This month at the Alzheimer Society.
March 2023
Dementia webinar | Making activities dementia inclusive
Discuss the benefits of meaningful activities and explore how different types of activities can be dementia-inclusive.
Dementia webinar | Focus on behaviour: Targeted strategies for denial, paranoia, shadowing and anxiety
Learn specific strategies for responding to four commonly experienced behaviours that people ask us about.
Dementia webinar | Responsive behaviours
Explore possible reasons for our own reactivity and learn some coping strategies.
Dementia webinar | Getting to know dementia: What is dementia?
Learn how dementia affects an individual's brain and behaviour, as well as the disease's impact on family.
Virtual panel discussion | Conversations that matter: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), a B.C. health-care perspective
Barbara Pesut, Principal Research Chair Palliative and End-of-Life Care at UBC Okanagan and Laurel Plewes, Director of Vancouver Coastal Health’s Assisted Dying Program, will share their perspectives from inside the B.C. health-care system, before opening the floor to a Q&A with participants.
Online education | Focus on behaviour: Understanding behaviour changes
Learn practical strategies to better understand changes in behaviour and respond in supportive ways.
Dementia webinar | Lived experience: Sensory experience of dementia
In this lived experience webinar, we will discuss the impact of dementia on sensory experiences and provide some tips and strategies to cope with these changes.
Virtual panel discussion | Research connects: Understanding lecanemab, a B.C. perspective
Join us for an informative conversation between Jen Lyle, CEO of the Alzheimer Society of B.C., and Dr. Robin Hsiung, Associate Professor in Neurology at UBC as they discuss what lecanemab is, how it works] and what its approval in the U.S. means for British Columbians affected by dementia.