Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORC)
Reference Library
Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J081V03N03_02
Report by University Health Network:
https://www.healthcareexcellence.ca/media/noubvdoa/cs_norcs_accessible_eng.pdf
A Home Care Model for Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities in Ontario:
https://norcinnovationcentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/A-Home-Care-Model-for-NORCs-in-Ontario.pdf
It's Time to Unleash the Power of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities in Canada:
https://norcinnovationcentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/NORC-Report-FINAL.pdf
Oasis Senior Supportive Living: Description of a Novel Aging-in-Place Model in Ontario:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36897315/
Enabling Aging in Place:
https://www.healthcareexcellence.ca/media/clnnwfq4/oasis_promising_practice_accessible_en.pdf
Identification and engagement of naturally occurring retirement communities to support healthy aging in Canada:
https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-022-03045-z
Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities: A Scoping Review:
https://aging.jmir.org/2022/2/e34577
The Impact of a naturally occurring retirement community supportive services program on older adult participants' social networks:
https://aging.jmir.org/2022/4/e37617/
Information on the NORC Ambassador Program:
https://norcambassadors.ca/about/
Reimagining Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities for 21st Century Cities (Womens' College Hospital): https://www.womensacademics.ca/womens-age-lab/norcs/
Designing with Older Adults: How University Health Network's NORC Innovation Centre is creating an integrated health and social care community for seniors residing in naturally occurring retirement communities: https://ijic.org/articles/10.5334/ijic.ICIC23178
A portrait of older adults in naturally occurring retirement communities in Ontario, Canada: A population‐based study
Hey Neighbour Collective Feature: Where Social Connection Becomes Care
https://www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/2026/01/hnc-feature-where-social-connection-becomes-care/
Reimagining Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities for 21st Century Cities
https://www.womensacademics.ca/womens-age-lab/norcs/
Investigating the built environment surrounding naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) in Toronto
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140525001781
Essential Features for Empowering NORCs in Your Community: Rapid Review
https://utjph.com/index.php/utjph/article/view/44204
Leveraging Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) to Advance Aging in Place: A Community-Based Model for Ontario
Aging in a Vertical City
https://norcinnovationcentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/Aging-in-a-Vertical-City-Report-FINAL-1.pdf
A Multidimensional Framework for Examining the Potential of Housing Cooperatives to Promote Aging in Place