5 Courses
Webinar: Aging and the Senses, May 13, 2024
This presentation will cover sensory changes that occur with aging, reflecting on what a person may experience physically as they age, and identifying issues related to activities of daily living and/or instrumental activities of daily living for aging clients/residents.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: May 13, 2024 at 4pm-5pm ET
Webinar: Dementia Friendly Environments, May 14, 2024
Learn how the symptoms of dementia can impact the way in which people engage and interact with their surrounding environment. This webinar will help to enhance your knowledge of what makes an environment dementia friendly, and review strategies that can be implemented to support a person living with dementia in the place where they live.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: May 14, 2024 at 1pm-2pm ET
Webinar: Communication for Health Care Providers, May 16, 2024
This webinar will focus on providing participants with the knowledge of how communication can change over the course of the disease and ways to supportively communicate with a person living with dementia. Learning Objectives: Understand communication basics, recognize the impact dementia has on communication, and develop strategies to improve communication.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: May 16, 2024 at 1pm-2pm ET
Webinar: Dementia and Developmental Disabilities, June 13, 2024
Enhance your knowledge of Developmental Disabilities (DD) and Dementia. Risk for dementia appears to be five times higher for people with DD compared to the general population. This workshop will explore the unique challenges faced by the person and their families and opportunities to support someone who is living with developmental disabilities and dementia. Recognize different ways in which communication occurs and explain how communication changes in a person with dementia. Learn about strategies that can support communication and recognize the benefits of validating a person’s feelings when trying to communicate.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: June 13, 2024 at 10am-11am ET
Webinar: Person-Centred Care, June 14, 2024
This workshop will introduce you to the idea of person-centred care and provide you with time to reflect on and discuss with others how to use person-centred care in your work. You are encouraged to identify actions you can take to provide person-centred care to the people you support. This is an interactive session. Your participation will be encouraged.
Intended audience: Health Care Providers
Date: June 14, 2024 at 12pm-1pm ET
