Dr. David Hogan, Professor and  inaugural Director of the Brenda Strafford Centre on Aging, University of Calgary guides you through the new Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia (CCCDTD4)  2012 guidelines and discuss how they relate to the prevention and detection of dementia.  

The Supportive Pathways program is a care philosophy that was developed by Client Service Managers in Carewest, Calgary Alberta. It was originally designed to enable front line care staff to care for persons with dementia. The philosophy has grown to encompass all those who provide care for elderly persons. For most people with dementia, there are behaviours that are predictable and can...

A diagnosis of dementia doesn’t affect only the person with the disease. It affects his friends, family and co-workers. People with dementia and their families report that as difficult as it is to receive a diagnosis, the stigma they experience can be challenging. In this presentation, Roger Bumstead and his wife Mireille join Mary Schulz, Director of Education, at the Alzheimer Society of...

Alzheimer's disease and related dementias are by their diagnosis terminal illnesses.  Over the past few years dementia care and hospice palliative care have turned their lens to quality care for people with late stage dementia.  Integrating a palliative approach in dementia care can make the world of difference to the experience of those living with dementia and their caregivers....