Calendar
Events
May 12, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Understanding Alzheimer’s: The Role of Biomarkers in Early Detection and Treatment
This webinar will focus on how rehabilitation and technology can help people living with dementia stay at home longer and live more independently.
May 8, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
East End Friends
Mid-Scarborough Hub 2658 Eglinton Ave E, Scarborough, Ontario, CanadaJoin our twice-monthly social at our Mid-Scarborough Hub, 2658 Eglinton Ave E. Scarborough.
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May 8, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
General Caregiver Support Group
This ongoing monthly support group provides an opportunity for care partners of individuals diagnosed with OR suspected of having cognitive impairment to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience.
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May 8, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Adult Child Caregiver Support Group
In partnership with Providence, this monthly open support group will provide an opportunity for care partners of a parent diagnosed with OR suspected of having cognitive impairment to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience.
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May 8, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Young Onset Dementia Caregiver Support Group
This monthly support group will provide an opportunity for care partners of a person living with young onset dementia (diagnosed before the age of 65) to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience.
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May 12, 2025 @ 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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May 13, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
Art Therapy – Individual Sessions w/ Kathleen
Mid-Scarborough Hub 2658 Eglinton Ave E, Scarborough, Ontario, CanadaArt 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 health. Kathleen Downie has facilitated many engaging art programs for the Alzheimer's Society of Toronto clients over the years and is now an art therapy student attending the Vancouver Art therapy Institute (VATI) distance program.
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May 13, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Care Partner Stress and Building Resilience
This workshop is to help care partners identify their sources of stress and develop coping strategies. The focus of the session will be on exploring the concept of resilience and ways to build care partner resilience.
May 14, 2025 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
The Scarborough Community Connections Cafe
Mid-Scarborough Hub 2658 Eglinton Ave E, Scarborough, Ontario, CanadaThe 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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May 14, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Mid-Town Social
Alzheimer Society of Toronto Head Office 20 Eglinton Ave West, 16th floor, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMid-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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May 15, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
EASE Session 2: Supporting Responsive Behaviours
The E.A.S.E program is a 4-session program developed for PSWs currently working with persons living with dementia.
This session explores at how a PLWDs past can dictate and influence behaviours in the present.
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May 15, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
TEACH Program (Training, Education, and Assistance for Caregiving at Home)
Alzheimer Society of Toronto Head Office 20 Eglinton Ave West, 16th floor, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe 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.
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