Global searching is not enabled.
Skip to main content

8 Courses

Maximizing Your Brain Health: Tips from a Behavioural Neurologist
Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners
Preview Course

Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners

Maximizing Your Brain Health: Tips from a Behavioural Neurologist

Research is showing us that we do have control over some of the risk factors for developing dementia. We know that maintaining our cardiovascular health as we age is important, and just as important is how we keep our brains healthy. This on-demand learning module will review concepts of brain health, normal aging, and what we can do to maximize brain health as we age, including the importance of keeping socially connected.

Presenter: Dr. Alex Henri-Bhargava

Medication Overuse in Older Adults and its Link to Dementia
Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners
Preview Course

Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners

Medication Overuse in Older Adults and its Link to Dementia

This on-demand learning module will provide:

  • An overview of the Alzheimer Society and The Health Depot Pharmacy partnership.
  • An understanding of medications and associated risks for developing dementia or increasing dementia symptoms.

Presenter: Andy Donald, President of The Health Depot and Certified Geriatric Pharmacist

Intended Audience: Everyone

Dementia 101
Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners
Preview Course

Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners

Dementia 101

Learn about the difference between normal aging and dementia, the importance of a diagnosis, different types of dementia, the impact of changes to the brain, the progression of Alzheimer's disease, person-centred care and how the Alzheimer Society can help.

Intended audience: Care Partners
Language: English
Estimated Time: 60 minutes

Dementia 102: Communication
Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners
Preview Course

Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners

Dementia 102: Communication

Improve communication with the person living with dementia by learning about our desire to connect, our need for communication, how dementia changes communication and some creative communication strategies.

Intended audience: Care Partners
Language: English
Estimated time: 60 minutes
Recommended prerequisite: Dementia 101: Basics

Dementia 103: Behaviour
Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners
Preview Course

Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners

Dementia 103: Behaviour

Improve your interactions with the person with dementia by learning to understand possible causes of behaviours and strategies to respond to behaviours.

Intended audience: Care Partners
Language: English
Estimated time: 60 minutes
Recommended prerequisites: Dementia 101: Basics, Dementia 102: Communication

Finding Your Way - Living Safely in the Community
Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners
Preview Course

Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners

Finding Your Way - Living Safely in the Community

Learn how you can help people with dementia live safely within the community and how to interact with someone who might be lost.

Intended audience: Retirement home, supportive housing and paramedic staff 
Language: English
Estimated time: 60 minutes

Building Dementia-Friendly Communities
Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners
Preview Course

Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners

Building Dementia-Friendly Communities

Intended audienceEmployees of organizations in the retail (stores and restaurants), library and recreation, and public transit sectors of the community.
Language: English
Estimated time: 75 minutes (4 modules)

Learn about how organizations and their employees can help to build dementia-friendly communities where people living with dementia and their care partners feel welcomed, included and supported.

Bâtir des collectivités accueillantes pour les personnes vivant avec la maladie d'Alzheimer
Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners
Preview Course

Courses for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners

Bâtir des collectivités accueillantes pour les personnes vivant avec la maladie d'Alzheimer

Découvrez comment les organisations et leurs employés peuvent mettre en œuvre pour bâtir des collectivités dans lesquelles les personnes vivant avec la maladie d'Alzheimer et leurs proches aidants se sentent accueillis, intégrés et soutenus.

Public visé : employés d’organismes actifs dans les secteurs du commerce au détail (magasins et restaurants), des bibliothèques et des loisirs, et des transports en commun de la communauté.
Langue : Français
Durée estimée : environ 70 minutes