This month at the Alzheimer Society.
April 2025
Brain Wave Café Welland
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
St. Catharines Support Group
This Time Limited 8-session biweekly support group will provide guidance and coping mechanisms according to the needs and interests of the group.
Port Colborne Support Group
Do you feel alone on your journey as a care partner to someone who is living with dementia? Join other care partners for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Dementia Education Series: Next Steps & Care Essentials (Afternoon)
4-part series offering an opportunity for families and friends of individuals with a diagnosis of dementia to learn more about dementia, develop caregiving strategies, and become familiar with community resources and supports.
Minds in Motion
Minds in Motion® is a physical activity and brain stimulation program for people living with dementia and their care partners.
Brain Wave Café Ridgeway
Come on out to our Spring Into Summer Social, featuring the music group Maple Sugar! Everyone is welcome!
Grimsby Support Group
Do you feel alone on your journey as a care partner to someone who is living with dementia? Join other care partners for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Long-Term Care Transitional Self-Health Group
A 6-week session for care partners with a family member living in long-term care.
Power of Music
Reminisce to your favourite songs and participate in music-themed activities.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Brain Wave Café St. Catharines
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Brain Wave Café Beamsville
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Evening Support Group
Join other care partners virtually on the first and third Thursday of the month for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Virtual Brain Wave Café
Our virtual Brain Wave Café is a drop-in group offering a welcoming place online for people to meet regularly and share their experiences.
Lewy Body Support Group
This Time Limited support group will provide guidance and coping mechanisms according to the needs and interests of the group.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Men's Social and Support Group
Do you feel alone on your journey as a male care partner to someone who is living with dementia? Join us for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Art Expressions
Art Expressions is a painting class for individuals living with dementia and their care partners - no experience required!
Welland Support Group
Do you feel alone on your journey as a care partner to someone who is living with dementia? Join other care partners for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Brain Wave Café Niagara Falls
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Long-Term Care Transitional Self-Health Group
A 6-week session for care partners with a family member living in long-term care.
Understanding Alzheimer's Disease
Join us to learn more about the most common form of dementia: Alzheimer's disease.
Power of Music
Reminisce to your favourite songs and participate in music-themed activities.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Support Group
Join us for our Support Group in Niagara-on-the-Lake on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month!
Dementia-Friendly Communities
A Dementia Friendly Community is a place where people living with dementia and their care partners are welcomed, included, and supported. It is a community that pays attention to the social and physical needs of the person living with dementia.
Lewy Body Support Group
This Time Limited support group will provide guidance and coping mechanisms according to the needs and interests of the group.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Meaningful Activities
This webinar helps care partners of a person living with dementia in mid-to-late stages to develop and participate in meaningful activities.
Connections First
Join us for an interactive session that explores living well with or without memory changes.
Brain Wave Café Welland
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
St. Catharines Support Group
This Time Limited 8-session biweekly support group will provide guidance and coping mechanisms according to the needs and interests of the group.
Aging and the Senses
This presentation will cover sensory changes that occur with aging, reflecting on what a person may experience physically as they age, and identifying issues related to activities of daily living and/or instrumental activities of daily living for aging clients/residents.
Port Colborne Support Group
Do you feel alone on your journey as a care partner to someone who is living with dementia? Join other care partners for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Brain Wave Café Ridgeway
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Grimsby Support Group
Do you feel alone on your journey as a care partner to someone who is living with dementia? Join other care partners for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Power of Music
Reminisce to your favourite songs and participate in music-themed activities.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Brain Wave Café St. Catharines
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Brain Wave Café Beamsville
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Evening Support Group
Join other care partners virtually on the first and third Thursday of the month for peer support and to learn new strategies that may help to decrease your stress.
Art Expressions
Art Expressions is a painting class for individuals living with dementia and their care partners - no experience required!
Lewy Body & Parkinsons - Supporting the Journey as a Health Care Provider
Building on the learning points from the Overview webinar for the General Public, this session will provide health care workers with a very brief review of Lewy Body dementia and Parkinson's disease, then offer opportunities for case scenario work.
Brain Wave Café Niagara Falls
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Power of Music
Reminisce to your favourite songs and participate in music-themed activities.
Communication for Care Partners
Understand communication basics, recognize the impact dementia has on communication, and develop strategies to improve communication.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Support Group
Join us for our Support Group in Niagara-on-the-Lake on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month!
Driving and Dementia
One of the first and toughest issues families and caregivers will face when they receive a diagnosis of dementia is the question of driving safety.
Frontotemporal Dementia Caregiver Support Group
This Time Limited support group is designed for care partners of people living with frontotemporal dementia.
Understanding of Changing Behaviours with Dementia
This webinar is designed to help participants better understand behaviour changes with dementia and tips for supporting the individual.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Minds in Motion
Minds in Motion® is a physical activity and brain stimulation program for people with dementia and their care partners.
Nutrition and Brain Health
This workshop will discuss nutritional challenges as the brain ages, the MIND diet and nutrients of importance for the brain, plus nutritional considerations for caregivers and practical tips.
Brain Health
Understand the risk factors associated with developing dementia, recognize how lifestyle plays a role in your risk of developing dementia, and take action to support brain health.
Support for Care Partners
An introduction to being a care partner to someone living with dementia.
Evening Under the Stars Dinner Dance
Join us for a wonderful evening filled with live music, wonderful food, and catching up with friends!
Vascular Dementia: An Overview
Vascular dementia is the most common type of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease. This webinar will provide an overview of the different causes of this type of dementia, support strategies and resources.
St. Catharines Support Group
This Time Limited 8-session biweekly support group will provide guidance and coping mechanisms according to the needs and interests of the group.
Person-Centred Care
This ALZeducate workshop will introduce you to the idea of person-centred care and provide you with time to reflect on and discuss with others how to use person-centred care in your work.