Island Health U-First!® trainings

Below are the U-First!® trainings available for Island Health Authority. Click your preferred date and training format below to register for that specific training. Please only register for one training.

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To learn more about each of the different training formats, click here.

U-First!® online workshops

Please register at least two weeks before the event so we can prepare and ship your workshop materials. If you register after this date, you will receive temporary access to the workbook online, and your physical materials will be shipped to you as soon as possible.

June workshops:

July workshops:

U-First!® in-person training

Host a U‑First!® workshop directly within your long‑term care home!

In‑person sessions delivered by Alzheimer Society of BC and Yukon U‑First!® facilitators at eligible sites include lunch and are funded through a BC Ministry of Health grant.

Secure your preferred date now: alzbc.org/bookufirst

U-First!® 3-week eLearning course

Our next eLearning course is coming soon. For any inquiries, please email [email protected].

About the workshops

All training sessions are interactive, and everyone is expected to be actively engaged throughout the session to share with and learn from each other.

Online and in-person workshops are 7 hours, including breaks.

Eligibility: Frontline staff working in publicly funded long-term care homes

Cost: FREE ($80 training fee covered through a BC Ministry of Health grant). Please note that staff backfill costs are not covered.

U-First!® dementia training

U-First!® is a standardized training program designed to help all members of the care team develop a common knowledge base, language and approach to caring for people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.

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Which U-First!® training format fits me?

We offer a variety of training formats to meet the preferences and needs of health-care staff across British Columbia and the Yukon. Our flexible delivery options ensure everyone can access the training. Learn more about each modality below and find the one that works best for you or your team.

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U-First!® train-the-trainer program

The U-First!® train-the-trainer program helps long-term care homes build internal capacity by training staff to deliver the U-First!® workshop directly to their teams as certified U-First!® Community Facilitators.

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