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Every year, April 16th marks Advance Care Planning Day in Canada. This year’s theme is: Life Happens….Be Ready.
In celebration of ACP Day, CERAH staff invite you to view our ACP resources and events below and other important information related to health and aging. Click "view entire message" at the bottom of this email to see everything!
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SAY (animated video)
We hope you enjoy Tara Shannon's song 'SAY,' which speaks to the importance of Advance Care Planning, featured in this animated video by Brendan Huza.
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The Time is Now … Advance Care Planning with First Nations Communities
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We are pleased to announce Dementia Café: A Place to Belong is back in-person at Urban Abbey! People living with dementia, their friends, and their families are welcome to attend. Join us for complimentary coffee, tea, and treats three Sundays a month from 2-4 pm. COVID-19 screening and masks are required.
Below are the upcoming Café dates:
April 10, 24 and May 1, 8, 15, 2022.
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DementiAbility Workshop
This workshop will introduce you to new ways of thinking about dementia. With a focus on connecting knowledge about the brain, a person’s life story, environments, and behaviour, you will discover how to expose and enable abilities, enhance function, and set individuals and environments up for success. This is a workshop you will not want to miss.
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FAQs for an ACP (Advance Care Plan) Champion, Part 2
In celebration of National ACP Day, Regional ACP Champion Jill Marcella will once again be responding to commonly asked questions from health care providers about advance care planning. Join us to learn more about substitute decision-making, power of attorney for personal care, and how to navigate complex scenarios.
Submit your own FAQ about ACP when you register!
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Communication Tips & Tools for Dementia Care
This workshop provides a unique opportunity to explore communication techniques that move well beyond the basics of daily conversation. Using a variety of interactive exercises, the learner will develop new skills that have proven to be effective with clients, families, and colleagues.
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CERAH Speaker Series - Aging Among Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Focus on Frailty
Please join Lynn Martin to learn more about individual and population aging among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the use of aging-related health care services, and frailty.
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Join us for a presentation “Mouth Matters and Mind Matters! The Importance of Oral Health and the Connection to Body, Mind, and Mouth” by Carolyn Weiss of Carolyn Weiss Dental Hygiene Clinic.
Everyone is welcome.
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For Informal Care Providers |
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The Ontario Caregiver Coalition has developed a variety of informative webinars on Caregiver Skills and Development. |
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Caring Connections Chronicle
March 2022 Issue
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Be sure to visit our website for the March spring issue and the past ones you may have missed.
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Thursday, April 7, 2022
The Ontario Caregiver Organization sponsors:
Dancing with Dementia: Fostering Social Inclusion and Challenging Stigma
This session will offer ways in which dance may be accessed by people living with dementia and their caregivers and provide a brief demonstration of accessible dance opportunities.
Presenter: Dr. Rachel Bar, Director, Research and Health at Canada’s National Ballet School.
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A Personal Lens on Grief - April 9 - 30, 2022
Grief is a total human experience. It is also a uniquely personal experience. What does Grief Look Like to You?
Visit the Thunder Bay Art Gallery between April 9-30 to view artist submissions collected by Hospice Northwest. Also, check out the related activities and workshops. By sharing our grief experiences and feelings through pictures, we can encourage discussion, collaborate for change and build a community of support.
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LEAP Carers
Pallium Canada has launched a free online course that provides much-needed support to caregivers. Caregiving is a role that most people are thrust into with little to no preparation or training. LEAP Carers provides important information, practical training, and resources for family caregivers who support those facing serious illnesses.
(LEAP) Carers are ideal for anyone who provides care to a person with a serious illness or for anyone who wants to support a caregiver. For more information and to enroll, click here.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Boost Your Well-Being with a Nature Prescription
Join Dr. Melissa Lam, Director of Park Prescription for the BC Parks Foundation, for an interactive discussion about the caregiver benefits of spending time outdoors.
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Indigenous Cognition & Aging Awareness Research Exchange (I-CAARE): The team at I-CAARE has been developing culturally safe factsheets with Indigenous people living with memory loss and their caregivers since 2014, based on a need identified in an earlier project, Perceptions of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among Aboriginal people in Ontario.
These factsheets were originally designed with a broad audience in mind - from coast to coast in Canada. We recognize that individual communities and nations may have unique perspectives and needs surrounding dementia factsheets. If you have questions or want to explore adaptations to the factsheets to suit your community's needs,
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Cannabis and Older Adults
Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health has launched their free, asynchronous, accredited e-Learning modules. Each e-learning module is individually accredited for a total of 6.75 hours/credits.
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ECHO Care of the Elderly
Long-term Care Tuesdays, April 12th - July 12, 2022. Baycrest, in collaboration with North East Specialized Geriatric Services, CLRI invites providers from all health care professions to attend at no cost.
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SPA-LTC Alliance
The Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care Alliance is a national collaboration of people who
aim to improve the quality of living and dying within long-term care homes. The Alliance is led by Dr. Sharon
Kaasalainen (McMaster University) in partnership with Dr. Mary Lou Kelley.
The Alliance recently received five years of project funding from Health Canada to gather together, create and distribute the best tools and resources for delivering the palliative approach within long-term care across Canada. The SPA resources will support direct care, program development, and staff training.
For more information, including opportunities to join the Alliance and SPA-LTC’s Indigenous Long-Term Care Network please click here
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Dementia Dialogue has launched a new series on Young Onset Dementia. This series begins with a conversation between Matt Dineen, a father of three and husband from Ottawa, Ontario, and Jillian McConnell, guest host and Knowledge Mobilization lead with brainXchange. Nine years ago, Matt's wife Lisa was diagnosed with Behavioural variant Fronto-temporal dementia (bvFTD) at the age of 43.
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Contact us if you have any questions about our resources or upcoming events. We are also interested in aging and health news from your region, so please keep in touch! |
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Thunder Bay, ON P7B5E1
(807) 343-8010 ext. 7271
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