Course: Building Dementia-Friendly Communities
Learn how community members, employees and organizations can help to build dementia-friendly communities where people living with dementia and their care partners feel welcome, included and supported.
Welcome! We’re glad you’re interested in discovering how each of us can contribute to creating dementia-friendly communities. Whether you're a community member or looking to make your workplace more supportive for clients, this course offers practical strategies to help you welcome, include and support people living with dementia and their care partners.This course includes four modules with a variety of interactive activities to help you learn the material and check your knowledge as you go. There are also additional resources that you can use in your day-to-day interactions.
Once you have finished all four course modules, you will receive a certificate of completion. Note that the quizzes and activities in each module are not scored and do not count toward your certificate. When you’ve completed the course, we would love to hear your feedback through the course evaluation survey.
Audience: Community members, organization leaders and employees in retail, restaurant, recreation, library, transportation and financial sector workplaces.
Estimated time: approximately 70 minutes
Module 1: approximately 15 minutes
Module 2: approximately 25 minutes
Module 3: approximately 15 minutes
Module 4: approximately 15 minutes
Course access
To access the course and complimentary resources, please register* on our online learning system. Note: To access courses you will need to enter the following code on the registration form: learn
If you have already registered for our online learning system, please login to the access the course at alzheimercanada.360learning.com
*Our online learning system is provided through 360Learning, a third-party website. Upon registration for the online learning courses, you leave the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s website and by such registration, you agree to the terms and conditions as set out by the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s End User Agreement. You will also be subject to 360Learning’s privacy policy and usage terms when you enter the 360Learning site.
If you experience issues accessing courses, email learning@alzheimer.ca or call
1-855-705-4636.
Note: All courses will be accessible on laptops or PCs. If you access a course on a mobile device, courses may not work on all mobile device types.
Course resources
For more information about Dementia-Friendly Communities and to access several resources to support you in your efforts to make your community and/or workplace more dementia friendly, please check out the Dementia-Friendly Canada webpages.