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Understanding Dementia – Tips and Techniques

In this session, you will learn techniques to help you support your family member or friend living with dementia. As care partners, it can be challenging to know what the…

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Shifting Focus – A Guide to Understanding Dementia Behaviour

This booklet is for the family, friends, and co-residents of people who live with dementia and act in ways that create distress. The tips and tools are designed to help…

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A Guide for Creating Dementia Friendly Communities in Alberta

Throughout the journey of creating a Dementia Friendly Community in the geographic areas of Calgary Westhills and Okotoks, Alberta, we have heard the voices and stories of many community members…

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Designated Supportive Living (DSL)

Designated Supportive Living services are provided by Alberta Health Services and are available once you or your loved one have contacted and been assessed by a Case Manager. For more…

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Signs and Symptoms of Dementia: An Indigenous Guide

Rates of dementia in Indigenous people are higher than they are in non-Indigenous people in Canada. Research suggests that the number will continue to rise and by 2031 there may…

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Tips for visiting someone with dementia during the holidays.

Over the holidays, people with dementia want to see people they care about, just like everyone else. But as dementia progresses, visits can become challenging. Whether the person you care…

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Indigenous Ways of Knowing about Dementia – Some lessons from the Gitxsan Perspective

In 2017, direct care nurses within the Gitxsan Health Society identified that an increased understanding of dementia was needed by both health authority and band-employed nurses to better support the…

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A Dementia Strategy for Canada: Together We Aspire

"Canada's first national dementia strategy sets out a vision for the future and identifies common principles and national objectives to help guide actions by all levels of government, non-governmental organizations,…

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Creating a Meaningful Life: Recreation for people with dementia

This presentation will help participants learn how to adapt recreation programming and activities to help ensure that people with dementia still feel connected to a sense of meaning and purpose…

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Understanding Dementia – Tips and Techniques

Shifting Focus – A Guide to Understanding Dementia Behaviour

A Guide for Creating Dementia Friendly Communities in Alberta

Designated Supportive Living (DSL)

Signs and Symptoms of Dementia: An Indigenous Guide

Tips for visiting someone with dementia during the holidays.

Indigenous Ways of Knowing about Dementia – Some lessons from the Gitxsan Perspective

A Dementia Strategy for Canada: Together We Aspire

Creating a Meaningful Life: Recreation for people with dementia

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