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Caregiver / Care Partner Support and Resources

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Heart In Mind Activation Therapy Booklet, VHA Home HealthCare in partnership with Baycrest’s Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation
Heart In Mind Activation Therapy E-Module, VHA Home HealthCare in partnership with Baycrest’s Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation

Presentations

When Someone You Know Has Dementia (slides), Presenter: Professor June Andrews
Learning How to Get the Help You Need: How Caregivers can Navigate the Health & Social Care System (slides), Presenters: Valerie Borggard, Navigator for the MS Knowledge Network & Robert TerSteege, CIRS Parkinson Canada
Taking Care of Yourself through the Ups and Downs of Caregiving (slides), (handout), Presenters: Bonnie Schroeder & John Parkhurst, Parkinson Society Canada, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and Alzheimer Society
Long-Distance Caregiving: Assessing and Addressing Family Needs Across the Miles, Jan Robson, Dementia Helpline Coordinator, Alzheimer Society of B.C. and Doreen Dubreuil, Long-distance caregiver
The Young Carers Project, (slides) Presenters: Holly Mathers, Chair of The Young Carers Project, Therapist at Hope for Families Counselling Centre, Former Young Carer; and Fitsum Areguy, The Young Carers Project Team Member, Student at University of Waterloo, Former Young Carer
- The Young Carers Project
- By Us For Us© guide - Support Matters
Shifting Focus - A guide to understanding dementia behaviours
- Shifting Focus Guide (Booklet)
- Shifting Focus Guide (Full Version)
Living With: a Family Member with Dementia Guide

Resources

ALZeducate - free online dementia courses and webinars, Alzheimer Soceity
Alzheimer Soceity of Canada
- Caring for a person living with dementia resources:
- Resources for friends and family members:
Dementia and Caregiving: Video Series (English), Government of Canada
Dementia and Caregiving: Video Series (French), Government of Canada
Living with Dementia: Resources for Living Well, University of Waterloo
The Relationship Between Illness Representations of Alzheimer’s Disease as Perceived by Caregivers and Burden of Care, By: Eilon Caspi, PhD
Young Carers
- Young Caregivers Assoication
- Young Carers Project, a project working together with young carers to share information and resources, educate the community about the existence and needs of young carers and to have involvement in national and international young carer movements.
- The Research Institute for Aging (RIA):
- Looking After Myself booklet, Rethink Mental Illness, UK

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