9 Cours
Webinar: Brain Health, April 29, 2024
Goals of this presentation include understanding the risk factors associated with developing dementia, recognizing how lifestyle plays a role in your risk of developing dementia, and taking action to support brain health.
Intended Audience: General Public
Date: April 29, 2024 at 5pm-6pm ET
Webinar: Lewy Body dementia and Parkinson’s Disease dementia, May 2, 2024
This webinar will provide an overview of these two rarer types of dementia. It will provide attendees the opportunity to understand the unique symptoms, criteria for diagnosis and support needs for both the person living with these brain changes and their care partners.
Intended audience: General Public
Date: May 2, 2024 at 3pm-4pm ET
Webinar: Women and Dementia, May 6, 2024
This webinar will provide an overview of the prevalence of dementia among women and discuss some of the risk factors that impact women in particular.
Intended audience: General Public
Date: May 6, 2024 at 11am-12pm ET
Webinar: Speaker Series Event - Sex and Gender Differences in Dementia, May 7, 2024
Both sex and gender can shape a person’s dementia experience, from prior to onset, through treatment and beyond.
Researchers now recognize that both sex and gender are important characteristics to consider when examining dementia outcomes and care needs.
Join us on May 7th for a conversation on this very subject, and the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s latest research study: The Many Faces of Dementia in Canada.
Speaker Details:
Ngozi Iroanyah, Director, Healthy Equity and Access-Alzheimer Society of Ontario
Dr. Natasha Rajah (Toronto Metropolitan University) and Dr. Gillian Einstein (University of Toronto)
Intended Audience:
General public, including people living with dementia, care partners, and health care professionals.
Webinar: Young Onset Dementia, May 9, 2024
This presentation will focus on distinguishing Young onset dementia from Late onset dementia, developing a basic understanding of the genetic component of Young onset dementia, recognizing the impact of Young onset dementia on the individual and the family, and developing an understanding of supportive strategies and services in the community.
Intended Audience: General Public
Date: May 9, 2024 at 10am-11am ET
Webinar: Brain Health, May 9, 2024
Goals of this presentation include understanding the risk factors associated with developing dementia, recognizing how lifestyle plays a role in your risk of developing dementia, and taking action to support brain health.
Intended Audience: General Public
Date: May 9, 2024 at 3pm-4pm ET
Webinaire: Santé cérébrale , 14 mai, 2024
Cette présentation abordera les facteurs de risque modifiables des troubles neurocognitifs ainsi que les moyens de protéger et d'améliorer la santé de notre cerveau à tous les âges ! Cet atelier vous fournira des informations sur la réduction des risques de troubles neurocognitifs, ainsi que des conseils, des astuces et des ressources. Découvrez comment préserver et améliorer votre santé cérébrale en mettant l'accent sur les 12 facteurs de risque modifiables.
Public visé : grand public
Date: 14 mai, 2024, 15h-16h
Webinar: Speaker Series Event - Experiences of 2SLGBTQIA+ people living with dementia and their care partners, June 4, 2024
Join us for our upcoming Speaker Series webinar where we will discuss the research that has looked at the specific experiences of 2SLGBT+ people living with dementia and their care partners and provide some recommendations for policy, program, and practice change based on this research.
This webinar is a part of a series related to “The Many Faces of Dementia in Canada” The Landmark Study 2 which was released by the Alzheimer Society of Canada in January 2024. For more information on the Landmark Study or to download a copy, please click here.
Speaker Details:
Ngozi Iroanyah, Director, Healthy Equity and Access-Alzheimer Society of Ontario will chat with Celeste Pang, PhD (she/they), Assistant Professor, Women's and Gender Studies. Department of Humanities, Mount Royal University.
Intended Audience:
General public, including people living with dementia, care partners, and health care professionals.
Webinar: Updates in Alzheimer's Disease Research, June 18, 2024
This webinar reviews major milestones in Alzheimer's disease research and summarizes trends in ongoing research happening worldwide.
Intended Audience: General Public
Date: June 18, 2024 at 10am-11am ET
