The Power of Music with Steve – Music Program (6-Week Series)

Weekly on Wednesdays from August 20 – September 24 from 1:30 P.M – 3:00 P.M at St-Andrew’s United Church located at 117 Bloor St West.

 August 20th, 27th, September 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th,  2025

This program explores different musical genres through live musical performances and engaging conversations such as music on Broadway, music and meditation, great composers, jazz, musical improvisation, and music and memories! It is pure joy and fun!

Steve Koven is a composer, performer, producer, educator, and filmmaker. His band the Steve Koven Trio has toured the world for more than two decades, and they have been coined the ‘Canadian Cultural Ambassadors’. As an educator, Steve has been teaching in the Faculty of Music at Toronto’s York University, teaching Contemporary Improvisation and Jazz Piano Studies. He also teaches in the Music Department at Centennial College.

This series is appropriate for learners at all levels and provides opportunities for each participant to engage at their own pace and in their own style.

For more information about this program, please contact Kristin Bartlett or by phone at 416-389-6099

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 workshop 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 you are.

Topics Discussed:

• Getting your affairs in order
• Accessing the Specialists
• Getting an official diagnosis
• Dementia Medications
• Communicating Concerns with your doctor
• All about getting in-home support
• Three Types of Supportive Living Environments
• Respite Programs
• Financial Support
• Maximizing Your Health
• Adjust to the New Normal
• Living with Daily Risk
• Insider Dementia Wisdoms
• Care Partner Realities
• The person diagnosed – Their realities

 

A survey will be sent to the members after the workshop to get their feedback.

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/

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.

This program runs once a week for 8 weeks via Zoom.

Tuesdays from 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM from May 6 – June 24 2025
May 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, June 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th 2025

This is a great environment to establish new friendships with others who are living with similar experiences. Combining physical, mental, and social stimulation improves brain health and may slow the disease progression.

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 2nd Wednesday of the month from 12:30pm to 2:30pm In-person at our AST Mid Scarborough Hub.
Address: 2658 Eglinton Avenue East, Scarborough, ON, M1K2S3

 

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.

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.

The TEACH (Training, Education, and Assistance for Caregiving at Home) Program is a Reitman Centre caregiver program which consists of 4 weekly group sessions that are each 90 minutes long.

Learning objectives:

• Focus on common caregiving themes including; self-care, healthcare system navigation, relationship changes and future planning
• Coaches care partners in practical communication and coping skills
• Provides opportunity to share and learn from other care partners

 

Session dates:
Thursdays from 12:00pm–1:30pm, starting April 10th, ending May 1st.

• Week 1 – April 10th
• Week 2 – April 17th
• Week 3 – April 24th
• Week 4 – May 1st

Please note, participants are expected to commit to all 4 sessions listed above. Kindly register only if these dates work for you.
If this schedule does not work for you at this time, you are encouraged to check out our ongoing support groups that are available for registration month-to-month. See a list of upcoming support groups here.

 

Location: This program takes place online using Zoom.

 

Registration and an assessment appointment (in-person or via Zoom) are prerequisites. Registration closes on March 31st.
An Enhancing Care Clinician in the Social Work Department will contact you for your assessment.

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.

 

Workshop will be presented using Zoom.
Registration is required to receive the Zoom link to participate.

Explore the concept of ambiguous loss, develop coping strategies and gain understanding of feelings of grief when caring for a person with dementia.

This session is for care partners of persons living with dementia in the mid-to-late stages.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the concept of Ambiguous Loss
• Recognize the uniqueness and complexity of Ambiguous Loss
• Explore concepts for learning to live with Ambiguous Loss
• Develop an understanding of supportive services in the community

 

Workshop will be presented using Zoom.
Registration is required to receive the Zoom link to participate.

This workshop will provide care partners with an overview of Alzheimer’s disease focusing on the importance of early diagnosis and illustrates the progression of the disease.

This session is intended for care partners to a person living with dementia.

Topics:

• Gain a greater understanding of the process of diagnosis and medications available
• Develop a better, over-all understanding of dementia
• Increase your knowledge of the stages and progression of Alzheimer’s disease
• Better the caregiver’s insight into the person with dementia (PWD)
• Learn about community services and supports

 

Workshop will be presented using Zoom.
Registration is required to receive the Zoom link to participate.

Description:

Interest in the genetics of dementia has increased with the availability of new treatments and clinical trials. This presentation will review the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease and Frontotemporal dementia. We will then discuss reasons, implications, and the process for testing someone with dementia as well as testing relatives who are at risk for inheriting a dementia-related gene. Making the decision to have genetic testing requires careful thought.

About the Presenter:

Jill Goldman is a Professor of Genetic Counseling in Neurology at Columbia University Medical Center. She has specialized in hereditary neurological diseases such as FTD, Prion disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and Huntington’s disease.  She is on the faculty of the Columbia University Master’s Program in Genetic Counseling. Additionally, she leads a support group for caregivers of people with frontotemporal dementia. She also created and coordinates “A Friend for Rachel”, a companionship program in which people with early to moderate dementia are paired with Columbia pre-medical students. Ms. Goldman has authored many papers and book chapters including: “Genetic counseling and testing for Alzheimer disease: joint practice guidelines of the American College of Medical Genetics and the National Society of Genetic Counselors” (Genet Med. 2011). She is the editor of the textbook: Genetic Counseling for Adult Neurogenetic Disease: A Casebook for Clinicians, Springer, 2015. Ms. Goldman is an emeritus member of the medical advisory council of the Association for Frontotemporal Dementia (AFTD) Board and  presently an AFTD Board of Director,  and Chair of the Advisory Board for the Columbia University Genetic Counseling Master’s Program.