/medsimcentre/taxonomy/term/122/all en /medsimcentre/channels/event/celebrating-world-alzheimers-day-350863 <p>The Education Committee of the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Research Centre for Studies in Aging invites you to a discussion about the pressing issues of Alzheimer’s Disease and its impact on the senior population, how the government is addressing the challe</p> Tue, 12 Sep 2023 19:23:03 +0000 diane.weidner@mcgill.ca 4134 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/event/mcgill-cares-update-new-medications-treat-alzheimers-disease-350500 <p>Join us on <strong>September 20th at noon</strong> for the next <em>ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Cares</em> webcast to support informal caregivers.</p> Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:13:30 +0000 maria.vincelli@mcgill.ca 4063 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/news/amelia-and-lino-saputo-foundation-donate-15m-support-health-sciences-education-mcgill-university-339739 <p><b><i>This visionary support will enable the new Office of Ed-TECH to expand opportunities for online learning in dementia education and other community-based and professional training initiatives </i></b></p> <p>A generous commitment of $1.5 million from the Amelia and Lino Saputo Foundation will support innovative teaching at the new Office of Ed-TECH (Education Technology and E-Learning Collaboration for Health) at the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) under the umbrella of the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.</p> Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:56:04 +0000 diane.weidner@mcgill.ca 3579 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/event/mcgill-cares-exploring-experience-stress-formal-and-informal-dementia-care-partners-349943 <p>Join us on <strong>September 6 at noon</strong> for the special 60-minute launch of the fourth season of ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Cares webcast to support informal caregivers.  Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and founder of ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ’s Dementia Education Pro</p> Wed, 23 Aug 2023 19:15:38 +0000 maria.vincelli@mcgill.ca 4044 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/event/supporting-caregivers-people-neurocognitive-disorders-348722 <p><strong>A series of conferences on neurocognitive disorders presented by AVC-Aphasie Laval and ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ</strong></p> Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:46:20 +0000 diane.weidner@mcgill.ca 4005 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/event/caring-conversations-using-positive-intelligence-cope-caregiver-challenges-346509 <p>Join our next conversation with social worker <strong>Lucy Barylak</strong> and professional coach and educator <strong>Joanne Besner</strong> about topics that are important to care partners.</p> Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:56:50 +0000 maria.vincelli@mcgill.ca 3914 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/event/adopting-strategies-healthy-aging-346100 <p><strong>A series of conferences on neurocognitive disorders presented by AVC-Aphasie Laval and ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ</strong></p> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:49:27 +0000 diane.weidner@mcgill.ca 3890 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/event/driving-and-neurocognitive-disorders-346099 <p><strong>A series of conferences on neurocognitive disorders presented by AVC-Aphasie Laval and ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ</strong></p> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:44:34 +0000 diane.weidner@mcgill.ca 3888 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/event/understanding-neurocognitive-disorders-346098 <p><strong>A series of conferences on neurocognitive disorders presented by AVC-Aphasie Laval and ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ</strong></p> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:35:03 +0000 diane.weidner@mcgill.ca 3886 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/event/understanding-and-navigating-challenges-person-living-dementia-342580 <p>Hay Doun, in collaboration with ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ, is inviting you to a virtual presentation on:</p> Mon, 03 Oct 2022 20:33:48 +0000 diane.weidner@mcgill.ca 3704 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/news/september-world-alzheimers-month-opportunity-raise-awareness-and-demystify-dementia-342391 <p>The ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Dementia Education Program is excited to unveil its new website design this month. Please visit <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia">www.mcgill.ca/dementia</a> to access free resources created by a team of multidisciplinary health care leaders to educate and support people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners. Here are a few examples of what you can find online!</p> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:52:05 +0000 diane.weidner@mcgill.ca 3692 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/event/mcgill-team-delivers-world-alzheimer-report-2022-life-after-diagnosis-navigating-treatment-care-and-342030 <p>ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ was commissioned by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) to deliver both the 2021 and 2022 editions of the World Alzheimer Report on the crucial and inter-related topics of diagnosis and post-diagnostic support.<br /> <br /></p> Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:22:53 +0000 diane.weidner@mcgill.ca 3681 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/event/understanding-and-navigating-journey-dementia-339766 <p>This public lecture, brought to you by the <strong><a href="http://mcgill.ca/dementia">ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Dementia Education Program</a> </strong>and <strong><a href="https://www.csvm.ca/en/">Centre de santé Vallée Massawippi</a></strong>, aims to raise aware</p> Fri, 03 Jun 2022 18:28:24 +0000 diane.weidner@mcgill.ca 3582 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/event/mcgill-cares-natural-history-aging-and-alzheimers-339052 <p>Join us on April 20, 2022 at noon for the next <a href="/medsimcentre/community-outreach/dementia/mcgill-cares-webcasts">ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Cares</a> webcast to support informal caregivers.</p> Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:19:38 +0000 maria.vincelli@mcgill.ca 3546 at /medsimcentre /medsimcentre/channels/news/new-total-elearning-initiative-mcgill-dementia-education-program-will-benefit-funding-337252 <h4> </h4> <p><strong>MONTREAL January 31, 2022</strong> – A new initiative by ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ’s Dementia Education Program is among the 15 projects that will receive funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada to raise awareness of dementia and promote dementia-inclusive communities, <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2022/01/government-of-canada-invests-in-projects-that-raise-awareness-of-dementia-and-promote-dementia-inclusive-communities0.html">announced</a> the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos today.</p> Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:11:52 +0000 diane.weidner@mcgill.ca 3469 at /medsimcentre