Collaborating with community organizations to mobilize knowledge on healthy(ier) aging to older adults across B.C.

Improving the health and wellbeing of older adults in British Columbia (B.C.), whether living free of, or with, chronic disease, is a major public health priority. This is because declines in health and well-being have significant individual, family, social, and economic impacts. There is evidence from research studies that certain environmental, social, and life style factors may promote health as we age. Yet, there remains a wide gap in sharing this information with older adults and their care partners, especially those who are geographically or socially harder to reach. Our goal is to use multiple strategies to share research evidence related to healthy aging with all older adults in B.C., and it starts with collaborating with organizations that serve them. Through these collaborations, we will co-create an online web resource to broadly share information. We will also host healthy aging public presentation sessions and start a podcast series to enable more in-depth sharing of information and direct interaction between older adults and researchers. By sharing information on healthy aging, we aim to promote health and well-being among older British Columbians, and bridge the gap between healthspan and lifespan.