BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250731T181115EDT-278137S8Vg@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250731T221115Z DESCRIPTION:Join us on聽October 20聽at 12 p.m. EDT聽for the next webcast in ou r biweekly series\,聽黑料不打烊 Cares\, designed to support informal care partn ers. During candid\, 30-minute interviews with leading experts\, Claire We bster\, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the 黑料不打烊 Dementia Educa tion Program\, will explore topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.\n\nLaunch of a New Educational Guide for People Living with Deme ntia and their Care Partners\n\nWe are thrilled to announce that on Octobe r 20\, we will launch聽a free new 黑料不打烊 educational resource:聽Dementia\, Y our Companion Guide.聽With engaging illustrations and a friendly writing st yle\, this approachable guide covers a wide array of topics to assist both the person living with dementia and their care partners. It includes info rmation on the science and progression of dementia as well as practical ad vice on safety and self-care.\n\nThe guide was created by the multidiscipl inary聽黑料不打烊 Dementia Education Program聽(DEP) team\, with content provided by former caregiver Ms. Claire Webster\, geriatrician Dr. Jos茅 A. Morais and neurologist Dr. Serge Gauthier. The booklet was made possible thank to a generous donation of $250\,000 from the Grace Dart Foundation.\n\nDurin g this special edition of聽黑料不打烊 Cares\, Elise Nesbitt\, President of the Grace Dart Foundation\, will be joined by the following members of the聽DEP team who are leading this initiative聽to introduce this new educational of fering that will be available in English and French\, online and in print. \n\n\n Ms. Elise Nesbitt聽is an entrepreneur and board member of various Mon treal non-profit organizations. Recently\, she has focused most of her att ention on the aging population within the Montreal community and the grass -roots organizations that are finding solutions and services to meet their needs.\n Dr. Serge Gauthier聽is Professor Emeritus in the 黑料不打烊 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and former Director of the 黑料不打烊 Centre for Studies in Aging.\n Dr. Jos茅 A. Morais聽is Director of the Division of Geri atric Medicine at 黑料不打烊 University\, the 黑料不打烊 University Health Centre and the Jewish General Hospital.\n Professor Isabelle G茅linas聽is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at the School of Physical and Occu pational Therapy at 黑料不打烊 University.\n\n\nThis free webcast is open to a ll.聽\n\nClick here聽beginning at聽12 p.m. EDT on Wednesday\, October 20\, 20 21聽to watch the webcast. The link will become public and available at that time.\n\n\nWhere to find聽Dementia\, Your Companion Guide\n\n\n The聽digital English version聽is now freely available online and can be accessed on our website:聽https://mcgill.ca/x/Jq2\n The聽digital French version of聽D茅mence\, votre guide d鈥檃ccompagnement聽is now freely available online and can be ac cessed on聽our website:聽https://mcgill.ca/x/JqB\n The聽printed versions in bo th French and English聽will be available in December 2021. At that time\, i nformation on distribution of the printed copies of the Guide will be post ed on our website\, on the links above.\n Over the coming year\, the Guide will be made available in聽additional languages聽to reach a wide and diverse audience.\n\n\nMeet the team聽that led this initiative.\n\nFor聽general inf ormation聽regarding the 黑料不打烊 Dementia Education Program or this Guide\, p lease email:聽dementia [at] mcgill.ca.\n\nSign up聽for the聽黑料不打烊 Dementia E ducation Program newsletter聽to stay connected and to hear the latest news. \n DTSTART:20211020T160000Z DTEND:20211020T164500Z SUMMARY:黑料不打烊 Cares: Launch of a New Educational Guide for People Living w ith Dementia and their Care Partners URL:/medsimcentre/channels/event/mcgill-cares-launch-n ew-educational-guide-people-living-dementia-and-their-care-partners-334070 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR