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November 14, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Cantonese Peer Support Group for Care Partners

This Cantonese Peer-led Support Group provide care partners to connect with one another and learn and discuss the practical and…

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November 14, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 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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November 18, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Fill Your Watering Can – A Botanical Wellness Program for Care Partners

Virtual Event

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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November 18, 2024 @ 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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November 18, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

U-First!® for Care Partners

Virtual Event

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.

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November 19, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Dementia Foundations (Online)

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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November 19, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Palliative Care in Dementia Program

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

This training program is aimed at enhancing the knowledge of frontline staff in caring for people with dementia using a palliative care approach. This program focuses on promoting quality of life and comfort for individuals living with dementias and their families, with particular emphasis on late stage and end of life.

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November 19, 2024 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

AGO Art Talk Museum Tour

Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This is a one-hour guided tour of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) with a hands on art making program for people living with dementia and their caregivers. The tour and art program is facilitated by an experienced AGO Docent and is assisted by Alzheimer Society of Toronto Staff and Volunteers.

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November 20, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

The Power of Music with Steve – Virtual Music Program

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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November 20, 2024 @ 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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November 20, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Emily & Bernice Early Stages Support Program

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

These short-term support groups are for people living with early-stage memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, or dementia. These four-session support groups…

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November 21, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Living with Ambiguous Loss Support Group

Virtual Event

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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