older adults (ages 65+)

What Matters to Older Adults? Rethinking Care in Aging and Older Adults (QI Power Hour)

Date: Friday, July 15, 2022,

Time: 9:30 am – 10:30 am CST

Speakers:
• Holly Schick and Linda Anderson, Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism
• Candace Skrapek and Kelly Corrine (KC) Hall, Saskatoon Council on Aging

Session description

Please join us on Thursday June 23rd 2022 from 1pm - 2pm ET for the Understanding Depression in Later Life Workshop. This free workshop series is for older adults 65 years and older and their caregivers where we’ll discuss:

- What is depression?
- What does depression look like?
- How can you stay well and get the support you need?.

After the meeting you will receive a summary of the presentation in multiple languages, including community-based resources.

Are you a clinician working with older adults and have concerns about your client's safety? Would you like to use a decision support approach in usual care to help structure your approach to risk assessment and risk management? We are recruiting clinicians to use the Living with Risk: Decision Support Approach in usual care for a trial of 8 weeks and provide your input before, during and after use. Please see attached research poster for more information.

Please join us on Thursday May 26th 2022 from 1pm - 2pm ET for the Understanding Mental Health & Well-being in Later Life Workshop - A Series Overview. This free workshop is for older adults (65+) and their caregivers where we will discuss:

• What are mental health, mental illness and addiction?
• What can affect the mental health of older adults?
• How can you stay well?

Please register at: https://hopeandme.as.me/workshopoverview

For more information, visit http://www.cagp.ca/page-1841751

NOMINATIONSWANTED! Here's your chance to recognize the amazing contributions of a colleague, your team or organization for the great work they do in addressing older adults and mental health.

There are two awards:

• CAGP/CCSMH Seniors' Mental Health Outstanding Care and Integrative Practice Award
• CAGP/CCSMH Vision Award

These awards recognize outstanding seniors’ mental healthcare initiatives and innovative and effective ways to combat ageism and stigma and promote seniors' mental health.

Deadline is Friday, May 13, 2022.

The Dementia Isolation Toolkit was developed to support residents of long-term care during periods of isolation, as well as to address moral distress in long-term care home staff.  In this presentation, we will speak about how this tool has been used during the pandemic, barriers and facilitators to its use, and some preliminary research on its impact.

We are building a new micro-credential program and we need your insights

SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute (SickKids CCMH LI) and Humber College are proud to announce their partnership in the design and development of a micro-credential program for emerging leaders in community mental health services.

On March 23rd and 24th, the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) will host its fourth annual conference.

The CABHI Summit 2022: Empowered Aging Through Innovation will explore innovation and investment in longevity – and the ways in which agetech is helping older adults and caregivers make choices that are right for their own aging journeys.

Exciting news from the Understanding Mental Health and Well-Being in Later Life project at PSSP! We have now added 6 additional language translations to our multilingual resource series. We've now updated the Mental health and well-being in later life: A multilingual resource series page with 6 additional language translations which brings our language count to 10.

I wanted to promote a study currently recruiting at the Centre for Depression and Suicide Studies at St. Michael's Hospital.

This study is examining the effectiveness of brief, online psychotherapy for people with suicidal thoughts/risk, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

EAPO has partnered with the Ontario Ministry of Finance to provide individuals with an important webinar to become better informed on Understanding Ontario’s Estate Administration Tax.

Are you estate planning? Or has someone asked you to be their estate representative? Would you like to better understand how Ontario’s Estate Administration Tax (EAT) works?

Speaker, Jeremy Bertrand, Senior Program Advisory Specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Finance will provide insights on :

Come learn with your peers in this two-day virtual workshop on the introduction to seven core clinical health topics in the care of the older adult living with frailty .

The Canada HomeShare™ is an intergenerational housing solution by the National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE). They work to match older adult home providers with students to create mutually beneficial living solutions.

This webinar will provide an overview of the program's goal to support aging in place for older adults while providing safe and affordable housing solutions for post-secondary students.

Speakers will highlight how the program is being adapted and implemented various cities across Canada.