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Cracking the Dementia Code™ Online Course
If you’ve ever felt lost as a caregiver, or wished you had an experienced mentor to consult, this course fills those gaps.
You’ll develop your skills in a meaningful, practical way, plus get ongoing support from peers and leaders in the dementia care field.
Understanding Dementia is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), offering university-quality education about the latest in dementia research and care.
This free course provides an opportunity to engage with the perspectives of an international community, without requiring exams or assignments.
Understanding Dementia is designed to be accessible and appealing to people from diverse backgrounds
Preventing Dementia is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), offering university-quality education about the latest research in dementia risk and protective factors.
The free course provides an opportunity to engage with the perspectives of a global community, without requiring exams or assignments.
I’m Still me presentation slideshow
This is the slideshow used for the in person presentations. Gain insight, challenge stereotypes, and participate in engaging yet informative activities that provide a glimpse into their experiences. Together, we can foster understanding, empathy, and a community that supports and uplifts everyone, regardless of their journey with Dementia.
Tips for working with People Living With Dementia
The Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service (DBMAS) works to improve the lives of people with dementia whose behaviour is affecting their care.
Dementia Friends
Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme is the biggest ever initiative to change people’s perceptions of dementia. It aims to transform the way the nation thinks, acts and talks about the condition.
Elder Care Planning
Eldercare Planners of Canada are your Canadian Senior Living experts. As professionals in Eldercare, we specialize in caregiver support, senior living, and navigating the complexities of aging.
Dementia Friendly Café (Burnaby, BC)
Join into a unique space dedicated to individuals living with dementia and their caregivers! Our monthly Café at the South Burnaby Dementia Friends Cafe is a powerful blend of support, education, and meaningful engagement and fun.
Reducing Risk of Dementia
Often times we see dementia as a disease of the elderly. In fact, much of the risk is rooted in our behaviour when we’re younger. The following advice can help reduce your risk of developing dementia.
Emotions you didn’t even know you had
In recent years, neuroscience has introduced a new way of thinking about our emotions. The scientists behind the latest brain-imaging studies say they can now pinpoint with precision where these feelings are located within our heads.
Things to never to say to someone living with Dementia
When relating to a person with Alzheimer's, there are many guidelines to follow.
Brain Exchange Public Resources
Explore topics, access the latest resources, discover upcoming knowledge exchange opportunities and more. Find Resources Ask a Question.
Dialogue on Aging - Public Presentation Series
For over a decade the Dialogue on Aging public presentations have provided learning opportunities for seniors and others via a range of topics and a variety of speakers - researchers, clinicians and others who bring an array of expertise and experience.
Dementia Resources Australia/ Education programs online
The Dementia Guide is the go-to resource for people living with dementia their carers and family. The information in this guide is divided into sections with each section relating to a particular stage of the dementia journey. The guide supports people living with dementia, their carers and family, to understand more about dementia, the treatments, support and services available. The guide also includes information about living well with dementia and making plans for the future.
Dementia Fact Sheet
The dementia fact sheet has top-line information around dementia, including key facts, statistics and the Global Action Plan on dementia.
What’s your Brain Care Score? The answer may indicate your dementia risk
What if you could assess your risk of developing dementia or having a stroke as you age without medical procedures? A new tool named the Brain Care Score, or BCS, may help you do just that while also advising how you can lower your risk, a new study has found.
Healthy Aging CORE Canada
The national knowledge hub connecting organizations that support and advance independent living for older Canadians
Flipping the Stigma
A diagnosis of dementia can increase a person’s sense of vulnerability. Not only are people faced with challenging cognitive changes but too often many also face needless stigma and discrimination that can make the experience worse.
As such, the discrimination caused by stigma that accompanies a diagnosis of dementia needs to be “flipped on its ear!”
Canadian Dementia Learning and Resource Network
The Canadian Dementia Learning and Resource Network (CDLRN) is a knowledge hub that facilitates collaboration between community-based projects across Canada and amplifies their successes.
Professor Zahinoor Ismail - Neuropsychiatrist; Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Epidemiology, and Pathology
The pursuit of knowledge in dementia and Alzheimer's disease research is not just a career—it's a calling. At a time when our global population is ageing, the ramifications of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's are more significant than ever.
Canadian Remote Access for Dementia Learning Experiences (CRADLE+)
CRADLE+ shares stories of seniors living with dementia and the care providers who support them. Using interactive features and engaging media, this free, online course teaches Canadian unregulated care providers (e.g., personal support workers and continuing care assistants) evidence-informed approaches to real-life care scenarios.
Dementia: What Canada's doing
Canada's dementia strategy
Annual report to Parliament on Canada's dementia strategy
Dementia funding
Dementia research
Data on dementia
Programs and services by area
BC Health Care improves services for Seniors
British Columbia is set to receive $733 million in new federal funding over the next five years to improve health care for the province's seniors.
The funds will help expand home and community care, improve access to palliative and end-of-life services and improve the quality of long-term care, the federal and provincial health ministers announced Monday.
Cognitive Reserve in Ageing and Alzheimer's Disease
The concept of cognitive reserve provides an explanation for differences between individuals in susceptibility to age-related brain changes or pathology related to Alzheimer's disease, whereby some people can tolerate more of these changes than others and maintain function. Epidemiological studies suggest that lifelong experiences, including educational and occupational attainment, and leisure activities in later life, can increase this reserve.
A Guide to Living With Dementia
Following a dementia diagnosis, it’s only natural to ask questions.
Forward with Dementia is a place to find hope, have your questions answered, learn from others, and discover strategies to help you navigate your own path with dementia.
Dementia Solutions
Our mission is to be a true leader in shifting the way dementia related behaviours are managed by both professional and family caregivers.
We offer practical education, support & solutions for caregivers and people affected by dementia.
Science and Technology for Aging Research Institute - Cognitive Health and Dementia Resources
Technology can help you connect with your loved ones living with dementia. Technology can also support informal caregivers in different ways during the COVID-19 crisis.
Dementia Strategic Fund: Awareness raising initiatives
To support the implementation of the strategy, efforts to raise awareness of dementia through the new DSF will focus on multiple objectives: preventing dementia, reducing stigma, encouraging and enabling communities to become more dementia-inclusive.
How to support those living with Dementia in Activity
CPI training programs are designed to help your organization identify, prevent, and de-escalate crises. Each program provides clear, self-guided training paths, and can be customized to meet the needs of your organization, staff, and the individuals you serve.
Senior Advocacy (Manitoba)
This guide is a powerful resource providing descriptions and lists for community, health and government programs. Designed for older adults, caregivers and families, the guide will help you navigate supports and services in the province.
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