11 Courses
Webinar: Person-Centred Care, September 19, 2024
This workshop will introduce you to the idea of person-centred care and provide you with time to reflect on and discuss with others how to use person-centred care in your work. You are encouraged to identify actions you can take to provide person-centred care to the people you support. This is an interactive session. Your participation will be encouraged.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: September 19, 2024 at 5pm-6pm ET
Upcoming Live Webinars
Webinar: Speaker Series Event - The Power of Physical Activity and Social Connection : A Panel Discussion, September 20, 2024
In recognition of World Alzheimer’s Day on September 21st, this session will explore the impact that physical activity and social connection can have on overall brain health and well-being – especially for people living with dementia.
Panel Details:
Hosted by: Vanessa Barnes, Active Living Coordinator-Alzheimer Society Sarnia
Panelist: Laura Middleton is an Associate Professor and the Schlegel Research Chair in Dementia and Active Living in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo and the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging.
Special guests with lived dementia experience: Diana and Brent Anderson, Eleanor Probizanski and Chris Morasse
Intended Audience:
General public, including people living with dementia, care partners, and health care professionals.
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Webinar: Aging and the Senses, September 23, 2024
This presentation will cover sensory changes that occur with aging, reflecting on what a person may experience physically as they age, and identifying issues related to activities of daily living and/or instrumental activities of daily living for aging clients/residents.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: September 23, 2024 at 3pm-4pm ET
Webinar: Working in Long Term Care Series: Session 3: Oral Care in Dementia, September 24, 2024
Learn about strategies to support the person living with dementia and their care partner(s) as they adjust to moving to Long Term Care.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: September 24, 2024 at 1pm-2pm ET
Webinar: Working in Long Term Care Series: Session 4: Personal Care in Long Term Care, October 1, 2024
Learn about strategies to support the person living with dementia and their care partner(s) as they adjust to moving to Long Term Care.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: October 1, 2024 at 1pm-2pm ET
Webinar: Overview of Young Onset Dementia, October 4, 2024
Enhance your knowledge of young onset dementia, the unique challenges faced by the person and their care partners and strategies to support someone who is living with young onset dementia.
Intended Audience: Health Care Providers
Date: October 4, 2024 at 11am-12pm ET
Webinar: Dementia and Developmental Disabilities, October 29, 2024
Enhance your knowledge of Developmental Disabilities (DD) and Dementia. Risk for dementia appears to be five times higher for people with DD compared to the general population. This workshop will explore the unique challenges faced by the person and their families and opportunities to support someone who is living with developmental disabilities and dementia. Recognize different ways in which communication occurs and explain how communication changes in a person with dementia. Learn about strategies that can support communication and recognize the benefits of validating a person’s feelings when trying to communicate.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: October 29, 2024 at 2pm-3pm ET
Webinar: Communication for Health Care Providers, November 6, 2024
This webinar will focus on providing participants with the knowledge of how communication can change over the course of the disease and ways to supportively communicate with a person living with dementia. Learning Objectives: Understand communication basics, recognize the impact dementia has on communication, and develop strategies to improve communication.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: November 6, 2024, at 3pm-4pm ET
Webinar: Person-Centred Care, November 11, 2024
This workshop will introduce you to the idea of person-centred care and provide you with time to reflect on and discuss with others how to use person-centred care in your work. You are encouraged to identify actions you can take to provide person-centred care to the people you support. This is an interactive session. Your participation will be encouraged.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: November 11, 2024 at 5pm-6pm ET
Webinar: Dementia Friendly Environments, November 12, 2024
Learn how the symptoms of dementia can impact the way in which people engage and interact with their surrounding environment. This webinar will help to enhance your knowledge of what makes an environment dementia friendly, and review strategies that can be implemented to support a person living with dementia in the place where they live.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: November 12, 2024 at 11am-12pm ET
Webinar: Lewy Body Dementia: An Overview, November 25, 2024
This webinar will guide health care professionals through a review of Lewy Body Dementia. Learn about the signs and symptoms that are unique to Lewy Body Dementia, and the way in which the disease alters the brain. Supportive care strategies and treatment options that can be used to support someone living with Lewy Body Dementia will be discussed.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: November 25, 2024 at 11am-12pm ET
