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December 3, 2024 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Understanding Behaviours and Supportive Communication

Virtual Event

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

Virtual Event

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 5, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Long-Term Care Caregiver Support Group

Virtual Event

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, Canada

GPA 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

Virtual Event

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, Canada

Join 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 @ 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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December 10, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

BSO Self-Care Series – Session 1: Self-Care for Professionals Toolkit

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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December 10, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Explore Art with Jano (ONLINE)

Virtual Event

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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December 10, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease Dementia

Alzeducate
Virtual Event

This webinar will provide an overview of these two rarer types of dementia. It will provide attendees the opportunity to understand the unique symptoms, criteria for diagnosis and support needs for both the person living with these brain changes and their care partners.

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December 11, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Mid-Town Social

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

Mid-Town Social focuses on social wellness for people with Dementia and their care partners. In this series, we create purposeful connections among people who are on similar journeys while engaging in a variety of engaging activities including art making, games, creative movement, cooking, meaningful conversations and more.

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December 12, 2024 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

General Caregiver Support Group

Virtual Event

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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