session for your group, please contact our provincial office toll free at 1-855-253-9355 or by emailing info@nscommunitylinks.ca.
Home Support Exercise Program
This program introduces ten simple, yet progressive exercises that help maintain strength, balance and flexibility. If you work with seniors on a regular basis, you may want to take an HSEP training session from one of our certified trainers.
Retirement – It’s more than just the money
The session explores social connections before and after retirement, and how we can plan to stay connected amid life’s changes.
Mobility: Now You’re Going Places
These workshops cover such topics as how can you tell that you need an assistive device, whether you should consider a cane or walker, what is the proper height for a cane or walker, the importance of bathroom grab bars, and other assistive devices in the home, and information on where to obtain assistive devices.
Seniors and Gambling
The presentations include a dramatic skit put on by volunteer actors about how friends might approach someone with a gambling problem.
Mental Wellness
This session starts with a dramatic presentation followed by a discussion of some of the factors that may help us achieve a more positive outlook and a sense of well-being.
Reviving Rural Volunteerism
This workshop includes a Powerpoint presentation about changing trends in volunteering and discusses how the “baby boomers” and younger generations tend to look for different volunteer experiences than older generations.
Falls Prevention at NSCC
The training provides a detailed discussion of the factors that increase the risk of falls, as well as case studies and group discussion of how falls can be both predicted and prevented.
Presentations
We have several presentations to provide helpful information to the seniors your organization serve.
To request a presentation for your group, or to get copies of our illustrated chart or brochure, contact Community Links toll free at 1-855-253-9355 or by emailing admin@nscommunitylinks.ca.
Fitness in the Kitchen
Community Links developed Fitness in the Kitchen with the help of physiotherapists. It is a series of 8 basic exercises for strength, flexibility and balance that can be done anywhere in the home – including the kitchen! Download the Fitness in the Kitchen Chart
Fall Prevention
Our presentation covers the factors that put us a risk of falling, and provides helpful tips about how to reduce the risk, including becoming more physically active, removing falls hazards from the home, and working to change hazards in the outdoor environment.
Vision and Falls Prevention
Community Links offers presentations that highlight some common changes that happen to our vision as we age and how to accommodate them in our daily lives.
Publications
E-Bulletin
By becoming a member of Community Links, you will be subscribed to our monthly province wide E-bulletin. Additionally, we may send you region specific news and events.
Our E-bulletin includes the latest provincial events, workshops, volunteer opportunities etc… from our members, partners and interested individuals.
View our latest E-bulletin and past issues.
If your group or community would like to share information about a project, service or program that you have introduced or are involved in within your community, we would love to hear about it at info@nscommunitylinks.ca.
Aging Well Calendar
Our calendar team offers an Aging Well calendar for free every year for older adults, their families and age-friendly communities in Nova Scotia.
The Aging Well Calendar is not only a calendar. It serves a guidebook with valuable information, a journal to reflect on everyday life, and a detailed emergency contact list for elderly people in Nova Scotia.
Take a look at our 2021 Aging Well Calendar.
View all of our calendars.
Newsletter
Other Support
What’s next for your club or organization?
This program can help your group to examine your assets and your role in the community, and then decide what is needed to take the next step.
Contact Us
We are developing more programs to help your organization and Nova Scotian seniors.
Contact us directly to find out what support your organization needs, and help us develop our programs.