8 Courses
Webinar: LTC series for Care partners – Session 1- Considering Long Term Care, April 18, 2024
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
Date: April 18, 2024 at 10:00am-11:30am ET
Webinar: LTC series for Care partners – Session 2- Adjusting to Long Term Care, April 25, 2024
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
Date: April 25, 2024 at 10:00am-11:30pm ET
Webinar: Loss and Grief, April 30, 2024
Explore the concept of ambiguous loss, develop coping strategies and gain understanding of feelings of grief when caring for a person living with dementia.
Intended audience: Family Care Partners
Date: April 30, 2024 at 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Webinar: LTC series for Care partners – Session 3- Resident's Rights, May 2, 2024
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
Date: May 2, 2024 at 10:00am-11:30am ET
Webinar: Meaningful Activities, May 6, 2024
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
Date: May 6, 2024 at 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Upcoming Live Webinars
Webinar: Speaker Series Event - Sex and Gender Differences in Dementia, May 7, 2024
Both sex and gender can shape a person’s dementia experience, from prior to onset, through treatment and beyond.
Researchers now recognize that both sex and gender are important characteristics to consider when examining dementia outcomes and care needs.
Join us on May 7th for a conversation on this very subject, and the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s latest research study: The Many Faces of Dementia in Canada.
Speaker Details:
Ngozi Iroanyah, Director, Healthy Equity and Access-Alzheimer Society of Ontario
Dr. Natasha Rajah (Toronto Metropolitan University) and Dr. Gillian Einstein (University of Toronto)
Intended Audience:
General public, including people living with dementia, care partners, and health care professionals.
Webinar: Support for Care Partners, May 8, 2024
Support for Care Partners:
An introduction to being a care partner to someone living with dementia.
This presentation will provide you with ten tips that will help guide you through the first steps of being a care partner.
Intended audience: Family Care Partners
Date: May 8, 2024 at 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Webinar: Communication for Care Partners, May 22, 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: Family Care Partners
Date: May 22, 2024 at 5:00pm-6:00pm ET
