11 Courses
Driving and Dementia Webinar March 2023
Recognize how dementia impacts one’s driving ability and identify warning signs that the person with dementia should stop driving
Intended Audience: Family Care Partners
Previously Recorded Webinars
Webinar: LTC series For Care partners – Session 1- Considering Long Term Care
This educational workshop aims to give care partners an overview of issues related to long-term care (LTC). The goal is for care partners to learn about how the decision for LTC could have an impact on them, understand the application process and to learn to cope with the transition.
Intended audience: Family Care Partners
Webinar: LTC series For Care partners – Session 2- Adjusting to Long Term Care, August 2023
This educational workshop aims to give care partners an overview of issues related to long-term care (LTC). The goal is for care partners to learn about how the decision for LTC could have an impact on them, understand the application process and to learn to cope with the transition.
Intended audience: Family Care Partners
Webinar: LTC series For Care partners – Session 3- Resident's Rights, May 2023
This educational workshop aims to give care partners an overview of issues related to long-term care (LTC). The goal is for care partners to learn about how the decision for LTC could have an impact on them, understand the application process and to learn to cope with the transition.
Intended audience: Family Care Partners
Previously Recorded Webinars
Understanding Behaviours in Dementia, October 2023
This workshop provides an overview of behaviours in dementia and communicating in a supportive manner. It will focus on providing participants with the knowledge of how behaviours and communication can change over the course of the disease and ways to supportively communicate with a person living with dementia.
Intended Audience: Family Care Partners
Substance Use Disorders in Dementia Series
Participants will learn about the neurobiology of addiction and how persons living with dementia respond to substance use. Participants will also learn how to spot withdrawal from a substance and how to support a managed approach for substance use in a person living with dementia. Participants will be able to plan for transition to care by supporting tapering or stopping a substance for preoperative and perioperative care and or transition to long term care.
Part 1 Alcohol
Part 2 Cannabis
Part 3 Nicotine
Intended Audience: Family Care Partners
3Ds: Dementia, Delirium, Depression, June 2023
Learn about the 3 D's - Delirium, Depression and Dementia and how you can support the person you are caring for when they are experiencing any of these conditions.
Learning Objectives:
Define delirium, depression and dementia
Identify risks factors and causes
Understand the importance of accurate identification of the 3 D's
Identify strategies to address the 3 D's
Intended audience: Family Care Partners
Previously Recorded Webinars
Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) August 2023
This webinar reviews the differences between normal aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and Dementia. It also discusses how MCI impacts individuals and their families, as well as ways to optimize cognitive health.
Intended Audience: People Living with MCI and Family Care Partners
Webinar: Meaningful Activities August 2023
This webinar helps care partners of a person living with dementia in mid-to-late stages to develop and participate in meaningful activities. The goal is to provide practical ideas on how participants can spend quality time together by identifying and drawing upon the person’s remaining strengths.
Intended Audience: Family Care Partners
Support for Care Partners June 2023
This webinar will cover the emotions in caregiving, impact of caregiving, and community programs and supports available to support you in your role as care partner.
Intended Audience: Family Care Partners
Previously Recorded Webinars
Communication for Care Partners, June 2023
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: Family Care Partners
