This month at the Alzheimer Society.
March 2024
Virtual Brain Wave Café
Our virtual Brain Wave Café is a drop-in group offering a welcoming place online for people to meet regularly and share their experiences.
Dementia Overview for Health Care Providers
This presentation will discuss the difference between changes that come with normal aging and when something is not normal, reversible causes for these changes, and a general understanding of dementia.
Updates in Alzheimer's Disease Research
This webinar reviews major milestones in Alzheimer's disease research and summarizes trends in ongoing research happening worldwide.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Working in Long Term Care Series: Session 4: Personal Care in Long Term Care
Learn about strategies to support the person living with dementia and their care partner(s) as they adjust to moving to Long Term Care.
Communication for Care Partners
Understand communication basics, recognize the impact dementia has on communication, and develop strategies to improve communication.
Self-Care for the Caregiver: Life Process Transformation
Self-Care for the Caregiver is designed to help individuals who are feeling overwhelmed in caring for others and finding it hard to take care of themselves.
Next Steps & Care Essentials (Afternoon)
4-part series offering an opportunity for families and friends of individuals with a diagnosis of dementia to learn more about dementia, develop caregiving strategies, and become familiar with community resources and supports.
Brain Wave Café Welland
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Adult Child Support Group
This 8 session support group explores the unique challenges faced by adults caring for a parent who is living with dementia.
Understanding Frontotemporal Dementia
Join us to learn more about Frontotemporal Dementia - a progressive dementia that can lead to problems with thinking, movement, behaviours, and mood.
Le Petit Café
Restez en contact avec vos amis et rencontrez-en de nouveaux en participant ensemble à des activités cérébrales saines !
Art Expressions
Art Expressions is a painting class for individuals living with dementia and their care partners - no experience required!
Brain Wave Café Ridgeway
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Grimsby Support Group
Do you feel alone on your journey as a care partner to someone who is living with dementia? Join other care partners for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Brain Wave Café Beamsville
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Brain Wave Cafe St. Catharines
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Long Distance Caregiving
Gain practical tips and strategies for providing support from a distance while exploring the unique issues and challenges of long distance caregiving.
Evening Support Group
Join other care partners virtually on the first and third Thursday of the month for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Men's Social and Support Group
Do you feel alone on your journey as a male care partner to someone who is living with dementia? Join us for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Self-Care for the Caregiver: Life Process Transformation
Self-Care for the Caregiver is designed to help individuals who are feeling overwhelmed in caring for others and finding it hard to take care of themselves.
Welland Support Group
Do you feel alone on your journey as a care partner to someone who is living with dementia? Join other care partners for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Brain Wave Café Niagara Falls
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Young Onset Dementia Care Partner Group
This online facilitated group is intended to connect people who are caring for a person living with Young Onset Dementia (dementia diagnosed prior to age 65).
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Support Group
Join us for our Support Group in Niagara-on-the-Lake on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month!
Young Onset Dementia
Distinguishing Young onset dementia from Late onset dementia, developing a basic understanding of the genetic component of Young onset dementia, and more.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Talk Tuesdays
Talk Tuesdays, hosted by the Education Staff, give care partners a chance to get together and talk about practical methods for supporting a loved one who is living with dementia.
Self-Care for the Caregiver: Life Process Transformation
Self-Care for the Caregiver is designed to help individuals who are feeling overwhelmed in caring for others and finding it hard to take care of themselves.
Brain Wave Café Welland
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Adult Child Support Group
This 8 session support group explores the unique challenges faced by adults caring for a parent who is living with dementia.
Le Petit Café
Restez en contact avec vos amis et rencontrez-en de nouveaux en participant ensemble à des activités cérébrales saines !
Art Expressions
Art Expressions is a painting class for individuals living with dementia and their care partners - no experience required!
Brain Wave Café Ridgeway
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Positive Approaches to Care (PAC)
This workshop focuses on Positive Approach to Care "care partnering" techniques, including Positive Physical Approach™ (PPA) and Hand Under Hand™ (HUH).
Grimsby Support Group
Do you feel alone on your journey as a care partner to someone who is living with dementia? Join other care partners for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Power of Music
Join us for the Power of Music program where we will reminisce to our favourite songs and participate in music-themed activities.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Brain Wave Café St. Catharines
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Brain Wave Café Beamsville
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Evening Support Group
Join other care partners virtually on the first and third Thursday of the month for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Community Talks - Seated Yoga Workshop
Join us each month as we connect with community partners for interactive workshops that promote positive brain health and well-being
Living Safely in the Community
Enhance your awareness of the risks of someone living with dementia going missing and some reasons why this may happen.
Life Process Transformation Recharge Group
Review and discuss Life Process Transformation's key messages and principles.
Self-Care for the Caregiver: Life Process Transformation
Self-Care for the Caregiver is designed to help individuals who are feeling overwhelmed in caring for others and finding it hard to take care of themselves.
Community Talks: Dancer Not Dementia
Join us for an afternoon event presented in collaboration with the First Ontario PAC and the Canadian National Ballet School, showcasing a screening of "Dancer Not Dementia", an interactive demonstration, and more.
Dementia-Friendly Communities: Retail Sector
A Dementia Friendly Community is a place where people living with dementia and their care partners are welcomed, included, and supported. It is a community that pays attention to the social and physical needs of the person living with dementia.
St. Catharines Support Group
This closed 8-session biweekly support group will provide guidance and coping mechanisms according to the needs and interests of the group.
Brain Wave Café Niagara Falls
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Driving and Dementia
One of the first and toughest issues families and caregivers will face when they receive a diagnosis of dementia is the question of driving safety.
Young Onset Dementia Care Partner Group
This online facilitated group is intended to connect people who are caring for a person living with Young Onset Dementia (dementia diagnosed prior to age 65).
Free Haircuts for Care Partners
Our free haircuts for care partners returns! Join us on the last Thursday of each month. Spots are limited, so book your appointment today by calling us at 905-687-3914
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Support Group
Join us for our Support Group in Niagara-on-the-Lake on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month!