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February 3 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
U-First!® for Care Partners
U-First!® for Care Partners is an interactive education program for informal care partners (family, friends, neighbours) who are providing direct unpaid…
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February 5 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Reframing Guilt and Anger in Caregiving
AlzeducateThis workshop is to help care partners recognize and identify the causes of guilt and anger in caregiving and develop coping strategies to reframe guilt, anger and build resilience.
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February 5 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Frontotemporal Dementia
Enhance your knowledge of young onset dementia, the unique challenges faced by the person and their families and opportunities to support someone who is living with young onset dementia.
Cost: Free
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February 12 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Finding Joy and Humour in Caregiving
This educational workshop is for care partners of individuals living with dementia with a focus on looking at the lighter side of caregiving.
Cost: Free
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February 17 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Putting You First for Care Partners
This interactive 2-hour workshop will help participants reflect on all aspects of their well-being.
Through this guided reflection process, participants will identify opportunities for change and start creating a plan to attaining better balance in their lives.
Cost: Free
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February 19 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Advanced Care Planning (2-Part Series)
This workshop will be facilitated in a two-part series. Part one will review the importance of Advance Care Planning, and…
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March 5 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Dementia Overview for Care Partners
This workshop will provide care partners with an overview of Alzheimer’s disease focusing on the importance of early diagnosis and illustrates the progression of the disease.
Cost: Free
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March 9 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
End of Life Care
This workshop is for care partners of persons in the late stage of dementia. It provides an opportunity to discuss issues regarding changes in the late stage, approaching the End-of-Life, making difficult decisions for this stage, grief and the need to take care of yourself.
Cost: Free
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March 10 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Creating Personalized Activities for Someone with Dementia
This workshop will help care partners of a person 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.
Cost: Free
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March 12 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
This workshop is for people living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and/or care partners of people living with MCI. The focus of the session will be on providing an overview of MCI and the differences between normal aging, MCI and dementia.
Cost: Free
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March 17 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Mindfulness and Meditation
This hands-on, interactive workshop is for both care partners and the person they are supporting who has dementia or cognitive change. The overarching goal is for the care partner and person with dementia or cognitive change to, together, be more relaxed and grounded at the end of the workshop.
Cost: Free
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March 19 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Reframing Guilt and Anger in Caregiving
This workshop is to help care partners recognize and identify the causes of guilt and anger in caregiving and develop coping strategies to reframe guilt, anger and build resilience.
Cost: Free
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