Brief summary of presentation: Pain in individuals with dementia is increasingly recognized as both under-recognized and under-treated. For individuals with a neurocognitive disorder, untreated pain can have detrimental effects on their health and quality of life. It is for t...
/Public/Events/Archived-Webinars-Events/2016/Dementia-is-Not-a-Cure-for-Pain
12/14/2016 9:00:00 AM
Actions of persons living with dementia continue to be framed within biomedical and institutional models and understood only as a direct result of disease processes and, in the context of dementia, changes in the brain. These approaches have profound and harmful implications f...
/Public/Events/Archived-Webinars-Events/2016/Relational-Understandings-of-Personal-Expressions
1/27/2016 9:00:00 AM
This presentation will provide an overview of the principles necessary to conduct a guided conversation with workplace colleagues and the families of older adults living with dementia regarding intimacy and sexual expression. Clinical assessment procedures will be reviewed. A ...
/Public/Events/Archived-Webinars-Events/2016/Exploring-Issues-about-Sexuality-Dementia-Asses
10/4/2016 10:06:09 AM
An overview of dementia-friendly doorway design for partners in dementia care, including health care providers, facilities, adult day programs, carers, persons living with dementia, etc. Special guests include Karen & Brian Romeril from Creative Art Co. who will share with ...
/Public/Events/Archived-Webinars-Events/2015/Dementia-Friendly-Doorway-Design-Interventions
10/28/2015 12:00:00 PM
Behavioural Education and Training Supports Inventory (BETSI) , A tool to support decision making related to team member education/training in building capacity to care for older adults presenting with or at risk of responsive behaviours/personal expressions. recommenda...
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7/10/2014 2:26:09 PM
With support from the New Horizons for Seniors Program, the Alzheimer Society via brainXchange led a knowledge transfer and exchange project to better understand and respond to the experiences of people living with dementia and their care partners related to virtual service ...
/Public/Events/Event-Archives/2022/Emerging-Best-Practices-for-Virtual-Service-Delive
3/28/2022 8:46:07 AM
Dementia Dialogue Podcast provides people with lived experience a way to share their stories with each other and the broader community. Listeners who have dementia, care partners, and others gain insight and strengthen their adaptive skills. Episodes also help the broad...
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7/9/2018 9:15:41 AM
Grief is not just experienced after a death; those of us with life-altering and life-limiting conditions often live with grief that is not recognized or understood by others, including health care professionals. This grief is another factor that can separate us from our com...
/Public/Events/Archived-Webinars-Events/2018/Living-with-Ongoing-Grief-While-Living-With-Life-A
6/26/2018 3:00:00 PM
Pharmacological therapies for dementia have been developed but have limited efficacy and significant side effects. Thus, it is important to identify and provide recommendations on non-pharmacological interventions on individual and community levels for persons living with deme...
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11/26/2020 11:00:00 AM
This webinar will provide an overview of changes in language used to document staff observations of sexually responsive behaviour. Best practice expectations require descriptive accounts of behavioural episodes as well as a record of observations to determine frequency, durati...
/Public/Events/Archived-Webinars-Events/2018/Documenting-Sexually-Responsive-Behavior-Language
10/16/2018 11:00:00 AM
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