Dementia Education and Support Workshop for Family Caregivers
UU直播鈥檚 Division of Geriatric Medicine and the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive聽Learning are working in collaboration with Alzheimer鈥檚 Care Consultant and Facilitator Claire Webster, and聽with Dr. Serge Gauthier, Director of the Alzheimer Disease Research Unit at the UU直播 Research聽Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA), to offer a community workshop which aims to educate and support聽caregivers who are looking after a family member with Alzheimer's disease or a dementia-related illness.
This workshop will be given in French and will:
focus on the most important elements that caregivers need to know regarding dementia and聽its associated behavioural and psychological symptoms;
help family members prepare themselves for the journey of caring for someone who has the聽disease, including best practices for ensuring their own well-being as caregivers;
simulate a real-life scenario to educate caregivers on how to create a safe home environment.
Through education and empowerment,聽this workshop will help support caregivers and聽provide them with the necessary resources to聽turn to in the community for support.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, please call us at聽514-398-4175
Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning聽