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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.

Audiences:

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January 16, 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 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.

Audiences:

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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.

Audiences:

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January 20, 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 20, 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.

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January 21, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

TEACH Program (Training, Education, and Assistance for Caregiving at Home)

Virtual Event

The TEACH Program consists of 4 weekly group sessions that focuses on common caregiving themes; self-care, healthcare system navigation, relationship changes and future planning. The program coaches care partners in practical communication and coping skills, and provides an opportunity to share and learn from other care partners.

Audiences:

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January 21, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

AGO Art Talk Museum Tour

Virtual Event

Join us for an engaging virtual art talk and more in-depth experience of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). The AGO Art Educator will help participants explore their collection through conversation, exchanging ideas and observations about the selected artworks.
This program is designed for people living with dementia and their caregivers. The virtual art talk is facilitated by an experienced AGO Art Educator.

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January 22, 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!