Live Meetings
The list below includes all Live Meetings scheduled (including those that have ended).
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Please note that all live meetings will be open a half an hour prior to their start time. i.e. a meeting that is set to start at 6 p.m. will be open to join at 5:30 p.m.Past Live Meetings
End Of Life: Getting the Paperwork in Order Session 4
A lawyer will discuss legal issues and estate administration so you will know what is needed when death occurs.
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End Of Life: Saying Good-Bye Session 3
A grief expert will discuss the grieving process when a family member dies.
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End Of Life: End of Life Care Session 2
Palliative care nurses will explain what to expect in the end stage of dementia and how to provide comfort to someone who is near the end of life.
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Bringing out the best, living well together with dementia – The UK Butterfly Approach
Please join us as Sally Knocker shares ideas on what is working in the UK in supporting families to bring out the best in each other when living with dementia. Join us to see, feel and understand how the UK’s ‘Butterfly moments’ can create meaningful ways to connect, reach and occupy people to live well with their experience of a dementia.
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End Of Life: Ethical Choices Session 1
A clinical ethicist will help you understand the difficult decisions you may need to make at the end of a family member’s life.
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I'm Still Here Public Forum
Hear people living with dementia share their stories and provide tips. This will help us better understand and support those living with dementia. Care partners will speak about how they ensure their family member is *still here*.
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Middle Stage: Living with Change Session 5
Session 5: Managing Stress - Develop coping strategies to deal with the stress that results from your role as a care partner.
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Middle Stage: Living with Change Session 4
Session 4: Activities of Daily Living - An occupational therapist will discuss how we can build on a person’s strengths to help maintain their quality of life.
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Middle Stage: Living with Change Session 3
Session 3: Communication and Caregiving - A speech language pathologist will help you communicate more effectively with your family member.
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Middle Stage: Living with Change Session 2
Session 2: Responding to Behaviors that Challenge Us - A geriatric psych. nurse will help you understand behaviours and how to respond positively.
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Middle Stage: Living with Change Session 1
Session 1: Introduction to Living with Change - Learn the issues and changes faced by people in the middles stages of dementia and where to get help.
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Mind over Matter - Keeping Control over Bladder and Bowel Incontinence
This informative session by Dr. Adrian Wagg and Kathleen Hunter, RN will help you understand issues of urinary and fecal incontinence for someone living with dementia at different stages of the disease process. This session will answer questions why this occurs, management options including continence productions and medication and address the question of whether incontinence is the “deal breaker” that leads people to placement. Join us on October 27, 2015 at 7pm.
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BEING Together in Dementia Care
Please join us for our first live meeting! Dr. David Sheard presents on understanding the real meaning of person centred care and know if your health care professional and/or care community is really person centred. *Please note that the start time is 7:00PM Alberta/MT time.