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.

Learning Objectives:

• Learning how dementia impacts communication

• Recognizing that behaviour is a form of communication

• Discussing how to identify the meaning of behaviours in dementia and ways to offer support

Please note this workshop is only for informal care partners (friends, family, etc) of a person living with dementia. This workshop is NOT for healthcare professionals.

 

This workshop will be help in-person and virtually in collaboration with the Scotiabank Learning Centre at Providence. Please register through any of the following methods below:

Via Phone: 416-285-3666 x 54177
Via Email: ScotiabankLearningCentre.PHC@unityhealth.to

Location: 1 floor – Scotiabank Learning Centre B156/B157 st
(Enter through the main entrance and head down to the 1 floor)

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