Calendar
Events
December 2, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fill Your Watering Can – A Botanical Wellness Program for Care Partners
Pour yourself a cup of tea and join us online for a little plant inspiration! Led by horticultural therapy practitioner and forest therapy guide Emma Rooney, this group is a supported place to get your weekly dose of nature.
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December 2, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
U-First!® for Care Partners
U-First!® for Care Partners is a new education program for family and friends who are providing direct support to someone experiencing behaviour changes as a result of dementia or other cognitive impairment.
December 3, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Drop-in Spousal Support Group
Scotiabank Learning Centre, Providence Healthcare 3276 St Clair Ave E, Scarborough, Ontario, CanadaThis monthly, drop-in support group provides an opportunity for spouses caring for a person living with dementia to come together and support each other through the caregiving experience.
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December 3, 2024 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Understanding Behaviours and Supportive Communication
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.
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December 3, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
General Caregiver Support Group
This monthly caregiver support group will provide an opportunity for caregivers/partners of individuals living with dementia to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience.
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December 4, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The Power of Music with Steve – Virtual Music Program
This program explores different musical genres though live musical performances, and engaging conversations such as music on Broadway, music and meditation, great composers, jazz, musical improvisation, and music and memories! It is an hour of pure joy and fun!
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December 5, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Living with Ambiguous Loss Support Group
This 4-week online caregiver support group will provide an opportunity for care partners of individuals living with dementia to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience, with a structured focus on the concept of “Ambiguous Loss”.
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December 5, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Long-Term Care Caregiver Support Group
This monthly caregiver support group will provide an opportunity for caregivers of individuals living with dementia residing in long-term care to come together to share personal feelings and support each other through the caregiving experience.
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December 6, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA) Training
Alzheimer Society of Toronto Head Office 20 Eglinton Ave West, 16th floor, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaGPA Basics is a 4 module evidence-based education session designed for team members who care for older adults who display responsive behaviours associated with dementia.
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December 7, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
U-First! (for Health Care Professionals) – Special Funding
U-First!® is a training program that helps non-registered health care providers develop a common knowledge base, language, values and approach to caring for people with Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive impairment by understanding the person and associated behaviour changes, and working as a team to develop individualized support strategies.
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December 7, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Xenia Concert: Meridian Hall
Meridian Hall 1 Front St. East, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin us to experience the music of Duo Perdendosi! Consisting of pianist Tong Wang and violinist Maitreyi Muralidharan, Duo Perdendosi thrills audiences with immersive musical stories and fairy tales, with music by Sergei Prokofiev, Fazil Say, Leoš Janáček, and Joe Hisaishi!
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December 9, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fill Your Watering Can – A Botanical Wellness Program for Care Partners
Pour yourself a cup of tea and join us online for a little plant inspiration! Led by horticultural therapy practitioner and forest therapy guide Emma Rooney, this group is a supported place to get your weekly dose of nature.
Audiences:
December 9, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
U-First!® for Care Partners
U-First!® for Care Partners is a new education program for family and friends who are providing direct support to someone experiencing behaviour changes as a result of dementia or other cognitive impairment.
December 9, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Lewy Body Dementia Caregiver Support Group
This ongoing monthly support group provide an opportunity for care partners of individuals living with Lewy Body Dementia to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience.
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December 10, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
BSO Self-Care Series – Session 1: Self-Care for Professionals Toolkit
This 4-session series explores the different issues Frontline Health Care Providers may experience when providing care to People Living with Dementia. In this series of workshops, participants will receive information on a variety of self care topics in addition to learning tips and strategies on how to work better as a team with the aim of enhancing client care.
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December 10, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Explore Art with Jano (ONLINE)
Join us with your curiosity and come ready to share thoughts and ideas. Our final session in the series about female artists and abstraction will present the work of Irene Rice Pereira, whose crowded and often industrial looking compositions defied expectations about what female painters should depict during the first half of the XX century.
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