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SUMMARY:Creating Personalized Activities for Someone with Dementia
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will help care partners of a person with dementia 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. \n  \nLearning Objectives: \n\nUnderstand the importance of meaningful activities for people with dementia\nDemonstrate importance of sensory stimulation for people with dementia\nEmploy additional strategies and resources for creating meaningful activities for people with dementia\n\nPlease 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. \nWorkshop will be presented using Zoom\, registration required to receive link. \n 
URL:https://alz.to/calendar/creating-personalized-activities-for-someone-with-dementia-2/
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SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will review the importance of Advance Care Planning\, and the steps involved in the process. \n  \nLearning Objectives: \n\nUnderstanding Advance Care Planning and why it is important\nLearning about the steps involved in Advance Care Planning\nUnderstanding what a Substitute Decision Maker is\, and how to appoint a Power of Attorney for Personal Health\, and a Power of Attorney for Property\nRecognizing what capacity and incapacity mean in Ontario\n\n  \nPlease 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.  \n  \nWorkshop will be presented online using Zoom\, registration required to receive link. 
URL:https://alz.to/calendar/advance-care-planning-4/
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SUMMARY:Understanding Behaviours and Supportive Communication
DESCRIPTION: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. \n  \nLearning Objectives:\n• Learning how dementia impacts communication\n• Recognizing that behaviour is a form of communication\n• Discussing how to identify the meaning of behaviours in dementia and ways to offer support\n\n\n  \nPlease 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.\n\n\n  \nWorkshop will be presented using Zoom\, registration required to receive link.
URL:https://alz.to/calendar/understanding-behaviours-and-supportive-communication-12/
LOCATION:https://alz.to/calendar/understanding-behaviours-and-supportive-communication-12/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alzheimer Society of Toronto":MAILTO:info@alz.to
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261222T100000
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Special Occasions
DESCRIPTION:This event includes a workshop that explores the unique challenges of celebrating holidays and special occasions when supporting someone with dementia\, followed by a support group. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nIncrease awareness of dementia-related changes that may lead to feelings of loss for family and friends during holidays and special occasions\nPlanning special occasions that respect the changing abilities of the person with dementia\nDeveloping strategies for meaningful communication with the person with dementia\nConnect with others caregivers\n\n  \nPlease 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. \n  \nWorkshop will be presented using Zoom\, registration required to receive link. 
URL:https://alz.to/calendar/celebrating-special-occasions-3/
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