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February 20, 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 living with dementia to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience.

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February 21, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Aquafit – Creative Movement Series

Elms Pool 45 Golfdown Dr., Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Aquafit is not swimming, it is a way to exercise in the water that can accommodate all ages, fitness levels, health considerations and abilities. It welcomes participants to choose their own intensity level, speed and range of motion.

Monthly donations to the Alzheimer Society of Toronto

February 22, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Palliative Care in Dementia Program

Virtual Event

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.

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February 22, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Xenia Concert – Bruce Petherick

Meridian Hall 1 Front St. East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join us at Meridian Hall for an accessible, family-friendly concert featuring Bruce Petherick! This concert is designed to support the needs of neurodivergent and disabled attendees, and Meridian Hall is a wheelchair accessible venue. Bring the whole family! Xenia Concerts welcomes all listeners.

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February 24, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Bereavement Support Group (In Collaboration with Hazel Burns Hospice)

Virtual Event

This 8-week online support group meets to provide participants with an opportunity to support each other through the grief and bereavement process. Both practical and emotional needs will be explored to help participants cope with a loss.

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February 24, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Working in Long Term Care Series: Session 1 – Adjusting to Long Term Care

Alzeducate
Virtual Event

This session will cover strategies to support persons living with dementia and their family or care partner(s). This webinar looks to address the challenges that come with the adjustment to moving to Long Term Care, to reflect on the importance of validating feelings, and learn strategies that support communication with the family members of people living with dementia.

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February 24, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

General Caregiver Support Group

Virtual Event

This ongoing monthly support group provides an opportunity for care partners of individuals living with dementia to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience.

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February 24, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Art Therapy: Group Art Therapy Sessions

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

Art 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 well-being.

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February 24, 2025 @ 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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February 26, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Minds in Motion (In-Person) 117 Bloor St E

St. Andrew's United Church 117 Bloor St E, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Minds in Motion® is an evidence-based program that includes physical activity, socialization, and mentally stimulating activities for people living with dementia and their care partners to participate in together.

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February 26, 2025 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

General Caregiver Support Group

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

This in-person 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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Two adults talking in a support group

February 27, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

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.