This month at the Alzheimer Society.
May 2024
Le Petit Café
Restez en contact avec vos amis et rencontrez-en de nouveaux en participant ensemble à des activités cérébrales saines !
Art Expressions
Art Expressions is a painting class for individuals living with dementia and their care partners - no experience required!
Brain Wave Café Ridgeway
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Long-Term Care Transitional Self-Health Group
An 8-week session for care partners with a family member living in long-term care.
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.
LTC Series for Care Partners – Session 3: Resident's Rights
This educational workshop aims to give care partners an overview of issues related to long-term care (LTC). The goal is for care partners to learn about how the decision for LTC could have an impact on them, understand the application process and to learn to cope with the transition.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Brain Wave Café Beamsville
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Brain Wave Café St. Catharines
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Lewy Body dementia and Parkinson’s Disease dementia
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.
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.
Sole Mates Walking Group
The Sole Mates walking group will meet each Friday for outdoor walks in the community. Walking has so many benefits for our physical health but it is also good for our mental health, especially when we walk together!
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.
Women and Dementia
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.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Frontotemporal Dementia Caregiver Support Group
This 6 session support group is designed for care partners of people living with frontotemporal dementia.
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. The goal is to provide practical ideas on how participants can spend quality time together by identifying and drawing upon the person’s remaining strengths.
Self-Care for the Caregiver: Life Process Transformation
Self-Care for the Caregiver is designed to help individuals who are feeling overwhelmed in caring for others and finding it hard to take care of themselves.
Brain Wave Café Welland
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Sex and Gender Differences in Dementia
Both sex and gender can shape a person’s dementia experience, from prior to onset, through treatment and beyond.
Adult Child Support Group
This 8 session support group explores the unique challenges faced by adults caring for a parent who is living with dementia.
St. Catharines Support Group
This closed 8-session biweekly support group will provide guidance and coping mechanisms according to the needs and interests of the group.
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!
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.
Support for Care Partners
This presentation will provide you with ten tips that will help guide you through the first steps of being a care partner.
Navigating and Advocacy Within Your Circle of Care
As a family care partner navigating the healthcare system can be challenging and overwhelming. The right tools can help you enhance your relationships with the partners in your care journey.
Young Onset Dementia
Distinguishing Young onset dementia from Late onset dementia, developing a basic understanding of the genetic component of Young onset dementia, and more.
Dementia Overview for Health Care Providers
This presentation will discuss the difference between changes that come with normal aging and when something is not normal, reversible causes for these changes, and a general understanding of dementia.
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!
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.
Sole Mates Walking Group
The Sole Mates walking group will meet each Friday for outdoor walks in the community. Walking has so many benefits for our physical health but it is also good for our mental health, especially when we walk together!
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Frontotemporal Dementia Caregiver Support Group
This 6 session support group is designed for care partners of people living with frontotemporal dementia.
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.
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.
Connections First
Join us for an interactive session that explores living well with or without memory changes.
Self-Care for the Caregiver: Life Process Transformation
Self-Care for the Caregiver is designed to help individuals who are feeling overwhelmed in caring for others and finding it hard to take care of themselves.
Dementia Friendly Environments
Learn how the symptoms of dementia can impact the way in which people engage and interact with their surrounding environment.
Le Petit Café
Restez en contact avec vos amis et rencontrez-en de nouveaux en participant ensemble à des activités cérébrales saines !
Brain Wave Café Ridgeway
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Long-Term Care Transitional Self-Health Group
An 8-week session for care partners with a family member living in long-term care.
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
Join us for the Power of Music program where we will reminisce to our 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.
Communication for Health Care Providers
This webinar will focus on providing participants with the knowledge of how communication can change over the course of the disease and ways to supportively communicate with a person living with dementia.
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.
Sole Mates Walking Group
The Sole Mates walking group will meet each Friday for outdoor walks in the community. Walking has so many benefits for our physical health but it is also good for our mental health, especially when we walk together!
Self-Care for the Caregiver: Life Process Transformation
Self-Care for the Caregiver is designed to help individuals who are feeling overwhelmed in caring for others and finding it hard to take care of themselves.
Brain Wave Café Welland
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
Kelseys Fundraising Night
Join us for our dinner fundraiser at Kelseys in St. Catharines in support of the IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's!
Adult Child Support Group
This 8 session support group explores the unique challenges faced by adults caring for a parent who is living with dementia.
St. Catharines Support Group
This closed 8-session biweekly support group will provide guidance and coping mechanisms according to the needs and interests of the group.
Art Expressions
Art Expressions is a painting class for individuals living with dementia and their care partners - no experience required!
Brain Wave Café Niagara Falls
Stay connected with friends and meet some new ones as you participate in healthy brain activities together!
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!
Sole Mates Walking Group
The Sole Mates walking group will meet each Friday for outdoor walks in the community. Walking has so many benefits for our physical health but it is also good for our mental health, especially when we walk together!
IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's
In 2024, it is estimated that 11,751 people in Niagara are living with dementia. Make this symbolic walk with them on your own throughout the month of May or in-person with us at Brock University on May 26th
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Frontotemporal Dementia Caregiver Support Group
This 6 session support group is designed for care partners of people living with frontotemporal dementia.
Life Process Transformation Recharge Group
Review and discuss Life Process Transformation's key messages and principles.
Self-Care for the Caregiver: Life Process Transformation
Self-Care for the Caregiver is designed to help individuals who are feeling overwhelmed in caring for others and finding it hard to take care of themselves.
Free Haircuts for Care Partners
Our free haircuts for care partners returns! Join us on the last Thursday of each month. Spots are limited, so book your appointment today by calling us at 905-687-3914
Long-Term Care Transitional Self-Health Group
An 8-week session for care partners with a family member living in long-term care.
Qigong Exercise
Join us online for a gentle exercise class suitable for all persons living with dementia and care partners.
Sole Mates Walking Group
The Sole Mates walking group will meet each Friday for outdoor walks in the community. Walking has so many benefits for our physical health but it is also good for our mental health, especially when we walk together!