• Minds in Motion® – Activities for the home!

    Join us to celebrate Brain Health Awareness Month and to experience our trademarked Minds in Motion® program. Learn more about how we offer it virtually and how you can adapt some activities for in-home fun! Minds in Motion® Certificate

  • Emergency Preparedness with the Hon. Lisa Raitt

    What you don't know could harm you. Join us as we welcome the honourable Lisa Raitt as she shares her experience with being a care partner. Learn how you can best be prepared for various emergency situations while caring for someone living with dementia.   Emergency Preparedness Certificate

  • Supporting 2SLGBTQI+ Seniors with Dementia/Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Canadian Context

    Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the importance of language and be provided with resources for accessing a 2SLGBTQI+ common language glossary. We will then focus on seniors and the context of historical discrimination experienced by many 2SLGBTQI+ seniors. We will examine disparities related to 2SLGBTQI+ seniors mental health and physical health, based … Continued

  • “Ask Us Anything!” Presentation with Dr. Bill Gibson & Arlene Huhn

    Have you have been recently diagnosed, supporting a family member or friend who has been diagnosed, or just generally interested to learn more about dementia? Then this is the live event for you! Dementia can have so many unanswered questions and it's hard to know where to start some days. Join us as we welcome … Continued

  • Alzheimer’s Disease is a life-limiting illness with a terminal phase

    In this presentation, Kath will discuss the terminal nature of Alzheimer's Disease and explore what this means for your role in caregiving, navigating, decision-making, and advance care planning. Kath will draw on her experiences as a hospice palliative care nurse and thanatologist. Please send questions in advance and prepare to participate during the session. Decision … Continued

  • Home Care & the Continuing Care System: How Does it Work?

    The session will include a brief overview of the Continuing Care system and Home Care, including how to make a referral, what you can expect from the assessment and what types of services might be available to help support. There will be ample time to ask questions to learn more about the Home Care services … Continued

  • Creating Safer Spaces: Gender Diversity in Long-Term Care Homes

    Josephine Agudo (she/they) is a registered nurse with a specialty in geriatrics who works as an educator and resource clinician with the VCH Long-Term Care and Assisted Living Professional Practice Team. She is a PIECES champion and certified GPA (Gentle Persuasive Approaches) Coach. Josephine is passionate about empowering and enabling the people who live and … Continued

  • Music and Wellness: how to use music effectively in caregiving and in self-care

    The connections we make to music are incredibly strong. We can access these important connections in every stage of life, whether it's in infancy, teen years, adulthood and advanced age. What if we not only accessed these connections, but utilized them for the wellness of our loved ones and ourselves? Discover ways to use music … Continued

  • 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 individuals with the disease and the community caring for the people with the disease. Through 2018-19, a multi-partner Nurse research project was undertaken with this … Continued