Education for Caregivers
Education for Caregivers
Education for Caregivers
The First Link Learning Series for Family Care Partners
The First Steps for Care Partners Education Series is a four-week session that takes place over Zoom. Sessions including information about dementia, brain changes, planning ahead and building a circle of support.
For more information, contact Lisa Kovacevic, First Link coordinator, at 905-726-3477 ext. 229 or [email protected]
Care Essentials for Caregivers Learning Series
Care Essentials for Caregivers Education Series is a four-week session that takes place at various times and locations in York Region. Sessions include what to expect; communicating effectively; responding to changing behaviours; and supporting daily activities.
For more information, contact Jaime Cruz, public education coordinator at 905-726-3477 ext.232 or [email protected].
Options for Care Learning Series
Options for Care is a Virtual Education Series Supporting the Increasing Care Needs of People living with Dementia.
Three sessions:
Week 1 – When Care Needs Are Increasing
Week 2 – Long Term Care Decisions
Week 3 – Transitioning Care Roles.
For more information, please contact Jaime Cruz at [email protected] or call 905-726-3477 ext.232.
Care in the Later Stages education series
Care in the Later Stages is a Virtual Education Session to help caregivers provide quality of life at the end of life for people living with dementia.
Three sessions:
Session 1 – Preparing For The Later Stage
Session 2 – Care Strategies - Enhancing Quality Of Life
Session 3 – Taking Care Of You.
For more information please contact Jaime Cruz at [email protected] or call 905-726-3477 ext.232.
U-First for Care Partners
U-First for Care Partners is a free program for all members of the care team supporting people with behavioural changes due to dementia or other cognitive impairment. U-First is a person-centred approach to looking at the whole person.
Contact Jaime Cruz, public education coordinator, at [email protected] or call 905-726-3477 ext. 232.
CARERS program
The Reitman Centre Online Enhanced CARERS Program focuses on practical skills and emotional supports needed to care for people living with dementia by teaching problem-solving techniques. The group also coaches care partners in communication skills through the use of simulation.
The evidence-based program developed by the Reitman Centre, Sinai Health System provides strategies for keeping a meaningful relationship with the person living with dementia.
The program focuses on practical skills and emotional supports needed to care for people living with dementia.
- Teaches problem solving techniques, a structured approach to address problems
- Coaches care partners in communication skills through the use of simulation
- Provides strategies for keeping a meaningful relationship with the person living with dementia
The program is free.
Contact Hemal Joshi at [email protected] or call 1-888-414-5550, ext. 541 to register.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program for caregivers of people living with dementia
Caring for a family member with dementia can be a stressful experience and can lead to chronic physical and pyschological conditions. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is evidence-based approach for managing stress. The MBSR program includes formal meditation practices and mindful movement exercises drawn from yoga, with options to modify movements and poses for comfort and safety.
Our facilitator, Hemal Joshi, is the social worker- enhanced care program clinician at AS York and a trained MBSR program facilitator.
The program is free.
Contact Hemal at [email protected] or call 1-888-414-5550, ext. 541.
Finding Your Way®
Finding Your Way® is a website dedicated to helping people living with dementia, their families, care partners and communities recognize the risk of going missing, be prepared for incidents of going missing and ensure that people living with dementia can live safely in the community.
The Alzheimer Society of York region offers Finding Your Way® workshops and webinars for the community and local families impacted by dementia.
For more information, contact Jaime Cruz, public education coordinator at 905-726-3477 ext.232 or [email protected].
Alzeducate
Online learning is an easy and effective way to further educate yourself about dementia. With ALZeducate, you can take free, online dementia courses and webinars.