Restoring Trust: COVID-19 and the Future of Long Term Care

Dr. Carol Estabrooks will join us to discuss the effects that COVID-19 has had on our trust in the long-term care home system, and how we can change for the better moving forward.

Continence in Older Adults

Dr. Adrian Wagg will join us to help explain why some people living with dementia may have continence problems. Care partners will gain a better understanding of how to help the person they are caring for while maintaining respect and dignity for the individual.

Holiday Tips and Self Care

Angela King, MTS, ARCT is a certified spiritual care practitioner from AHS and will join us to discuss holiday tips for care partners, who are caring for someone living with Dementia. Angela will also give some tips on how to do a little self-care during what can be a stressful time of year for many.

Life during a pandemic: supporting well-being for all

Join us to celebrate World Alzheimer Day! In this presentation, Dr, Power will review everyday challenges that have been magnified by the coronavirus pandemic, both for people living with dementia and those who support them. He will outline his framework for supporting those living with dementia and offer ways in which the well-being of both those living with the diagnosis and their supportive partners can be enhanced through these difficult times. In the process, he will describe successful strategies for coping with isolation and the anxiety caused by recent world events. There will be adequate time for discussion at the end of the talk.

Successful Communication Strategies to Help Support a Person Living with Dementia

Dr. Tammy Hopper will share tips and strategies to help you as a care partner communicate more effectively with your family member living with a dementia. Tammy will share examples of what you can do in the early/middle stages when communication starts to change, and she will provide tips as the disease progresses and communication becomes more challenging. This session will be helpful for all care partners.

Exercise and Brain health: It’s never too late!

In this webinar, we will discuss evidence on risk factors for Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementia (ADRD) and lifestyle modification that have been shown to impact healthy brain ageing. A special focus will be given to exercise and its role in improving mental abilities in older adults. We will also discuss the effects of exercise on sleep and blood flow to the brain, mechanisms that we think underlie the cognitive benefits.

The Importance of Planning Ahead

Join us as lawyer Doris Bonora discusses the importance of planning ahead, when it comes to creating wills, enduring power of attorney, and personal directives.

Online Sing-Along of the Classic's with Sara Brooks

Join Sara Brooks, an Edmonton-based singer and choir conductor, and sing-a-long to the classics - Elvis, Bing, Frank, and more! She'll have you singing...literally. We will be singing (no previous music experience needed)!

The Importance of Oral Hygiene for People Living with Dementia

Many people under-estimate the importance of good hygiene for people living with dementia (and us)! Minn Yoon will discuss what can happen if good oral health is forgotten. Minn will also share information from a study which tested some designs of equipment and how to help support people living with a dementia continue to have appropriate hygiene.

Creating a Meaningful Life: Recreation for people with dementia

This presentation will help participants learn how to adapt recreation programming and activities to help ensure that people with dementia still feel connected to a sense of meaning and purpose in their daily lives. Webinar Activity: all participants should ensure they have small seven pieces of paper, a pen or pencil, and a table on which to write on.

The Importance of Music for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners

This presentation by Sara Brooks, Edmonton-based singer and choir conductor, will have you singing….literally, we will be singing (no previous music experience needed)! Sara will share some knowledge of how to use music with your family member living with dementia whether they live with you or live elsewhere. Music can touch everyone, even someone with advanced dementia.

Taking Care of You: Anticipatory Grief, Ambiguous Grief, and the Importance of Self-Care

Join us for this presentation by Sarah Karesa , Grief Counsellor for Pilgrims Hospice, as she discusses exploring loss, exploring grief, different types of grief, and how care partners need to take care of themselves.

Loneliness & Seniors - Much More Serious Than You Think

Dr. Richard Lewanczuk speak about this serious issue affecting seniors and even more so now with COVID-19. People tend to think of boredom, frustration, lack of joy. There are serious mental health implications, but one area that has been neglected is the physical health consequence of social isolation and loneliness. Loneliness has adverse effects on the immune system (paradoxically making people more susceptible to viral infections), the cardiovascular system, blood pressure, diabetes, and the inflammatory response. In addition, cognitive functions are impaired: memory, reasoning, and such. This would tend to make conditions such as Alzheimer's worse. Care partners are affected as well - in all respects. They too become more isolated and they too suffer the emotional, mental and physical consequences.

Understanding Dementia and the Different Stages

In this presentation Dr. Bill Gibson will give an introduction to dementia, the different types, and talk though what can be expected on a dementia journey for everyone involved, as well as discuss the medical treatments and other "top tips".

Dementia Ambassador Focus Group

Board Meeting

Meeting for board members of AS/AB_NT