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The focus of the session will be on exploring significant sources of conflict for families dealing with dementia and strategies for assisting families, building on strengths and resilience.

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Identifying family dynamics and their effects on families
  • Exploring significant sources of conflict for families dealing with dementia
  • Reviewing strategies for assisting families, building on strength and resilience

 

Please note this workshop is only for informal care partners (friends, family, etc) of a person living with dementia. This workshop is NOT for healthcare professionals.


Workshop will be presented using Zoom, registration required to receive link.

This workshop will review the importance of Advance Care Planning, and the steps involved in the process.

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding Advance Care Planning and why it is important
  • Learning about the steps involved in Advance Care Planning
  • Understanding what a Substitute Decision Maker is, and how to appoint a Power of Attorney for Personal Health, and a Power of Attorney for Property
  • Recognizing what capacity and incapacity mean in Ontario

 

Please note this workshop is only for informal care partners (friends, family, etc) of a person living with dementia. This workshop is NOT for healthcare professionals. 

 

Workshop will be presented online using Zoom, registration required to receive link. 

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.

 

Learning Objectives:
• Learning how dementia impacts communication
• Recognizing that behaviour is a form of communication
• Discussing how to identify the meaning of behaviours in dementia and ways to offer support

 

Please note this workshop is only for informal care partners (friends, family, etc) of a person living with dementia. This workshop is NOT for healthcare professionals.

 

Workshop will be presented using Zoom, registration required to receive link.
This workshop is to help care partners recognize and identify the causes of guilt and anger in caregiving and developing coping strategies to reframe guilt, anger and build resilience.

Learning Objectives: 

  • Exploring the nature of emotions 
  • Creating space for difficult emotions such as anger and guilt in caregiving 
  • Strategies to cope with challenging emotions 

 

Please note this workshop is only for informal care partners (friends, family, etc) of a person living with dementia. This workshop is NOT for healthcare professionals. 

 

Workshop will be presented using Zoom, registration required to receive link. 

This workshop is an introduction to dementia, the different types of dementia, symptoms and progression of dementia, and the varying ways to support a person with dementia.

 

Learning Objectives:

 

  • Understanding dementia as an umbrella term, and the most common types of dementia
  • Reviewing dementia warning signs and the 8 A’s of dementia
  • Creating an understanding of ways to support a person with dementia through timely diagnosis, medications and quality-of-life activities
  • Learn about community services and supports

 

Please note this workshop is only for informal care partners (friends, family, etc) of a person living with dementia. This workshop is NOT for healthcare professionals.


Workshop will be presented using Zoom, registration required to receive link.

Too often, clients shared that they wish they had learned what they would learn later in their journey but much earlier, expressing how key insight on the dementia experience would have improved their overall dementia journey.
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.
Our experience tells us that the earlier you know what you know, the better your overall caregiving journey.

Each session will focus on a key theme. The following themes will be discussed:

  • Advance Care Planning-November 11th
  • Getting a Diagnosis-December 9th
  • Ontario Health at Home Supports and Respite Programs-January 13th
  • Supportive Living Environments -February 10th
  • Supporting Healthy Choices for the Person Living with Dementia and Caregiver-March 10th
  • Communication Strategies-April 14th
  • Risk and Safety-May 12th
  • Dementia Medications-June 9th
  • Care Partner and Person Living with Dementia Expressed Realities-July 14th
  • Insider Dementia Wisdom and Overview of Alzheimer Society of Toronto Services-August 11th

Should you choose to participate in this group please know that we expect you to observe the strictest confidentiality.

 

Every 2nd Wednesday of the month from 5:30pm to 7:00pm online using Zoom
(Zoom information will be provided via email at least 24-48 hours prior to the date)

 

*Disclaimer: Registration for this group closes on the Monday prior to the session. Your registration for this session does not apply to future dates. Please check your junk/spam email box if you do not receive the registration confirmation email. If you’re having trouble registering, please let us know by emailing: intake@alz.to

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS FOR INFORMAL CAREGIVERS/PARTNERS/FAMILY/FRIENDS. If you are a PAID Healthcare Provider, please see program offerings here: https://alz.to/health-care-professionals/

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. This is an opportunity to enjoy simple refreshments and make new friends in a Dementia Friendly Community Space.

The Community Connections Cafe focuses on social wellness for people with memory loss or Dementia, and their care partners. The program is informal with the intended atmosphere of a local coffee shop where participants can chat over a beverage, do something creative, or play a game.

 

Every 3rd Wednesday of the month from 2:30pm to 4:30pm In-person at our AST Head Office
Location: 20 Eglinton Ave West, 16th Floor, Toronto
(Northwest corner of Yonge and Eglinton, across the street from Yonge and Eglinton subway station. Our office tower is to the left of Metro Grocery)

 

Registration is required for this program and closes at midnight (12am) the day prior to the event.
Please specify the number of guests attending when you register. You may register up to 3 persons per 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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Opportunity to share insights with each other related to their personal caregiving experiences
  • Discuss and share different strategies regarding self-care and care for their family members (including stress, communication and responding to behaviours)
  • Learn about how others are adjusting to their own changing relationship
  • Receive updated information about dementia and the services available at the Alzheimer Society of Toronto

 

Every last Wednesday of the month from 2:30pm to 4:30pm In-person
Location: 20 Eglinton Ave West, 16th Floor, Toronto
(Northwest corner of Yonge and Eglinton, across the street from Yonge and Eglinton subway station. Our office tower is to the left of Metro Grocery)

 

*Disclaimer: Registration for this group closes on the Monday prior to the session. Your registration for this session does not apply to future dates. Please check your junk/spam email box if you do not receive the registration confirmation email. If you’re having trouble registering, please let us know by emailing: intake@alz.to

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS FOR INFORMAL CAREGIVERS/PARTNERS/FAMILY/FRIENDS. If you are a PAID Healthcare Provider, please see program offerings here: https://alz.to/health-care-professionals/

This monthly support group will provide an opportunity for spousal caregivers of individuals diagnosed with OR suspected of having cognitive impairment to come together to support each other through the caregiving experience.

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Opportunity to share insights with each other related to their personal caregiving experiences
  • Discuss and share different strategies regarding self-care and care for the person they are supporting (including stress, communication and responding to behavioural and cognitive changes)
  • Learn about how others are adjusting to and coping with their caregiving journey
  • Receive updated information about dementia and the services available at the Alzheimer Society of Toronto

 

Every last Monday of the month from 1:30pm to 3:00pm online using Zoom
(Zoom information will be provided via email at least 24-48 hours prior to the date)

 

*Disclaimer: Registration for this group closes on the Friday prior to the session. Your registration for this session does not apply to future dates. Please check your junk/spam email box if you do not receive the registration confirmation email. If you’re having trouble registering, please let us know by emailing: intake@alz.to

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS FOR INFORMAL CAREGIVERS/PARTNERS/FAMILY/FRIENDS. If you are a PAID Healthcare Provider, please see program offerings here: https://alz.to/health-care-professionals/

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Opportunity to share feelings and insights with each other related to their personal caregiving experiences
  • Discuss and share different strategies regarding self-care and care for the person they are supporting (including stress, communication and responding to behaviours)
  • Learn about how others are adjusting to their own changing relationship
  • Receive information about the services available at the Alzheimer Society of Toronto

 

Every fourth Thursday of the month from 10:00am-11:30am In-Person at the AST Mid-Scarborough Hub. 
Location: 2658 Eglinton Avenue East, Scarborough, ON, M1K 2S3 (attached to the Scarborough Center for Healthy Communities (SCHC) building).

 

*Disclaimer: Registration for this group closes on the Monday prior to the session. Your registration for this session does not apply to future dates. Please check your junk/spam email box if you do not receive the registration confirmation email. If you’re having trouble registering, please let us know by emailing: intake@alz.to

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS FOR INFORMAL CAREGIVERS/PARTNERS/FAMILY/FRIENDS. If you are a PAID Healthcare Provider, please see program offerings here: https://alz.to/health-care-professionals/