March 18 @ 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. 

Cost: Free

March 18 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

What’s First Caregiver Support Group

Virtual Event

This brand-new support group was designed by AST social workers in collaboration with caregivers, people experiencing cognitive changes, and various dementia specialists to offer key insight at the start of the dementia journey for the care partner.

Cost: Free

Audiences:

March 19 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Reframing Guilt and Anger in Caregiving

Virtual Event

This workshop is to help care partners recognize and identify the causes of guilt and anger in caregiving and develop coping strategies to reframe guilt, anger and build resilience.

Cost: Free

Audiences:

March 19 @ 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.

Cost: Free

Audiences:

March 19 @ 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.

Cost: Free

Audiences:

March 20 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Explore the Wonders of Virtual Reality Together

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

Join us for a relaxed and engaging virtual reality session designed for people living with mild dementia.

Cost: Free

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March 21 @ 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.

March 24 @ 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.

Cost: Free

Audiences:

March 26 @ 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. 

Cost: $87.00

March 26 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Advanced Care Planning (2-Part Series)

Virtual Event

This workshop will be facilitated in a two-part series. Part one will review the importance of Advance Care Planning, and…

Cost: Free

Audiences:

March 26 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Scarborough General Caregiver Support Group

Mid-Scarborough Hub 2658 Eglinton Ave E, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

This in-person monthly caregiver support group will provide 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.

Cost: Free

Audiences:

March 26 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

East End Friends

Mid-Scarborough Hub 2658 Eglinton Ave E, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Join our monthly social at our Mid-Scarborough Hub, 2658 Eglinton Ave E. Scarborough.

Cost: Free