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July 14, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Self-Care (for Care Partners)

Virtual Event

This interactive workshop is designed to help care partners of people living with dementia recognize the importance of self-care.

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July 14, 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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July 15, 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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July 15, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

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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July 16, 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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July 17, 2025 @ 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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July 17, 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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July 17, 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 diagnosed with OR suspected of having cognitive impairment to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience.

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July 19, 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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July 21, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Coping with Death and Grief

Virtual Event

Losing someone who had dementia can be a unique and complex experience for those who cared for them. This presentation will explore these issues, identify various approaches to grief, and suggest ways for care partners to cope with loss.

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July 24, 2025 @ 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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July 24, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Unpacking Denial in Dementia

Virtual Event

The focus of the session will be on exploring the concept of denial and anosognosia, how it impacts persons with dementia and their care partners, and strategies for assisting families.