Care4u 2025
From Insight to Impact: Turning Knowledge Into Confident Care
Event Date:
Event Details
Date: October 18, 2025
Time: 8 am – 3:45 pm
Location: Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre, 1808 Wellington Ave, Winnipeg, MB
What is Care4u?
Join us for a day of education and support, where you will gain practical tools to help you work through day-to-day challenges, plan for the future and build your confidence as a care partner.
Connect with other care partners, engage with community service providers and learn from local and national speakers as we explore topics such as daily care, mental health and dementia, medication safety, financial matters, responsive behaviours, safety and wandering, end-of-life care and more.
Resources
See resources below according to breakout sessions — click on links to access.
Disclaimer: The information presented by the speakers, hosts and participants, including slides/photos/videos/graphs, at Care4u are solely for teaching purposes and reference only and not intended as medical or legal advice nor intended for commercial use.
Opening Keynote: Knowledge is Power
with Karen Stobbe and Mondy Carter
A: Beyond the Basics: Complex Legal Situations and Considerations
with Gerrit Theule
B: Safety and Wandering
with Jessica Harper and Samantha Holland
- PowerPoint presentation
- Wandering & dementia: A guide for care partners
- Tracking devices
- Finding your way
- Locator devices for older people at risk of going missing
- Medic Alert’s Safe and Found Program
C: Supporting Daily Care
with Meagan Fitzpatrick
- Teepa Snow – Positive Approach to Care
- Dementia Careblazers – YouTube
- The Be Light Care Blog
- Bathing tips
- Pain and dementia
- Tips for a good night’s sleep
- Tips for when toileting becomes a challenge
E: Medications and Medication Safety
with Allison Bell
- PowerPoint presentation
- Sleep Well Without Medication – Deprescribing Network
- My Sleepwell
- Shared Decision Making About Medications
- 5 Questions to Ask About My Multiple Medications
- It’s Safe to Ask About Your Medications
- Is it time to review your medications?
- MedSafer
- Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network
- Choosing Wisely Canada – Antipsychotics in Dementia
- Healthcare Excellence Canada – Antipsychotics in Dementia
- Centre for Effective Practice – Antipsychotics in Dementia
F: Making Your Home More Dementia-Friendly
with Nicole McDonald
G: Understanding Responsive Behaviors
with Meghann Greg-Sirant
- It’s alright if it’s not all right
- 10 tips for bathing people living with dementia
- Body Language & Dementia Care
- 10 tips to help with dressing
- Refusing help
- Visiting and communication
- Caring for the carer
- Understanding and dealing with upsetting words
- When a person living with dementia says “I want to go home”
- Responsive behaviours
- Thank you for your patience – printable companion cards
H: Mental Health, Dementia and Anxiety
with Dr. Lois Stewart-Archer
- When is worry too much?
- Anxiety Disorders Association of Manitoba
- Managing Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Living with Dementia/Anxiety
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jennifer Vicente-Licardo at alzeducation@alzheimer.mb.ca