Join us for an interactive session that explores living well with or without memory changes. This program is open to persons concerned with normal aging, persons living with a diagnosis of dementia, care partners or anyone who just wants to learn about keeping their brain healthy and planning for the future.

Learn About:

• Healthy Brain Strategies
• Normal Aging
• Dementia
• Future Planning

Monday, August 30, 2021
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Join us online.
To register: click here.
Connection details will be e-mailed after registration.  

Anglican Church of Canada congregations across the Parish of the Valley are pleased to announce that they will be re-opening for in-person services beginning Sunday July 18th and Sunday July 25th.

Pre-registration to attend is not required, but an attendance limit of 25% of building capacity will be in place.

Masks and social distancing will also be required.

For more details please visit www.ValleyAnglicans.ca or call Holy Trinity Anglican Church at 613-732-4658.

• Feel overwhelmed in caring for others?
• Experience insomnia, worry, or anxiety?
• Have trouble dealing with your feelings?
• Find it hard to find time to take care of yourself?
• Have trouble asking for help and following through on it?

Please join Denise Verreault, Psychogeriatric Resource Consultant with the Alzheimer Society of Niagara Region, as she takes you through a sixteen-week educational program designed to help you learn how to take better care of you as you care for others. The three-hour weekly class will focus on self-awareness exercises, stress management, group discussion, and take-home exercises. You can learn how to develop your inner capacity to be resilient and strong regardless of your current life challenges.  

Join us online using the Zoom platform
August 19 - December 2, 2021
10:00am - 1:00pm
Connection details will be emailed after registration
To register, click here.

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) brings progressive changes to personality, language, decision making, behavior, and movement. 

Join us as we discuss:

• Types of FTD
• Assessment & treatment
• Symptoms & supportive strategies

Wednesday, August 18, 2021
10:00 - 11:30am
NOW ONLINE
Connection details will be e-mailed after registration. 
To register, click here.

Options for Care will focus on giving participants the opportunity to explore the care options that support persons living with dementia in the moderate to late stages of their journey.

Join us online as we explore:

• Choosing the right level of care: aging at home, retirement or long 
  term care

• Learn the process around long term care application

• Explore options for discussing the long term care move

• Explore moving day strategies

• Learn about the resources to navigate transition to alternate levels 
  of care

Thursday, August 12, 2021
1:30pm - 3:30pm
NOW ONLINE ON ZOOM
Connection details will be e-mailed after registration.  
To register, click here!

This workshop helps learners understand and recognize the differences between “normal” and “not normal” aging. The learner will develop better observational skills to recognize and intervene effectively when behavioural challenges occur.  Learners will also develop new skills related to approach, cueing, and the ability to connect with people affected by dementia. 

Tuesday, August 10, 2021
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Join us online!
Connection details will be emailed after registration.
To register, click here.

Join us the 1st Wednesday of each month from 7:00 - 8:30pm using the Zoom platform!  This online facilitated group is intended to connect 
people who are caring for a person living with Young Onset Dementia (dementia diagnosed prior to age 65). The intent of the program is to 
offer a place where care partners of people living with Young Onset Dementia can access support and engage socially.

Wednesday, August 4, 2021
(First Wednesday of Each Month)
7:00 - 8:30pm
Join us online!
Connection details will be emailed after registration.
To register, click here.

In memory of Barbara Collens from the family

Rhéal Poirier, Filion Trophies