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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.

Monthly donations to the Alzheimer Society of Toronto

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.

A photo of an atrium at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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.

A picture of a mug of hot chocolate and marshmallows.

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. 

Circle of hands in the middle

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…

A close-up photo of a body of water at sunset.

November 21, 2024 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Mindfulness and Meditation

Virtual Event

his hands-on, interactive workshop is for care partners of people living with dementia. The overarching goal is for care partners to feel more relaxed and grounded at the end of the workshop, and to learn 1 or more relaxation and meditation techniques to continue to use on their own.

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November 21, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

EASE Session 3: Tips in Supporting People with Dementia

Virtual Event

It is empowering to have a tool belt of resources at our fingertips. In this session we explore various methods we can use to provide a positive approach to interaction.

A older man and woman in conversation.

November 21, 2024 @ 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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November 21, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Adult Child Caregiver Support Group

Virtual Event

In partnership with Providence, this monthly open support group will provide an opportunity for care partners of a parent living with dementia to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience.

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A older man and woman in conversation.

November 25, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 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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AST staff member and client talking in a support group

November 25, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Lewy Body Dementia

Alzeducate

This webinar will guide health care professionals through a review of Lewy Body Dementia. Learn about the signs and symptoms that are unique to Lewy Body Dementia, and the way in which the disease alters the brain.

Two adults talking in a support group

November 25, 2024 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Spousal Support Group

Virtual Event

This monthly support group will provide an opportunity for spousal caregivers to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience

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