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Participate in a fun and interactive webinar to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia

13 Jun

Dementia and Developmental Disabilities (for Health Care Professionals) – ALZeducate

2024-05-02T03:15:32-04:00

 

Enhance your knowledge of Developmental Disabilities (DD) and Dementia. Risk for dementia appears to be 5 times higher for people with DD compared to the general population. This workshop will explore the unique challenges faced by the person and their families and opportunities to support someone who is living with developmental disabilities and dementia. Recognize different ways in which communication occurs and explain how communication changes in a person with dementia. Learn about strategies that can support communication the person and recognize the benefits of validating a person’s feelings when trying to communicate.

 

To REGISTER: Go to our ONLINE LEARNING site at www.alzeducate.ca

Step 1: Create an Account/Login

Step 2: Select Education and then select the intended audience of the presentation.

Step 3: Enrol in the webinar

 

Dementia and Developmental Disabilities (for Health Care Professionals) – ALZeducate2024-05-02T03:15:32-04:00
21 May

TDRA Webinars: Advances in Dementia Research – Zoom

2024-05-02T03:15:25-04:00

Webinar: Advances in Dementia Research 

Genetics in Dementia Diagnosis – Current and Future Perspectives

 

Summary

 Presented by Dr. Mario Masellis, this webinar will explain the role of genetics in different types of dementia, including Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Specifically, Dr. Masellis will discuss the complex nature of the genetics of AD and FTD, as it relates to late onset sporadic forms vs. early onset familial cases.

Dr. Masellis will also describe two studies:
1) Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network-Trials Unit (DIAN-TU): An Opportunity to Prevent Dementia. A study of potential disease modifying treatments in individuals at risk for or with autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease, and
2) Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia Initiative (GENFI). This study follows the natural history of individuals at risk for or with genetic frontotemporal dementia, in order to better inform clinical trial design of novel therapeutics.

You will have the opportunity to ask questions.

 

About the presenter

Dr. Mario Masellis obtained his MSc in Pharmacology (1997), his MD (2001) and is a board certified Neurologist (2006), all at the University of Toronto. He completed a clinical fellowship in Cognitive & Movement Disorders in 2008 and obtained a PhD in Clinical Neurosciences in 2012. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and clinician-scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. His research focuses on understanding shared genetic risk for neurodegenerative diseases of aging using genomic, cognitive and neuroimaging data. He is the Canadian PI of the GENFI project examining presymptomatic biomarkers of genetic frontotemporal dementia. He is a site PI for DIAN-TU.  

 

For more information on the study:

 

Click links to access the studies: DIAN-TU study, GENFI study

Email for more information: Brittany.prokop@camh.ca

Webinar will be held using Zoom, registration is required to receive the link to participate.

This webinar is presented in partnership with the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance

 

TDRA Webinars: Advances in Dementia Research – Zoom2024-05-02T03:15:25-04:00
14 May

Dementia Friendly Environments (for Health Care Professionals) – ALZeducate

2024-05-02T03:15:21-04:00

 

Learn how the symptoms of dementia can impact the way in which people engage and interact with their surrounding environment. This webinar will help to enhance your knowledge of what makes an environment dementia friendly, and review strategies that can be implemented to support a person living with dementia in the place where they live.

 

To REGISTER: Go to our ONLINE LEARNING site at www.alzeducate.ca

Step 1: Create an Account/Login

Step 2: Select Education and then select the intended audience of the presentation.

Step 3: Enrol in the webinar

 

Dementia Friendly Environments (for Health Care Professionals) – ALZeducate2024-05-02T03:15:21-04:00
6 May

Women and Dementia (for General Public) – ALZeducate

2024-05-02T03:15:16-04:00

 

This webinar will provide an overview of the prevalence of dementia among women and discuss some of the sex related risk factors that impact women.

 

To REGISTER: Go to our online learning site at www.alzeducate.ca

Step 1: Create an Account/Login

Step 2: Select Education and then select the intended audience of the presentation.

Step 3: Enrol in the webinar

 

 

Women and Dementia (for General Public) – ALZeducate2024-05-02T03:15:16-04:00
2 May

LTC Series (For Care Partners): Session 3 – Residents’ Rights in Long-Term Care – ALZeducate

2024-05-02T03:15:15-04:00

 

This workshops aims to give care partners an overview of issues related to long-term care (LTC). The goal is for care partners to learn about how the decision for LTC could have an impact on them, understand the application process and to learn to cope with the transition.

To REGISTER: Go to our ONLINE LEARNING site at www.alzeducate.ca

Step 1: Create an Account/Login

Step 2: Select Education and then select the intended audience of the presentation.

Step 3: Enrol in the webinar

 

LTC Series (For Care Partners): Session 3 – Residents’ Rights in Long-Term Care – ALZeducate2024-05-02T03:15:15-04:00
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