On-demand content
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We host regular webinars on a range of topics related to living with dementia. You can access a selection of videos from previous webinars divided by theme.
You can register for upcoming webinars, or see all of our videos on our YouTube Channel 'AlzheimerBC.'
The most recent webinars were Dental care and dementia with Dr. Nicholas Tong on May 17 and Physical activity and dementia with Dr. Joanie Sims-Gould on May 24.
Dementia foundations
- What is dementia? (44 minutes)
- Understanding dementia (17 minutes)
- Dementia and the brain (16 minutes)
- Progression and symptoms (17 minutes)
- 10 warning signs of dementia (4 minutes)
- Myths and treatments (17 minutes)
- Understanding communication changes (37 minutes)
- Basic facts about behaviour (9 minutes)
- Understanding and responding to behaviours (22 minutes)
- Meaningful activities for dementia (9 minutes)
- Coping with change, grief, and loss (45 minutes)
Dementia topics
Click on the following dementia topics to see available on-demand content:
- Accessing services
- Activities
- Advocacy
- Behaviour
- Brain health
- Caregiving
- Communication
- Dementia-friendly communities
- Diagnosis
- End of life
- Grief and Loss
- Hearing
- Lived experience series
- Living with dementia
- Long-term care
- Music
- Personal planning and finances
- Progression
- Questions and answers
- Research
- Resilience
- Virtual visits
- Wellness
Accessing services
- Accessing services (playlist)
Activities
- Making activities dementia-inclusive (32 minutes)
- Activities for warmer weather (58 minutes)
- Activities to do at home (24 minutes)
- Activities to do with someone living with dementia(48 minutes)
Advocacy
Behaviour
- Bathing and personal hygiene (29 minutes)
- Delusions, hallucinations and visual mistakes (28 minutes)
- Dressing and grooming (35 minutes))
- Responsive behaviours (28 minutes)
- Sundowning (late-day confusion) (23 minutes)
- Targeted strategies for denial, paranoia, anxiety and shadowing (45 minutes)
- Targeted strategies for word salad, confabulation, wanting to go home and asking for deceased relatives (43 minutes)
- Understanding behaviour changes (36 minutes)
Brain health
- An introduction to brain health (31 minutes)
- Taking the 'fog' out of brain fog using a multidimensional approach - with Dr. Heather Palmer (53 minutes)
- The why and what behind brain changes in challenging times - with Dr. Heather Palmer (55 minutes)
- Physical activity for your brain and mobility health with Dr. Liu-Ambrose (58 minutes)
Caregiving
- Caregiving during COVID-19 (23 minutes)
- Family dynamics in dementia caregiving - with Jodi McDonald, MSW (59 minutes)
- How to support a friend who has dementia or is a caregiver (41 minutes)
- Long-distance caregiving (35 minutes)
Communication
- Understanding communication changes (37 minutes)
- Communication: How dementia affects communication(20 minutes)
- Communication: Strategies and tips (35 minutes)
Dementia-friendly communities
- Dementia Friends (24 minutes)
- Jim’s story: Dementia-friendly communities (7 minutes)
- Show your courage, raise your voice: Jim Mann (2 minutes)
- Show your courage, raise your voice: Lynn Jackson (1 minute)
- Show your courage, raise your voice: Mario Gregorio (1 minute)
Diagnosis
- Responding to diagnosis (36 minutes)
End of life
- Panel discussion: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), a B.C. health-care provider perspective (54 minutes)
- Advanced care planning introduction – my wishes, my care (45 minutes)
- MAiD and dementia with Dr. Dirk Coetsee (57 minutes)
- Preparing for end-of-life on the dementia journey (32 minutes)
- What is palliative care (52 minutes)
Grief and loss
- Coping with change, grief, and loss (45 minutes)
- Grief and loss and the dementia experience: A panel discussion (60 minutes)
Hearing
Lived experience series
Guest speakers who are either living with dementia or caring for someone living with dementia
- Lived experience: Caregivers' creative expression of the dementia journey (65 minutes)
- Lived experience: Painting the journey (50 minutes)
- Lived experience: Preparing for the holidays (56 minutes)
- Lived experience: Sensory experience of dementia (56 minutes)
- Lived experience: Walking the dementia journey (54 minutes)
- Lived experience: What I wish I'd known when I was diagnosed (56 minutes)
- Lived experience: What I wish I'd known - Tips and strategies (61 minutes)
Living with dementia
- Living safely with dementia (47 minutes)
- Coping with the changes brought by dementia (46 minutes)
- Travelling with dementia (28 minutes)
- Staying healthy in a time of change and uncertainty (14 minutes)
- Preparing for the holidays (38 minutes)
- Preparing for the holidays during COVID-19 (29 minutes)
- Driving and dementia (25 minutes)
- Transit accessibility and challenges: Tips for people living with dementia (58 minutes)
Long-term care
- Considering the transition to long-term care (44 minutes)
- Adjusting to long-term care (36 minutes)
- Life in long-term care (48 minutes)
- More than a visitor: Care planning in a changing environment (65 minutes)
- Understanding Care Conferences with guest speakers Dr. Gloria Puurveen & Dr. Heather Cooke (53 minutes)
Music
Personal planning and finances
- Advanced care planning introduction – my wishes, my care (45 minutes)
- Personal planning in pandemic times with Emily Clough (60 minutes)
- IG Wealth Management Financial Confidence Workshop
- Personal planning (playlist)
- Personal planning along the dementia journey (40 minutes)
- Personal safety (19 minutes)
- Driving and dementia (19 minutes)
- Strategies for difficult conversations (9 minutes)
Progression
- Mapping your journey: stages and progression of dementia (40 minutes)
- Preparing for end-of-life on the dementia journey (32 minutes)
- What is palliative care (52 minutes)
Questions and answers
- How do I: help someone who has trouble communicating, respond to behaviours that trigger me, provide support when I’m not the primary care partner? (56 minutes)
- How do I: discuss a dementia diagnosis; help to de-escalate anxiety; get a case manager? (50 minutes)
- Panel discussion: Commonly asked questions about dementia
Research
- Research connects: Understanding lecanemab, a B.C. perspective (54 minutes)
- The who, what, where and when of Alzheimer’s disease biomarker testing with Dr. Mari DeMarco (52 minutes)
- Dementia-friendly cancer care with Dr. Shelly Canning (53 minutes)
- Deciphering research headlines (51 minutes)
- Disorientation among people living with dementia (56 minutes)
- Research ready: Cardiovascular risk factors and dementia with Elyn Rowe (64 minutes)
- Research ready: Technology in dementia research during COVID-19 (49 minutes)
- Research ready: Extending the cognitive healthspan (61 minutes)
- Research ready: Early diagnosis and dementia (31 minutes)
- Research ready: The healthy aging brain with Dr. Jodie Gawryluk and team (60 minutes)
- Research 101: Dispelling the myths about dementia research (60 minutes)
Resilience
- Guilt and grief (20 minutes)
- Strategies for building resilience (18 minutes)
- Building caregiver resilience (playlist)
- Building caregiver resilience for the dementia journey: The gift of mindfulness with Dr. Elisabeth Drance (56 minutes)
- Building caregiver resilience for the dementia journey: The skill of self-compassion with Dr. Elisabeth Drance (44 minutes)
- Building resilience: Staying healthy in a time of change and uncertainty (42 minutes)
- Staying healthy in a time of change and uncertainty: Building resilience (31 minutes)
Virtual visits
Wellness
- Living well with dementia through nutrition (54 minutes)
- Dental care and dementia with Dr. Nicholas Tong (59 minutes)
- Physical activity and dementia (48 minutes)
Punjabi-language videos
- Preparing for the holidays (25 minutes)
Brain health
- The brain and dementia (17 minutes)
- How to keep your brain healthy (18 minutes)
Communication
- How dementia impacts communication (12 minutes)
- Communication strategies (15 minutes)
Dementia friends
- Dementia overview (23 minutes)
- Communication tips (14 minutes)
- Dementia-friendly communities (15 minutes)
Getting to know dementia
- What is dementia? (10 minutes)
- Dementia and the brain (8 minutes)
- Myths, supports and planning (13 minutes)
- 10 warning signs of dementia (13 minutes)
Chinese-language videos
- Beside you - a caregiver story (Cantonese) (5 minutes)
- Eric's story (Cantonese) (5 minutes)
- Jim's story (Cantonese) (7 minutes)
- Accessing care services during COVID19 (Cantonese) (53 minutes)
- Caregiving during COVID19 (Cantonese) (53 minutes)
- 10 Warning Signs of Dementia (Cantonese) (3 minutes)
Dementia friends
- Dementia-friendly communities (Cantonese) (18 minutes)
- What is dementia and communication tips (Cantonese) (14 minutes)