older adults (ages 65+)

As the world’s aging population rapidly increases, strategies to promote healthy aging at a population level becomes a necessary health care priority. Of particular revelance, the maintenance of mobility and cognitive function are of utmost importance as they are vital to healthy aging, functional independence, and quality of life. Physical exercise is an inexpensive treatment that could have substantial preventative and restorative properties for cognitive function and mobility.

The objectives of the presentation are:

1. Discuss the Alzheimer disease cognitive spectrum from Subjective Cognitive Decline to Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia.
2. Review CCCDTD5 guidance on tools and approaches for dementia assessments.

We will review the evolution of Alzheimer's disease, highlighting opportunities for early detection. Additionally, we will walk through the CCCDTD5 guidelines on dementia assessments, focusing on principles, tools, and sources of information, to best detect AD early.

Impacts, Experiences and Coping with Everyday Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Supporting Family Mental Health and Well-being

Presented by the Family & Child Health Initiative
Mon, Mar 22, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Join us on for the Understanding Mental Health in Later Life Workshop Series for Older adults (65+). Register at https://bit.ly/olderadults2021

Join Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO) and CARES (Capacity Advocate & Risk Evaluations for Seniors) to learn how COVID has brought to the forefront some key issues in helping us understand the rights of people with memory or cognitive impairments and the responsibilities of those who care for them.

A theatre program that will help seniors express themselves and get connected during these challenging times.  Will be held every Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10-11 am, via Zoom, from January 14 to March 31st, 2021

For more information and registration,  contact Debbie Lee, SCHC Seniors Health Promotion Coordinator, dlee@schcontario.ca

Hope + Me in partnership with CAMH is offering an online workshop series for older adults that are 65yrs old and above. It will help you recognize changes to your well-being and when it might be time to ask for help. This series shows you how to improve your mental health, spot the signs and symptoms of mental illness and addictions, and where to find help in the community.

For knowledge translation purposes I would like to post my recently completed thesis which focuses on cannabis policy and older adult (55+) use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes from a critical realist perspective (qualitative research).

Link: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/7541/

SCHC Caregiver Wellness is inviting seniors to join us for a 1.5 hour discussion on mental health conditions that may affect older adults and ways by which they can keep themselves well.

This will be the first module in a series of 12 workshops developed by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s (CAMH) Provincial System Support Program’s (PSSP) project team.  This will be on January 26, and every 4th Tuesdays thereafter, from 11am to 12:30 pm via Zoom.

This presentation will review the recommendations on how to reduce the risk of later life dementia that came from the 5th Fifth Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia. Over a year we looked at the latest studies of risk reduction. On this webinar we will highlight some of the information across eight domains. Nutrition; physical activity; hearing; sleep; cognitive training and stimulation; social engagement and education; frailty; and medications.

Join Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario as our keynote speaker, Jane Meadus, Barrister & Solicitor, Institutional Advocate for the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, provides a comprehensive overview of the Legal Rights of Residents residing in Long-term Care Homes.

Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario is hosting a Virtual Series of Webinar in recognition of Victims and Survivors of Crime Week Nov 22-28th, 2020.

Join us Thursday, Nov. 26th at 1pm for our upcoming webar,"Managing Risk for Domestic Homicide of Older Adults as a Community – Everyone Has a Role to Play" with keynote speakers, Margaret MacPherson, Research Associate,Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children, Western University and Tracey Marshall, President,Threat Management Matters Inc.

Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario invites you to join our upcoming webinar, 'Empowering Strategies to Support the Resiliency of Older Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence' with Distinguished Guest Speaker, Bonnie Brandl, Director, National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL), a project of End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin

Older victims of intimate partner violence experience unique challenges and barriers to live free from harm. Often these older victims have lived through decades of physical, sexual, emotional, and economic abuse and trauma.

Hello,

We are in the process of creating an internal healthy aging framework. We are looking to see if there are any existing frameworks or strategies others could share or could refer us to.

Thank you,

Stephanie Bale

The prevalence of missing persons living with dementia continues to increase and the outcomes of missing incidents can be devastating. It is suggested that 60% of persons living with dementia go missing at least once during the course of their condition, and at least 5% get lost repeatedly. Older adults including persons living with dementia also account for a growing proportion of search and rescue cases. In this webinar, we will share findings of a Canadian mixed methods study that explored the prevalence and antecedents of missing occurrences involving persons living with dementia.

In this presentation, brainXchange will discuss research and personal experiences related to:

We need your insights by Monday, October 26^th, 2020!

The Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health (CCSMH) has received funding through Health Canada to develop e-learning modules for physicians and other healthcare providers on the topic of Cannabis and Older Adults.

As part of the project we are conducting a survey for:

At the end of this webinar, participants should be able to:
• Describe dementia-related driving risks.
• Identify approaches to assessing fitness to drive in persons with dementia.
• Implement strategies for facilitating the process of driving cessation.