This workshop will be facilitated in a two-part series. Part one will review the importance of Advance Care Planning, and the steps involved in the process. Part two will provide an environment for informal care partners to explore the tools necessary to facilitate Advance Care Planning conversations, which will incorporate an exercise to create a portion of an advance care plan for themselves.

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding Advance Care Planning and why it is important
• Learning about the steps involved in Advance Care Planning
• Understanding what a Substitute Decision Maker is, and how to appoint a Power of
• Attorney for Personal Health, and a Power of Attorney for Property
• Recognizing what capacity and incapacity mean in Ontario
• Developing tools to facilitate Advance Care Planning conversations

 Join us on Thursday, February 19th and February 26th, 2026

Please note this workshop is only for informal care partners (friends, family, etc) who are supporting someone in earlier stages of dementia, or who has Mild Cognitive Impairment. This workshop is NOT for healthcare professionals. 

*There will be a screening component to join this series to ensure participant-program fit*. Screening will be from January 14th-January 30th, 2026

Registration deadline is Tuesday, January 13th. 

 
Series will be presented using Zoom, registration required to receive link. 

For more information, contact Tsvetty at tkolarova@alz.to