Events
Browse the calendar to find upcoming events, conferences and educational opportunities across Ontario. For events related to the Behavioural Supports in Ontario (BSO) Project check out the BSO Knowledge Exchange Events Calendar ι Browse AKE Knowledge Dissemination Series ι To add an event to the calendar, contact AKE@alzheimeront.org
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AKE Online Events/ Webinars
Participants engage in interactive discussions and information sharing right from their desktop through a combination of teleconference and web conference tools - topics focus on practical tips, strategies, emerging trends, critical issues and best practices.
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Virtual Policy Series on Dementia - Session 1: Heading Towards Change: Current Policy Recommendations (New): An overview of both the challenges and the key recommendations put forward in the Caring for an Aging Population and Addressing Alternate Level of Care report. February 9th l 12:00 - 1:00 pm EST ι Poster ι Related Resources ι Reading List
Virtual Policy Series on Dementia - Session 2: Emerging Evidence: Moving from Paper to Policy (New): An overview of the key findings of the Health System Use by Frail Ontario Seniors. Focus will be on community dwelling adults with dementia. February 16th l 12:00 - 1:00 pm EST ι Poster ι Related Resources ι Reading List
Virtual Policy Series on Dementia - Session 3: Connecting the Dots: Moving Towards Better Dementia Care (New): A brief overview of the two previous sessions on current policy recommendations and emerging evidence. Building on the previous sessions by presenting on current projects being undertaken to address the dementia challenge in Ontario. February 23rd l 12:00 -1:00 pm EST ι Poster ι Related Resources ι Reading List
Health Promotion and Dementia: An opportunity for participants to learn about the health promotion framework and conceptual model currently under development at the Alzheimer Society of Ontario (ASO). Explore specific approaches and programs available for persons with early stage dementia across Canada. Jan '12 Poster ι Related Resources
Self Management and Dementia: An overview of concepts of self-management in chronic disease prevention and management, and discuss how concepts of self-management can be applied in the dementia context. Jan' 12 Poster ι Related Resources
How I Live Well: Individuals living with dementia and their partners in care will present their stories of their dementia journeys. Jan '12 Poster ι Related Resources
Identifying vulnerable seniors: An "in-the-field" dementia screening tool for Police Officers: Introducing a tool has been developed for use by the police, while in the field, to help quickly establish whether a person is likely to be experiencing a dementia (Jun '11) Poster ι Related Resources
Police Interaction with Persons Affected By Alzheimer Disease: We will present the strategies already in place and discuss how we can participate to ensure the safety and understanding for those affected by AD and our caregivers. (Jun '11) Poster ι Related Resources
Speak Up: Start the conversation about end-of-life: An opportunity to become familiar with the core elements of the Framework and with the tools that are currently available to both raise professional and public awareness regarding ACP and enable them to engage in the process.(Aug & Jun '11) Poster ι Related Resources
How to Avoid Getting Dementia - for Physicians: Look for clues that suggest ways to diminish suffering, as listed in the report, ― Preventing Alzheimer‘s disease and Cognitive Decline. At 727 pages, this report is quite a task to read, this webinar will summarize what clues were found. (Jun '11) Poster ι Related Resources
Person-centred Technology for Persons with Dementia: Review and discuss person-centred technology options to enable individuals to participate in meaningful occupations. (May '11) Poster ι Related Resources
Behavioural Support Systems Series: The session will showcase programs and projects in Long-term care homes, supportive housing and hospital-led initiatives. (Jan '11) Poster ι Related Resources
A Practical Safe Driving Checklist & A Guide to Dementia-Related Billing in Ontario: A simple practical 10 item checklist to assess driving safety and a guide to appropriate scheduling and billing for the assessment and management of persons with cognitive impairment/ dementia (Jan '11) Poster ι Related Resources
Retirement Homes Act - A Discussion: The web conference is designed for the Policy CoP members, Dementia Network members, policy makers, planners and partners (Dec '10) Poster ι Related Resources - coming soon
Age-Friendly Communities: Creating a Community for a Lifetime: The Grand River Council on Aging presentation “Creating a Community of a Lifetime” is the focus of this Age-Friendly Communities event (Nov '10) Poster ι Related Resources
Bill 168: Workplace Violence and Harassment, Occupational Health and Safety Act: Bill 168 is an Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) with respect to violence and harassment in the workplace and has come into effect on June 15, 2010. This online event will highlight key area. (Oct '10) Poster ι Related Resources
The Dementia-Friendly Design Series: Doorways: The second in a series, this session will present why environmental design is important for the quality of life of persons living with dementia. (Oct '10) Poster ι Related Resources
The New Long-Term Care Homes Act - Moving Forward An opportunity to learn what these changes mean in working with staff and residents of LTC Homes (Jul '10 & Sept '10) Poster ι Related Resources
Wired for Success – Towards an Ontario Brain Strategy: Neurological Health Charities Canada (NHCC) and the MoHLTC came together in the spirit of mutual cooperation to identify ways to address these issues and create the first steps toward an Ontario Brain Strategy (May '10) Poster ι Related Resources
Support Interventions for Caregivers of Persons with Dementia - 3 Sessions: Several interventions for supporting the psychosocial needs of caregivers of persons with dementia and will provide an opportunity to examine current practices of providing support services (Mar, Apr '10) Poster ι Related Resources
The Behavioural Support Systems Project: Kick off!: The initial phase will focus on defining the population, proposing a system model and establishing an appropriate measurement and evaluation framework (Feb '10) Poster ι Related Resources
Enhancing Communication in Alzheimer’s Disease: The ability to communicate is essential to human interaction. Among the cognitive impairments seen in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), language and communication impairments figure prominently, even in the earlier stages (Feb '10) Poster ι Related Resources
Dementia Friendly Design: Lighting: The first in a series, this session will introduce why environmental design is important for the quality of life of persons living with dementia (Jan '10) Poster ι Related Resources
The Behavioural Intervention Response Team: Collaborative approach to managing severe behaviours in the long-term setting (Jan '10) Poster ι Related Resources
Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) Project - Increasing Capacity for Assessment and Management: Increase awareness of and access to information and learning resources intended to increase the capacity for assessment and management of BPSD by primary care physicians (Dec '09) Poster ι Related Resources
Rainbow Health Ontario - Improving Health care for LGBT Seniors: A provincial program designed to improve access to services and promotes the health of Ontario's LGBT communities through information, education, research and policy initiatives (Oct '09) Poster ι Related Resources
Balance of Care (BoC) – Policy Implications for Aging in Place: This approach has been applied to thousands of individuals waiting for LTC placement in 9 Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) regions across Ontario (Sep '09) Poster ι Related Resources
Tools for Change: Building Age Friendly Communities: Five guiding principles and three building blocks that form the basis for an age friendly community (Aug' 09) Poster ι Related Resources
Advancing the Interests of Caregivers in Ontario: Advancing caregiver policy initiatives to government and other key decision-makers, and advocating and raising awareness on caregiver issues (Jul '09) Poster ι Related Resources
Education Resources on Mental Health for Seniors and their Families (Jul '09) Poster ι Related Resources
Health Care Consent and Advance Care Planning: Current issues and popular misunderstandings will be clarified. In addition, participants will learn about their role in ACP and where to find resources (Jun '09) Poster ι Related Resources
The Aging and Developmental Disabilities Program Showcase and Knowledge Transfer Project: Building partnerships between Developmental Services, Long Term Care and Community Care for seniors Poster ι Related Resources
Exciting Ideas in Dementia Care Showcase Series: Innovations for dementia care through dialogue with Ontario change champions (June '08) Bookmark ι Poster ι Related Resources
Diagnosis & Treatment of Dementia: Guidelines from the 3rd Canadian Consensus Conference (May ’08) Poster ι Related Resources
Driving and Dementia Series: Driving and Dementia for Front-line Clinicians, a Two-Part Series (Apr, May ’08) Poster ι Related Resources
First Link: Strengthening Primary Care Partnerships for Dementia Support: Referral based program for people newly diagnosed with ADRD and their families Poster ι Related Resource
Promoting Excellence in Dementia Care: Naming the Issues and Clearing the Path Towards Success: Building a Foundational Understanding of Evidence-based Dementia Care (Mar ’08) Poster ι Related Resources
Cultural Competency: Aboriginal Peoples Living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: Cultural considerations of working with Aboriginal people with a particular focus on persons experiencing dementia (Jan, 08) Poster ι Related Resources
Moving the Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health (CCSMH) National Guidelines: from Paper to Practice: CCSMH National Guidelines for Seniors' Mental Health with a particular focus on the Assessment and Treatment of Mental Health Issues in Long Term Care (Jan ’08) Poster ι Related Resources
Spirituality and Dementia Series
Hosted in collaboration with Long Term Care Spiritual Care Network: The series highlight the importance and influence of Spirituality on a person's Mental Health with a particular focus on persons experiencing dementia. (Oct, Nov, Dec '07) Poster ι Related Resource
Closing the Distance Between Knowledge and Action in Elder Care: Identify strategies for supporting unregulated care providers' use of best practice knowledge in LTC homes. (Aug '07) Poster ιRelated Resources
Driving and Dementia: Guidelines and Practical Strategies in the Assessment of Drivers with Dementia (Jul '07, Aug '07) Poster ι Related Resources
Oral Care and Dementia: Best Practice Guidelines and Practical Strategies for Oral Care and Dementia (Jun '07, Jul '07) Poster ι Related Resource
Spirituality and Mental Health: Hosted in collaboration with Long Term Care Spiritual Care Network (May '07) Poster ι Related Resources
Managing Cessation of Smoking and Dementia (Nov '06) Poster ι Related Resources