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January 11, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Dementia Foundations

Virtual Event

This 3-hour course will provide you with a foundation of dementia, enabling you to enhance your knowledge in providing quality care for persons living with dementia.

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January 13, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

U-First! (for Health Care Professionals) – Special Funding

Alzheimer Society of Toronto Head Office 20 Eglinton Ave West, 16th floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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January 13, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

The Golden Thread Choir

St. Andrew's United Church 117 Bloor St E, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join the Golden Threads Choir for an enriching in-person singing series, designed for individuals living with dementia and their care partners. Led by acclaimed musician Robin Dann, this program explores the joy of making music together, fostering connection and creativity.

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January 13, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Art Therapy: Group Art Therapy Sessions

Alzheimer Society of Toronto Head Office 20 Eglinton Ave West, 16th floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Art therapy is a mental health profession that combines the process of creative art expression with models of counselling and psychotherapy to enhance emotional, physical, and mental well-being.

RCM Rebanks Fellowship musicians

January 13, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Royal Conservatory – Rebanks Fellows Concert

Royal Conservatory of Music 273 Bloor Street W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency Program at The Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School is the only one of its kind in Canada, offering a rich curriculum for career development. Alumni of the program grace the world’s great stages, including Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall and Koerner Hall, and perform with major orchestras in Canada and abroad.

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January 13, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Lewy Body Dementia Caregiver Support Group

Virtual Event

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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January 14, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

BSO Self-Care Series – Session 2: Navigating Difficult Conversations

Virtual Event

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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January 15, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

The Power of Music with Steve (January)

Virtual Event

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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January 15, 2025 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

The Community Connections Cafe – Yonge and Eglinton

Alzheimer Society of Toronto Head Office 20 Eglinton Ave West, 16th floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Community Connections Café is a welcoming space where people with memory loss or Dementia, and their care partners, can come to connect with others and support their brain health while socializing. 

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January 16, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Learning to Live with Ambiguous Loss and Grief

Virtual Event

Explore the concept of ambiguous loss, develop coping strategies and gain understanding of feelings of grief when caring for a person with dementia.

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January 16, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Frontotemporal Dementia Caregiver Support Group

Virtual Event

This monthly support group will provide an opportunity for care partners of individuals living with Frontotemporal dementia to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience.

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January 16, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Adult Child Caregiver Support Group

Virtual Event

This monthly open support group will provide an opportunity for care partners of a parent living with dementia to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience.

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