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Youth in Action: A Toolkit for Young Dementia Supporters

Event Date: Mar 04, 2025

By empowering young people with an understanding of dementia and strategies to support people living with dementia, we create supportive communities and stop stigma. The Alzheimer Society of Ontario and the Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program (at the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging) brought together a Co-Design Team of young people, people living with dementia, family care partners, and people who work with youth to develop a Toolkit to help youth understand dementia and learn strategies to support people living with dementia in their family and community.

In this webinar, Co-design Team members including youth, and people with lived experience will share their experience of developing the Toolkit and their perspectives on the role of youth in creating dementia-friendly communities.

Join us to learn more about Youth in Action: A Toolkit for Young Dementia Supporters.

This project was generously funded by the RTO-ERO Foundation

Presenter(s):

Emma Bender, MSc., Project Manager, Dementia Programs, Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA)
Emma Bender is a Project Manager at the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging. As part of the Dementia Programs team, Emma works with people with lived experience to co-design research, resources and education for people living with dementia and care partners. Most recently, Emma has co-led this initiative to co-design a toolkit for young dementia supporters.

Laura Middleton, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
Laura Middleton is an Associate Professor and the Schlegel Research Chair in Dementia and Active Living in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo and the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging. Her research aims to identify strategies to promote health, wellbeing, and function of those living with, or at risk for, dementia. She focuses on the role of physical activity alone and in combination with healthy eating and social engagement, recognizing their broad impact on physical, social, and mental wellbeing. Her research takes a participatory approach, integrating the expertise and perspectives of people living with dementia, care partners, health care professionals, community service providers as partners to create accessible and effective programs and supports. She is the co-lead of the Canadian Dementia Learning and Resource Network.

Karen Robins, Coordinator, Education and Knowledge Translation with the Alzheimer Society of Ontario
Karen Robins is the Coordinator, Education and Knowledge Translation with the Alzheimer Society of Ontario. She has worked as an educator with and for people living with dementia for over 20 years and is passionate about helping to make our communities dementia friendly. Karen was one of the two co-leads on this project.

Panelists: People living with dementia, care partners, and youth