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Understanding Frontotemporal Dementia

Date: Thursday, July 10, 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Place: Online (Zoom)

Description:

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) brings progressive changes to personality, language, decision making, behaviour, and movement.

Join us as we discuss:

• Types of Frontotemporal dementia
• Assessment and treatment
• Symptoms and supportive strategies

Communication

Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Place: Online (Zoom)

Description:

We’ll discuss how communication can change with dementia and effective communication strategies to support persons living with dementia.

• Understand communication basics
• Discuss how dementia can affect communication
• Tips and strategies for supportive communication

Advanced Care Planning

Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Place: Online (Zoom)

Description:

Advanced Care Planning is the process of thinking about your wishes and directions for healthcare and end-of-life situations and communicating those wishes to the person/people who will make decisions for you if you are not able. This webinar will help provoke thought and conversation about the importance of Advanced Care Planning. We will explore the role of a Substitute Decision Maker / Power of Attorney and look at tools for creating your Advanced Care Plan.

Creating a Dementia Friendly Environment

Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Place: Online (Zoom)

Description:

Living at home might give a person living with dementia a sense of freedom and familiarity. It may be possible to support a person with dementia in maintaining their favorite routines or activities by making minor adjustments to their living space.

Join us as we discuss ways to create a dementia friendly environment.

Options for Care

Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Place: Online (Zoom)

Description:

This webinar focuses on giving participants the opportunity to explore the care options that support persons living with dementia in the moderate to late stages of their journey.

Topics include:

• Exploring care in your home, retirement and long-term care
• Eligibility criteria
• Preparing for a move
• Strategies for meaningful visits

Positive Approaches to Care

Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Place: Alzheimer Society of Niagara Region (1-403 Ontario St., St. Catharines)

Description:

Discover essential techniques like 'Hand-under-hand' in this workshop, designed for the middle to later stages of dementia. Learn to operate tools while your loved one actively participates, fostering a sense of control and involvement. Acquire skills that enhance communication and create a positive caregiving environment.

These newly learned skills will enhance communication and enable care partners to shift from simply "dealing with the behaviors" to creating a positive and caring environment.

Late Stage, End Stage, Grief and Dying 

Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Place: Online (Zoom)

Description:

Join us to:

• Explore what to expect in the late stages of dementia
• Discuss living with anticipatory loss and how this changes when your loved one is dying
• Understand the physical indicators of dying/approaching end of life
• Examine the emotional aspects of supporting the dying
• Consider strategies for adjusting after death

Legal & Financial Issues Related to Dementia

Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Place: Online (Zoom)

Description:

Presented by: Erich Knerr, Treatment Decisions Consultant, Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee

Learn about:

• Powers of Attorney
• Substitute Decision Maker
• Capacity and Consent
• Role of the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee

Driving and Dementia

Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Place: Online (Zoom)

Description:

One of the first and toughest issues families and caregivers will face when they receive a diagnosis of dementia is the question of driving safety.

Join us for this session where we look at:

• Driving skills evaluation
• Deciding when to stop driving
• Getting support for someone who has been asked to stop driving
• Alternate transportation options in Niagara

Holiday Strategies

Date: Thursday, December 4, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Place: Online (Zoom)

Description:

While the holidays tend to be an exciting time, they can simultaneously be quite stressful for those who are balancing caring for someone living with dementia and organizing holiday festivities.

Join us as we discuss various ways to help make this holiday season a fulfilling and relaxing one for both caregivers and individuals living with dementia.

Topics include:

• Meaningful Activities
• Visiting & Hosting Family
• Gift Ideas for Persons Living With Dementia
• Self-Care Wish List

The Alzheimer Society Niagara Region is committed to providing the highest quality of support and services to our community. To help us understand better the population we serve, we are requesting additional demographic information. Gathering this information not only helps us tailor our programs to meet the unique needs of our community, but it also plays a crucial role in our ability to apply for and receive funding through Ontario Health and private grants, which require detailed demographic data to support our initiatives. As a healthcare custodian, we are responsible for collecting, managing, and protecting this information in compliance with all applicable privacy standards. Your participation in providing this data helps ensure that we can continue delivering effective, person-centered care to those impacted by dementia.

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