If you want to learn how to create a NORC-SSP (supportive service program) in Ontario, go to The NORC Innovation Centre.
If you want to know how to build your own aging in place support, consult the Do It Yourself Ambassadors Guide.
NORCs in Ottawa
If you want information about Oasis, an older adult-driven model of aging in place in NORCs and Oasis Ottawa.
If you want to know where adults older than 65 years are living in Ottawa, consult The Ottawa NORC Finder Map.
If you want to know what a NORC- SSP is, check out the fact sheet.
Articles/publications of interest:
National Institute on Aging, NORC Innovation Centre. (2022). Realizing the Potential of NORC Programs: Aging in the Right Place.
NORC Innovation Centre. (April 2024). A Home Care Model for Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities in Ontario.
Recknagel, J. (February 2023). The Big Idea, Help Seniors Age at Home. Macleans.
NORC Innovation Centre. (2023). Policy recommendations for 2023 City of Toronto Mayoral Candidates.
Brooks, J. (Fall 2024). How NORCY is Your Neighbourhood? what the COA has done and is doing to promote NORCs in Ottawa (Fifty-Five Plus Magazine (Ottawa).
NORCs offer older adults an alternative to Seniors Housing (Ottawa Parenting Times, Fall 2024).
Kavanagh, T. (May 2022). Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities Deserve a Boost in Ontario, Ottawa Citizen.
Old Ottawa South Community Association. (2024). Guide to Healthy Aging in the Community.
Videos to help you learn about NORCs:
Seniors for Social Action. (2024). THE NORC Program – Helping People Age in Place by Bringing Services to Where They Are – YouTube.
Seniors for Social Action. (2024). Elders Empowering Themselves: The Story of 100 Upper Madison Ave, North York.
Compassionate Ottawa. (2024). Exploring Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs).
