McGill Cares: Recent Episodes
McGill Dementia Education Program
During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill University Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
Joanne Besner, BSW, MBA, ACC, and caregiver, received her Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Business Administration from McGill University, and a Professional Coaching designation from the John Molson Executive Centre at Concordia University. Ms. Besner coaches and facilitates workshops for health care professionals and community organizations, including the McGill University School of Social Work, where she is also an internship liaison supervisor. Her 35-year career in Quebec community health care spans many roles including frontline social work, clinical supervisor, manager, researcher and trainer.
Ms. Besner will explain how negative emotions can interfere with our ability to manage difficult situations and offer tools to help us respond constructively to challenging situations.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Pam Orzeck, MSW, PhD, is Associate Professor in the McGill School of Social Work and part of the coordination team at the Caregiver Grief Connexion project. Her latest research focuses on women's bereavement experiences after caregiving. She has published several articles and co-edited a book on professional interventions with caregivers.
Zelda Freitas, BA, BSW, MSW, is Adjunct Professor at the McGill School of Social Work and part of the coordination team of the Caregiver Grief Connexion project. Ms Freitas’ expertise involves caregivers and caregiving, psychosocial practice, including palliative care and end-of-life care, countering adult mistreatment and older adults.
Ms. Orzeck and Ms. Freitas will speak about the Caregiver Grief Connection project, a new initiative that offers free and accessible educational resources on caregiver grief and bereavement for health and social service professionals and care providers. They will discuss their motivations for founding the project and what they hope it will achieve.
McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Stephanie Geller, MSW, is the Team Lead, Clinical Social Worker, at Lianas Senior Transition Support. She has been working with seniors for the last 25 years, helping them and their families with caregiving issues, including navigating social services, work-life balance issues, stress, anxiety, burnout and coping through major life decisions.
Anna Kamateros, Notary, TEP, is Department Head, Wills Estates and Planning at KRB Lawyers. Me Kamateros provides estate and later-life planning services that optimize wealth transfer and reduce estate conflicts. Her work with respect to estate planning, including the preparation of final wills and testaments and protection mandates, includes advising liquidators on their duties administering the estate. She is also a researcher for the Chaire de recherche Antoine-Turmel sur la protection juridique des aînés and a consultant on the multisectoral team to help counter the mistreatment of older adults. She is part of the expert committee for the Quebec Chamber of Notaries on the implementation of the law to better protect vulnerable persons.
This webcast's goal is to provide clarity on the assessments and legal documentation required to make decisions on behalf of a person who is no longer able to make important decisions for themselves.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Andrea Warnick, RN, MA, is a Registered Psychotherapist and Registered Nurse who supports individuals, families and communities who are grieving illness or death in their lives. She co-owns AWC Grief Support, a group practice of over 30 therapists who provide grief therapy across Ontario and grief consultation and education across Canada. Ms. Warnick developed the five-day Children's grief and bereavement certificate program at SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute. She also hosts Kids Grief Q&A, a free monthly webinar offered by Canadian Virtual Hospice, where she responds to questions from families and professionals from across the country about supporting grieving children and youth.
Ms. Warnick will answer questions about how to speak to children about grave illnesses and how to recognize and address grieving in children.
This webcast is in English.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations.
To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Julie Bickerstaff, MSW, is Director of Caregiver Support & Knowledge Transfer at l’Appui pour les proches aidants, a caregiver support organization. Over the past 20 years of working in the health and social services network, public health, territorial organization and community sectors, she has developed a rich and varied expertise in consultation and mobilization, social development and program management.
Ms. Bickerstaff will speak about the services offered by l’Appui pour les proches aidants that are available throughout the province of Quebec in English and French.
This webcast is in English.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Marie-Eve Bolduc, Ph. D., est professeure adjointe à l’École de physiothérapie et d’ergothérapie de l’Université McGill. Ses intérêts de recherche touchent particulièrement les troubles d’origine cérébraux, les troubles développementaux et l’enseignement par simulation. Forte de son expérience d’ergothérapeute, de responsable de programme et d’éducatrice en simulation, elle participe depuis 2019 à l’élaboration de matériel de formation sur les troubles neurocognitifs majeurs au sein du programme de formation sur les troubles neurocognitifs de l’Université McGill.
Pendant la pandémie, la Pre Bolduc a supervisé la création, par quatre de ses étudiantes, d’un livret d’activités pour les personnes atteintes de troubles neurocognitifs et leurs proches aidants. Le livret a été très populaire et grâce à ses conseils et au financement de la Fondation proches aimants Petro-Canada, nous avons pu donner vie à certaines de ces activités en vidéos.
La Pre Bolduc expliquera pourquoi il est important pour les personnes atteintes de troubles neurocognitifs de continuer à participer à des activités de loisirs et aux activités de la vie quotidienne. Elle donnera aussi des conseils pour adapter les activités en fonction des capacités de la personne. Puis, elle présentera quelques-unes des nouvelles vidéos sur les activités liées aux troubles neurocognitifs que nous lancerons sur notre site web.
Ce balado est disponible en français et en anglais.
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McGill à vos côtés est parrainé par le programme Engagement communautaire Amelia Saputo pour les soins de la démence.
McGill à vos côtés est une initiative du programme de formation sur les troubles neurocognitifs de McGill, qui est financé par des dons privés. Pour contribuer ou pour en savoir plus sur notre programme, rendez-vous au www.mcgill.ca/demence. Cette page contient également un lien vers des ressources fiables spécifiques à la démence.
Si vous souhaitez nous voir aborder des sujets et des questions spécifiques durant nos webémissions, écrivez-nous à dementia@mcgill.ca.
Marie-Eve Bolduc, PhD, is Assistant Professor (professional) at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University. Her research interests are directed toward brain-based disabilities, pediatric outcome research and simulation education. Using her experience as an occupational therapist, curriculum lead and simulation educator, she has been involved in developing material for the McGill Dementia Education Program since 2019.
During the pandemic, Prof. Bolduc supervised the creation of a Dementia Activity Booklet for caregivers of people living with dementia by four of her students. The booklet has been very popular and so, with her guidance, and funding from the Petro-Canada Caremakers Foundation, we have brought some of those activities to life in videos.
Prof. Bolduc will explain why continuing to participate in leisure activities and activities of daily living is important for people living with dementia and will share ideas for adapting activities to a person’s abilities. She will show some of the new dementia activity videos which we will be launching on our website.
This podcast is available in English and French.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Jocelyn Downie is a Professor Emerita in the Faculties of Law and Medicine at Dalhousie University with a particular interest in end-of-life care. She served as Special Advisor to the Canadian Senate Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide and was involved in several national and provincial expert panels that address end-of-life decision-making and physician-assisted dying.
Professor Downie is the author of Dying Justice: A Case for the Decriminalizing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada, which was awarded the Abbyann D. Lynch Medal in Bioethics from the Royal Society of Canada. She was named a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and made a member of the Order of Canada in recognition of her work advocating for high quality, end-of-life care.
Professor Downie discusses whether, and how, people living with dementia can request Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD).
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
McGill Cares was launched by the Dementia Education Program during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, on May 13, 2020, while many of us were isolating at home. Claire Webster, Founder of the Program, had the idea to record short interviews with different experts on topics of interest to care partners of people living with neurocognitive disorders to help educate and support them during this difficult time.
On November 15, 2023, we aired the 100th episode of McGill Cares! Dr. José Morais, Dr. Serge Gauthier, Dr. Pedro Rosa-Neto and Claire Webster looked at highlights from the past three years and answered questions.
If you were not able to join us for the live webcast, it was recorded and is posted here and on our website to listen to or view at your convenience, like all past episodes of McGill Cares.
Since launching McGill Cares, we have had over 70,000 views of our free online webcasts. Thank you for being an important part of our success.
Original air date: Nov. 15, 2023
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Lucy Barylak, MSW, is a social gerontology consultant for the CIUSSS-West-Central Montreal and a graduate of the McGill University School of Social Work, where she is also a liaison supervisor. Ms. Barylak has developed evidence-based training for seniors and caregivers, and she lectures in the field of social gerontology and knowledge transfer. She facilitates “Dear Lucy,” an online show about caregiving funded by the WellMed Foundation in the U.S. She founded and, for many years, managed the Caregiver Support Centre at the CLSC Rene-Cassin, a multi-service respite centre for family and informal caregivers. Ms. Barylak received the Queen’s Jubilee Award for her role in developing a national coalition to support caregivers across Canada.
Lucy will discuss why people living with dementia might refuse personal daily care and provide some tips for what caregivers can do when faced with those situations.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Corrie Sirota is a clinical social worker and sessional lecturer at the McGill School of Social Work who specializes in loss, bereavement. Corrie is also a TEDx speaker, the Clinical Director at Myra's Kids Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports bereaved children and their families and the author of Someone Died...Now What? A Personal and Professional Perspective on Coping with Loss and Grief.
Ms. Sirota will speak about the types of loss triggered by a diagnosis of dementia, the varied emotions that accompany it and ways to cope with anticipatory grief.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Mr. Matt Del Vecchio is a Certified Professional Consultant on Aging (CPCA). He is the owner of Lianas Senior Transition Support, which provides families with guidance and support in navigating home care and senior living communities. Mr. Del Vecchio is also co-host of a popular weekly radio show, “Life Unrehearsed” on CJAD800 in Montreal and writes for The Suburban newspaper as their "Seniors and Aging" columnist.
There will come a point in time when one needs to consider a transition from home into a senior-living community. These decisions can be filled with emotion, guilt and anxiety. What can be done to avoid crisis mode? Mr. Del Vecchio will discuss the steps that can be taken to allow for a smooth and less stressful transition.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Nancy Mayo, PhD, is a Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Medicine and the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University. She is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, where she leads a research program on Function, Disability and Quality of Life for vulnerable populations. She is Co-Founder and CEO of PhysioBiometrics Inc., a McGill spin-off company dedicated to developing accessible wearable technologies targeting vulnerable populations so people can move better to move more.
Prof. Mayo will discuss best practices for walking in order to avoid falls as we age and explain how wearable technology can help improve gait and movement.
McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Serge Gauthier, MD, est neurologue clinicien spécialisé dans le développement de nouveaux outils de diagnostic et de traitement pour les personnes souffrant de la maladie d’Alzheimer. Il est coresponsable universitaire du Programme de formation sur la démence et professeur émérite au Département de neurologie et neurochirurgie et au Département de psychiatrie de l’Université McGill. Le Dr Gauthier a été directeur du Centre de recherche et d’études sur le vieillissement de l’Université McGill de 1986 à 1997. Ses travaux lui ont valu d’être décoré de l’Ordre national du Canada en 2014 et de l’Ordre national du Québec en 2017.
Le Dr Gauthier fera le point sur les nouveaux produits pharmaceutiques sur le marché, présentant notamment les processus d’approbation de Santé Canada ou de la FDA, leur fonctionnement, les personnes admissibles, les effets secondaires, la disponibilité et les coûts.
Cette webémission est aussi disponible en anglais.
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McGill à vos côtés est parrainé par le programme Engagement communautaire Amelia Saputo pour les soins de la démence.
McGill à vos côtés est une initiative du programme de formation sur la démence de McGill, qui est financé par des dons privés. Pour contribuer ou pour en savoir plus sur notre programme, rendez-vous au www.mcgill.ca/demence. Cette page contient également un lien vers des ressources fiables spécifiques à la démence.
Si vous souhaitez nous voir aborder des sujets et des questions spécifiques durant nos webémissions, écrivez-nous à dementia@mcgill.ca.
Serge Gauthier, MD, is a clinical neurologist specializing in the development of new tools for diagnosis and treatments for people living with Alzheimer’s disease. He is the Academic Co-Lead for the Dementia Education Program and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery and the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University. Dr. Gauthier was the Director of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging from 1986 to 1997. His accomplishments led to him being appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 and the National Order of Québec in 2017.
Dr. Gauthier will provide an overview of new pharmaceuticals on the market, including how they obtained Health Canada and/or FDA approval, how they work, who is eligible, side effects, availability and cost.
This podcast is also available in French.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Zahinoor Ismail, MD, is a clinician scientist and Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Epidemiology, and Pathology at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and O’Brien Institute for Public Health at the University of Calgary. He is also Chair of the Canadian Conference on Dementia, and Chair of the Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia, which generates Canadian dementia guidelines, the most recent iteration of which were published in 2020. Dr Ismail was also recently appointed as Co-Chair of the Government of Canada Ministerial Advisory Board on Dementia.
Dr. Ismail will provide a novel approach for reviewing the causes of stress in dementia care partners. He will describe an overall framework for assessing stress, provide clinical examples, and review preliminary data from formal and informal Canadian care partners.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Pedro Rosa-Neto, MD, is Director of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA). He is a Professor of Neurology at McGill University and a clinical neurologist with expertise in the quantification of dementia pathophysiology and preclinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease using biomarkers. He is also affiliated with the Douglas Research Institute, the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, the Department of Psychiatry, and the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at McGill University.
Dr. Rosa-Neto will talk about the type of research that is undertaken at the MCSA, the role of research volunteers, and how to become a research participant.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Marie Moliner is a full-time caregiver for Kevin Whitaker, her true love who has Parkinson’s disease and dementia. She participated in the making of Still Headroom: Parkinson’s and the Power of Care, a short documentary about her life with Kevin. She is writing a book about her experience and volunteers as Assistant Editor for the Townships Sun. Before she retired at 55 to look after Kevin, she was a lawyer and public servant who volunteered extensively.
In this special edition of McGill Cares, we will present Still Headroom: Parkinson’s and the Power of Care and Ms. Moliner will speak about the importance of documenting the journey she is on with her husband.
The McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences has launched a special crowdfunding initiative in collaboration with Marie Moliner and Kevin Whitaker to raise funds towards the Dementia Education Program. We hope that you will consider making a gift to help us reach our goal of raising $50,000. If you are interested in donating, please visit https://crowdfunding.mcgill.ca/ui/main/p/mariemolinerkevinwhitaker .
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Maria Natasha Rajah, PhD, is Full Professor and Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs at the McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Douglas Research Centre. She conducts sex and gender research in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, aging and dementia prevention. She also studies how biological sex assigned at birth, gender, and social determinants of health affect brain health and memory over the adult lifespan.
Prof. Rajah will talk about the differences between how men and women’s brains age, and the implications in terms of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Louis Bherer, PhD, is Full Professor at the Department of Medicine at the Université de Montréal and the Director of the Centre ÉPIC at the Montreal Heart Institute, where he holds the Mirella and Lino Saputo Chair in Cardiovascular Health and Prevention of Cognitive Disorders. He is also a researcher at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal. Prof. Bherer’s research examines how cognitive health can be improved and maintained as we age. In particular, he is looking at the impact of physical fitness on cognitive vitality in late adulthood.
Prof. Bherer will talk about how maintaining an active lifestyle can help prevent and delay cognitive decline in normal aging and dementia.
Original air date: May 31, 2023.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Serge Gauthier, MD, is a clinical neurologist specializing in the development of new tools for diagnosis and treatments for people living with Alzheimer’s disease. He is the Academic Co-Lead for the Dementia Education Program and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery and the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University. Dr. Gauthier was the Director of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging from 1986 to 1997. His accomplishments led to him being appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 and the National Order of Québec in 2017.
Dr. Gauthier will provide an overview of the research into natural cognitive decline and how to maintain brain health as we age.
This podcast is also available in French.
Original air date: May 17, 2023
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Serge Gauthier, MD, est neurologue clinicien spécialisé dans le développement de nouveaux outils de diagnostic et de traitement pour les personnes souffrant de la maladie d’Alzheimer. Il est coresponsable universitaire du Programme de formation sur la démence et professeur émérite au Département de neurologie et neurochirurgie et au Département de psychiatrie de l’Université McGill. Le Dr Gauthier a été directeur du Centre de recherche et d’études sur le vieillissement de l'Université McGill de 1986 à 1997. Ses travaux lui ont valu d’être décoré de l’Ordre national du Canada en 2014 et de l’Ordre national du Québec en 2017.
Le Dr Gauthier donnera un aperçu de la recherche sur le déclin cognitif naturel et sur la manière de garder le cerveau en santé en vieillissant.
Cette webémission est aussi disponible en anglais.
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McGill à vos côtés est parrainé par le programme Engagement communautaire Amelia Saputo pour les soins de la démence.
McGill à vos côtés est une initiative du programme de formation sur la démence de McGill, qui est financé par des dons privés. Pour contribuer ou pour en savoir plus sur notre programme, rendez-vous au www.mcgill.ca/demence. Cette page contient également un lien vers des ressources fiables spécifiques à la démence.
Si vous souhaitez nous voir aborder des sujets et des questions spécifiques durant nos webémissions, écrivez-nous à dementia@mcgill.ca.
Justin Sanders, MD, is the Kappy and Eric M. Flanders Chair of Palliative Care, Director of the Division of Palliative Care, and Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University. Dr. Sanders' work focuses on the promotion of authentic healing relationships in serious illness through social-science informed and equity-focused communication and implementation research.
Dr. Sanders will talk about authentic healing relationships and palliative care for people with advanced dementia.
Original air date: May 3, 2023
McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Christopher Labos, MD, MSc, is a cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology and an Associate at the McGill University Office for Science and Society. He is a freelance contributor for the Montreal Gazette and CJAD Radio, and has also appeared on CBC Radio and CBC Television.
Dr. Labos will talk about the impact of alcohol on cognitive and cardiovascular health.
Air date: April 19, 2023
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Guylaine Ferland, Ph. D., est professeure de nutrition à l’Université de Montréal et scientifique au Centre de recherche de l’Institut de cardiologie de Montréal. La Pre Ferland mène des recherches sur le rôle général de la nutrition dans la santé cognitive pendant le vieillissement. Elle est une experte du métabolisme de la vitamine K, et son équipe a grandement contribué à comprendre le rôle de ce nutriment dans la fonction cérébrale et la cognition.
Elle parlera de la nutrition et de la démence, notamment de la façon de fournir une bonne alimentation aux personnes atteintes de démence, et de ce que nous savons des avantages de cette approche.
La Pre Ferland présenté ce sujet en anglais le 14 décembre 2022, et nous l'offrons maintenant en français.
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McGill à vos côtés est parrainé par le programme Engagement communautaire Amelia Saputo pour les soins de la démence.
McGill à vos côtés est une initiative du programme de formation sur la démence de McGill, qui est financé par des dons privés. Pour contribuer ou pour en savoir plus sur notre programme, rendez-vous au www.mcgill.ca/demence. Cette page contient également un lien vers des ressources fiables spécifiques à la démence.
Si vous souhaitez nous voir aborder des sujets et des questions spécifiques durant nos webémissions, écrivez-nous à dementia@mcgill.ca.
Gustavo Duque, MD, PhD, is a geriatrician and a clinical and biomedical researcher at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. He is the Director of the RIUSSS McGill Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health of Seniors at McGill University and the Dr. Joseph Kaufmann Chair in Geriatric Medicine. Dr. Duque's primary research interests include elucidating the mechanisms and potential new treatments for age-related bone loss, osteoporosis, sarcopenia, osteosarcopenia, and frailty.
Dr. Duque will speak about the risk of falls in seniors with dementia, and how best to prevent them.
Original air date: March 22, 2023.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Wendy Weidner is Head of Research and Publications for Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI). She leads the development and growth of ADI’s global research portfolio in partnership with academic institutions and Alzheimer associations for many projects including diagnosis, dementia care pathways, interventions, clinical trials, epidemiology, and inclusion and diversity. Ms Weidner also leads ADI publications, including the World Alzheimer Report and From Plan to Impact – a yearly report that tracks the progress of the Global Action Plan on Dementia. She also coordinates and works alongside ADI’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel, a diverse group of dementia specialists who provide expert advice to ADI.
Ms Weidner will discuss how dementia is understood in different cultures around the world, and the implications that can have on diagnosis and treatment.
Air date: 8 March 2023
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Isabelle Gélinas, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University. She is also a researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation in Montreal and a member of the Candrive Research Team, interested in driving in the elderly. She developed the Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD), a measure of functional abilities in activities of daily living, which is used clinically and in clinical trials internationally. She is also interested in issues related to different forms of transportation mobility, including driving, to enable community participation for adults with disability and older adults. Prof. Gélinas developed a web-based graduate certificate program on driving rehabilitation.
Prof. Gélinas will speak about driving and dementia and will identify when it is time to stop.
This Webcast is also available in French.
Air date: February 22, 2023
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Isabelle Gélinas, Ph. D., est professeure agrégée et directrice des programmes d’études supérieures à l’École de physiothérapie et d’ergothérapie de l’Université McGill. Elle est aussi chercheuse au Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation de Montréal et membre de l’équipe de recherche Candrive, qui s’intéresse à la conduite automobile chez les personnes âgées. Elle a développé l’Échelle d’évaluation de l’incapacité fonctionnelle dans la démence (DAD), un outil d’appréciation des habiletés fonctionnelles dans les activités de la vie quotidienne, utilisé en pratique clinique ainsi que dans des essais cliniques à travers le monde. Elle s’intéresse également aux questions liées aux différentes formes de mobilité dans les transports, dont la conduite automobile, pour permettre la participation citoyenne des adultes handicapés et des personnes âgées. La professeure Gélinas a élaboré un programme de certificat d’études supérieures en ligne sur la réadaptation à la conduite automobile.
La Pre Gélinas parlera de la conduite automobile et de la démence, et indiquera à quel moment il est temps d’arrêter.
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McGill à vos côtés est parrainé par le programme Engagement communautaire Amelia Saputo pour les soins de la démence.
McGill à vos côtés est une initiative du programme de formation sur la démence de McGill, qui est financé par des dons privés. Pour contribuer ou pour en savoir plus sur notre programme, rendez-vous au www.mcgill.ca/demence. Cette page contient également un lien vers des ressources fiables spécifiques à la démence.
Si vous souhaitez nous voir aborder des sujets et des questions spécifiques durant nos webémissions, écrivez-nous à dementia@mcgill.ca.
Sandra E. Black, MD, FRCPC, is Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at the University of Toronto. She is an internationally known cognitive and stroke neurologist. She was the inaugural Executive Director of the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance (2012-20), and in April 2020, she became Scientific Director of the Dr. Sandra Black Centre for Brain Resilience and Recovery. Her research bridges dementia and stroke, using standardized, quantitative neuroimaging, cognitive, functional and neuropsychiatric measures, genetics, and neuropathology to study brain-behavior relationships in the common dementias. Dr. Black was appointed Member of the Order of Ontario in 2011 and Officer of the Order of Canada in 2015 for her contributions to Alzheimer’s disease, stroke and vascular dementia.
Dr. Black will discuss vascular dementia, who is most at risk, and how it differs from other forms of dementia.
Air date: February 8, 2023
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Ziad Nasreddine, MD, founder and Director of the MoCA Clinic and Institute, is a graduate of the University of Sherbrooke Medical School and is actively involved in clinical research on Alzheimer’s disease. He created and developed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, the MoCA test, available in 100 languages and dialects and used in 200 countries around the world.
Dr. Nasreddine discusses how he developed the MoCA test and the process of diagnosing dementia. He also provides an overview of some of his new initiatives.
Air date: January 25, 2023
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Saskia Sivananthan, PhD, is Chief Science and Knowledge Translation Officer at the Alzheimer Society of Canada, where she oversees the Alzheimer Society Research Program. She is a neuroscientist and health data scientist focusing on dementia care. In 2020, the Federal Minister of Health (Canada) appointed her to the Ministerial Advisory Board on Dementia. She also served as a senior strategy and policy advisor on the global dementia strategy for the World Health Organization (WHO) and co-drafted their Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to Dementia.
Ms. Sivananthan will discuss highlights from Canada’s National Dementia Strategy and Navigating the Path Forward for Dementia in Canada: The Landmark Study Report #1, which addresses the current direction of dementia in Canada and its impact on people living with dementia and their care partners.
Original air date: January 11, 2023
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Nutrition and Dementia
Guylaine Ferland, PhD, is a professor of nutrition at Université de Montréal and a scientist at the Research Centre of the Montreal Heart Institute. Dr. Ferland conducts research on the general role of nutrition in cognitive health during aging. She is an expert in vitamin K metabolism and her team has made significant contributions to understanding the role of this nutrient in brain function and cognition.
She will speak about nutrition and dementia, including how to ensure proper nutrition for people living with dementia, and what we know about the benefits of doing so.
Air date: December 14, 2022
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Robert W. Francis, MDCM, graduated from the McGill Faculty of Medicine in 1968. He is founder and former Chairman Emeritus of Medcan Health Management Inc. and most recently the founder and CEO of ReGen Scientific Inc., both of which are medical services clinics focused on preventative medicine.
While caring for his wife, Sharon, who passed away from Alzheimer’s disease in 2019, he searched relentlessly around the world for a cure. He has since set up the Sharon Francis Institute for Regenerative Medicine in her memory.
Dr. Francis will talk about his experience caring for his wife, and how her life with Alzheimer’s drives his mission to find a cure and improve the lives of those now living with the disease.
Air date: November 30, 2022.
McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Bassam Khoury, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology at McGill University. He is a clinical psychologist specializing in mindfulness-based treatments. He and his team at the McGill Mindfulness Research Lab conduct research on advancing the theory, research, and applications of mindfulness and compassion.
Prof. Khoury will speak about mindfulness and compassion, and how those practices can help reduce stress and anxiety for caregivers.
Air date: November 16, 2022
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Michael Wiseman, DDS, is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at McGill University who has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on geriatric dentistry. He has a private practice in Côte Saint-Luc and is on staff at several Montreal hospitals, including Mount Sinai, St. Mary’s and Ste. Anne’s.
Dr. Wiseman will speak about the importance of maintaining oral health throughout life, including for those living with dementia and other terminal diseases.
Original Air Date: November 2, 2022
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Joanne Besner, BSW, MBA, PPCC, and caregiver, received her Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Business Administration from McGill University, and a Professional Coaching designation from the John Molson Executive Centre at Concordia University. Ms. Besner coaches and facilitates workshops for health care professionals and community organizations, including the McGill University School of Social Work, where she is also an internship liaison supervisor. Her 35-year career in Quebec community health care spans many roles including frontline social work, clinical supervisor, manager, researcher and trainer.
Ms. Besner will talk about conflicts that can occur between caregivers and family members when looking after a person living with dementia or other illnesses. She will provide strategies to resolve conflicts in a healthy way.
Original air date: October 19, 2022.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Zelda Freitas, MSW, is a graduate of the McGill University School of Social Work with 30 years of experience in the delivery of services to older adults, their caregivers and their families. She is currently Clinical Advisor, Professional Practice at the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal. Previously, Ms. Freitas was the Coordinator of Developing Practices in Support of Caregivers at the Center for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology of the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal and a clinical supervisor for the Elder Mistreatment Helpline.
Ms. Freitas is also a caregiver to her mother and father who both require around-the-clock monitoring and care. She will talk about her dual roles as an unpaid caregiver to her parents and as a professional social worker.
Original air date: October 5, 2022.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dale Goldhawk is a media specialist who has worked in print, radio and television for almost five decades. He was named Chair of Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) in 2021 after acting as Vice Chair for six years and serving as a Board member since 2006. He is past President of the Alzheimer Society of Canada and was awarded both the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his work with charities.
Mr. Goldhawk talks about his career as a journalist and reveals what led him to become a passionate advocate in the field of dementia.
Original air date: September 21, 2022.
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Serge Gauthier, MD, est un neurologue clinicien spécialisé dans le développement de nouveaux outils de diagnostic et de traitement pour les personnes souffrant de la maladie d’Alzheimer. Il est coresponsable universitaire du programme de formation sur la démence et professeur émérite en neurologie et psychiatrie à l’Université McGill. Le Dr Gauthier a été directeur du Centre de recherche et d’études sur le vieillissement de l'Université McGill de 1986 à 1997. Ses travaux lui ont valu d’être décoré de l’Ordre national du Québec en 2017 et de l’Ordre national du Canada en 2014.
Le Dr Gauthier décrira les stades de la démence et de la maladie d'Alzheimer, et expliquera pourquoi ils sont importants.
Date de diffusion originale: le 7 septembre 2022
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McGill à vos côtés est parrainé par le programme Engagement communautaire Amelia Saputo pour les soins de la démence.
McGill à vos côtés est une initiative du programme de formation sur la démence de McGill, qui est financé par des dons privés. Pour contribuer ou pour en savoir plus sur notre programme, rendez-vous au www.mcgill.ca/demence. Cette page contient également un lien vers des ressources fiables spécifiques à la démence.
Si vous souhaitez nous voir aborder des sujets et des questions spécifiques durant nos webémissions, écrivez-nous à dementia@mcgill.ca.
Serge Gauthier, MD, is a clinical neurologist specializing in the development of new tools for diagnosis and treatments for people living with Alzheimer’s disease. He is the Academic Co-Lead for the Dementia Education Program and Professor Emeritus, Neurology and Psychiatry at McGill University. Dr. Gauthier was the Director of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging from 1986 to 1997. His accomplishments led to him being appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 and the National Order of Québec in 2017.
Dr. Gauthier will describe the stages of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and explain why they are important.
This webcast is also available in French.
Original air date: September 7, 2022
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia. This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.
If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our biweekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Laura Robb, MSc, CGC is a certified genetic counselor at the McGill Research Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA), where she contacts families to assess their risk of hereditary types of dementia, informs them of implications and guides them towards appropriate medical follow-up. She is also involved in recruiting people from identified families into the Registry on Early Onset Alzheimer Disease in Canada and into the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN). Pedro Rosa-Neto, MD is Director of the MCSA. He is a clinical neurologist with expertise in the quantification of dementia patho-physiology and preclinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease using biomarkers.
Ms. Robb and Dr. Rosa-Neto will speak about genetic testing to assess the risk of hereditary types of dementia. They will address the role of genetics in the development of dementia, the benefits and challenges of genetic testing, the process for genetic screening and what happens when someone tests positive.
Original air date: July 6, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Paolo Vitali, MD is a board-certified neurologist and neuropsychologist and an Assistant Professor at McGill University’s Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is a neurologist at the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging and at the CIUSSS Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal. His research focuses on atypical dementia patients who present with language disorders (Primary Progressive Aphasia).
Dr. Vitali will speak about language difficulties in normal aging and in dementia, explaining how they differ and why they occur. He will also discuss the potential impact of current research on treatment options. This episode of McGill Cares is also available in French.
Original air dates: June 22, 2022.
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Paolo Vitali, MD est neurologue et neuropsychologue certifié et professeur adjoint au département de neurologie et de neurochirurgie de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l'Université McGill. Il occupe un poste de neurologue au Centre de recherche pour les études sur le vieillissement de l’Université McGill et au CIUSSS Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal. Ses recherches portent sur les patients atteints de démence atypique qui présentent des troubles du langage (aphasie progressive primaire).
Le Dr Vitali parlera des difficultés de langage en situation de vieillissement normal et de démence, en expliquant comment elles diffèrent et pourquoi elles se produisent. Il discutera aussi des effets potentiels des recherches actuelles sur les options de traitement.
Date de diffusion originale: le 22 juin 2022.
McGill à vos côtés est une série de webémissions crée pour soutenir les proches aidants. Au cours de ces entretiens sans artifice de 30 minutes avec des experts de premier plan, Claire Webster explore des sujets liés à la prise en charge d’un proche atteint de démence.
Cette webémission est une initiative du Programme de formation sur la démence de McGill, qui est financé par des dons privés.
Nous vous invitons à découvrir les nombreuses ressources gratuites disponibles sur notre site web pour soutenir les personnes atteintes de démence et leurs partenaires de soins, dont Démence, votre guide d’accompagnement. Pour faire un don ou pour en savoir plus sur notre programme, rendez-vous au www.mcgill.ca/démence.
Si vous souhaitez nous voir aborder des sujets et des questions spécifiques, écrivez-nous à dementia@mcgill.ca.
Lucy Barylak, MSW, is a social gerontology consultant for the CIUSSS-West-Central Montreal and a graduate of the McGill University School of Social Work, where she is also a liaison supervisor.
Ms. Barylak has developed evidence-based training for seniors and caregivers, and she lectures in the field of social gerontology and knowledge transfer. She facilitates “Dear Lucy,” an online show funded by the WellMed Foundation in the U.S. that listeners can call in to seek support and ask questions regarding topics related to caregiving. She was the founder and long-standing manager of the Caregiver Support Centre at the CLSC Rene-Cassin, a multi-service respite centre for family and informal caregivers. Ms. Barylak received the Queen’s Jubilee Award for her role in developing a national coalition to support caregivers across Canada.
Ms. Barylak will address the topic of sexual behaviour in dementia and will discuss how to manage situations that can be uncomfortable for caregivers to talk about.
Original Air Date: June 8, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Linda Grossman graduated from the University of Toronto in 1961 as a registered dental hygienist. She is the author of six children’s books that she wrote for the Toronto Child Abuse Centre. She became a passionate advocate for people living with dementia while caring for her husband, Dr. S. William “Mickey” Grossman. She serves on several boards and councils related to aging, including the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging’s (CCNA) Engagement of People with Lived Experience of Dementia.
Mrs. Grossman will speak about her journey as a caregiver to her husband and the ripple effect it had on her own mental health. She will share what she has learned about the plight of seniors in hospitals and long-term care facilities, and other important lessons from her hands-on experience with dementia care.
Original Air Date: June 1, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Tamara Sussman, PhD, is Associate Professor at the McGill School of Social Work. She has worked with adults and families to manage health-related issues in both hospital and community settings for more than 10 years. Professor Sussman’s research focuses on how health services and systems impact older adults and their family members.
Professor Sussman will speak about how to broach the sensitive topic of end-of-life planning with someone in the early stages of dementia. She will discuss research that shows that having these conversations can empower people living with dementia and help support families and friends.
Original Air Date: May 25, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
This episode is in French
L'actrice et chanteuse Chloé Sainte-Marie a été l'aidante de son compagnon de vie, Gilles Carle, et elle milite pour les aidants au Québec. Son nouvel album, Maudit Silence, sortira en septembre 2022.
Chloé Sainte-Marie parlera de son propre parcours de proche aidante et de la façon dont il l'a conduite à fonder La Fondation Maison Gilles-Carle. Elle répondra aux questions sur les services offerts dans les différents établissements de la Maison Gilles-Carle situés à travers la province, et elle expliquera comment les aidants québécois peuvent avoir accès à leurs services.
Date de diffusion originale: le 11 mai 2022
Cette webémission est une initiative du Programme de formation sur la démence de McGill, qui est financé par des dons privés.
Nous vous invitons à découvrir les nombreuses ressources gratuites disponibles sur notre site web pour soutenir les personnes atteintes de démence et leurs partenaires de soins, dont Démence, votre guide d’accompagnement. Pour faire un don ou pour en savoir plus sur notre programme, rendez-vous au www.mcgill.ca/démence.
Si vous souhaitez nous voir aborder des sujets et des questions spécifiques, écrivez-nous à dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Lesley Fellows is a neurologist and Professor in the Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital). Her clinic at The Neuro provides care to people living with a range of cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, as well as young-onset and other less common forms of dementia. She is head of the Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group at The Neuro, a theme leader for the Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives initiative at McGill, and serves as Vice Dean, Academic Affairs in the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences.
Dr. Fellows talks about the brain, how it works and how to keep it working as optimally as possible, even after a diagnosis of dementia.
Original air date: April 27, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Jay Ingram is a science broadcaster and writer. He has hosted two national science programs, Quirks and Quarks on CBC Radio and Daily Planet on Discovery Channel Canada, and has written nineteen books, three of which have won Canadian Science Writers' Awards. Mr. Ingram has six honorary degrees and is a member of the Order of Canada. From 2005-2015, he chaired the Science Communications Program at the Banff Centre. He is currently one of the hosts of the podcast Anthropomania.
His book, The End of Memory: A Natural History of Aging and Alzheimer’s, was published in 2014.
Mr. Ingram will talk about what compelled him to write about Alzheimer’s disease and share what science is teaching us about the brain and memory and whether we might ever find a cure for this disease.
Air date: April 20, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Ms. Teepa Snow is an occupational therapist with over forty years of rich and varied clinical and academic experience. Her company, Positive Approach to Care® provides online and in-person education and products. Ms. Snow presents extraordinary expertise and humour to audiences throughout the world.
Ms. Snow speaks about how her experiences as an occupational therapist led her to the development of Positive Approach to Care®, including the principles behind it and why she developed it. She also speaks about the biggest challenges facing caregivers during pandemic times.
Original Air Date: April 13, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Catherine Talbot-Hamon, MDCM, est médecin traitant en gériatrie à l'Hôpital général de Montréal du Centre universitaire de santé McGill. Ses recherches portent sur l'évaluation préopératoire et l'optimisation des soins pour les patients âgés qui subissent des chirurgies cardiaques ou autres.
La Dre Talbot-Hamon parlera des problèmes de comportement causés par la démence, expliquera les raisons pour lesquelles ils peuvent survenir et fournira des pistes de solution pour mieux les aborder. Cette webémission est présentée en français.
Date de diffusion originale: le 30 mars 2022.
McGill à vos côtés est une série de webémissions crée pour soutenir les proches aidants. Au cours de ces entretiens sans artifice de 30 minutes avec des experts de premier plan, Claire Webster explore des sujets liés à la prise en charge d’un proche atteint de démence.
Cette webémission est une initiative du Programme de formation sur la démence de McGill, qui est financé par des dons privés.
Nous vous invitons à découvrir les nombreuses ressources gratuites disponibles sur notre site web pour soutenir les personnes atteintes de démence et leurs partenaires de soins, dont Démence, votre guide d’accompagnement. Pour faire un don ou pour en savoir plus sur notre programme, rendez-vous au www.mcgill.ca/démence.
Si vous souhaitez nous voir aborder des sujets et des questions spécifiques, écrivez-nous à dementia@mcgill.ca.
Moira Welsh is an award-winning investigative reporter with the Toronto Star who has written extensively on issues facing seniors, with a focus on long-term care, as well as on issues related to social justice, health and the environment. Ms. Welsh is the author of Happily Ever Older: Revolutionary Approaches to Long-Term Care, about evolving ways to live in our later years.
Ms. Welsh will share information about what she’s learned from her years of investigating retirement homes and long-term care facilities in Canada and around the world. She will talk about positive alternatives to what we understand as the norm for long-term care and share ideas about how we can revolutionize care so that seniors can live out their days in dignity and with purpose, energy and love.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by a donation from the Zeller Family Foundation.
Original Air Date: March 16, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Madeleine Sharp is a neurologist specializing in movement disorders. Dr. Sharp’s research goal is to develop more precise models of cognitive dysfunction in patients, grounded in neurobiology, in order to develop and reliably test new behavioural and pharmacologic therapies.
Dr. Sharp will speak about Lewy body dementia, its relationship to Parkinson’s disease, and how it differs from other forms of dementia. She will address types of body movement and behavioural changes caused by Lewy body dementia, how they may evolve as the disease progresses, and ways of dealing with these types of changes.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by a donation from the Zeller Family Foundation.
Original Air Date: March 2, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
In recognition of Heart Month, Claire Webster aims to raise awareness about one of the most common cardiac diseases, atrial fibrillation – its symptoms, causes and treatment. She will be joined by Dr. Jacqueline Joza, Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the McGill University Health Centre, to celebrate an issue very close to her own heart. Despite many years of challenging cardiac health issues, Claire has led a very fulfilling and active life. She is a long-term patient of the Montreal General Hospital and is extremely grateful for the attention and care that she receives from the Cardiac Electrophysiology Program.
Dr. Joza cares for patients with both general and inherited arrhythmias and has a special interest in ablation of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, leadless pacemaker implantation, and novel techniques in defibrillator implantation. Her current research focuses on physiologic pacing, familial sick sinus syndrome, and atrial fibrillation.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible thanks to a donation by Claire and Stuart Webster.
Original Air Date: Feb. 16, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Catherine Ferrier will speak about the end-of-life for people living with dementia. She will describe how the medical system cares for them at that time, and how care partners can make this time more comfortable. She will also talk about the options for palliative care for those with dementia and when and how it can be accessed.
Dr. Ferrier is a family physician and holds a Certificate of Special Competence in Care of the Elderly from the College of Family Physicians of Canada. She works in the Division of Geriatric Medicine of the McGill University Health Centre, where her focus is on cognitive disorders and assessment of decision-making capacity. She is Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by a donation from the Zeller Family Foundation.
Original Air Date: February 2, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Mr. Matt Del Vecchio is a Certified Professional Consultant on Aging (CPCA). He is the owner of Lianas Senior Transition Support, which provides families with guidance and support in navigating home care and senior living communities. Mr. Del Vecchio is also co-host of a popular weekly radio show, “Life Unrehearsed” on CJAD800 in Montreal and writes for The Suburban newspaper as their "Seniors and Aging" columnist.
Mr. Del Vecchio will answer questions about senior living accommodations, the processes for getting a spot and how they are evolving as a result of the recent surge in cases of COVID-19. He will delve into what to look for when selecting a residence and the challenges that families and friends face when having to make the decision to transition a person in their care to a residential facility.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by a donation from the Zeller Family Foundation.
Original Air Date: January 26, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Serge Gauthier is a clinical neurologist specializing in the development of new tools for diagnosis and treatments for people living with Alzheimer’s disease. He was the Director of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging from 1986 to 1997 and became a senior scientist of the CIHR-Rx&D program (Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies) in 1997. Dr. Gauthier is the Academic Co-Lead for the Dementia Education Program and Professor Emeritus, Neurology and Psychiatry at McGill University. His accomplishments led to him being appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 and the National Order of Québec in 2017.
Dr. Gauthier will provide up-to-date information on the medications that are used to treat dementia. This podcast is also available in French as McGill à vos côtés - Prise en charge pharmacologique de la démence.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by a donation from the Zeller Family Foundation.
Original Air Date: January 19, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Le Dr Serge Gauthier est un neurologue clinicien spécialisé dans le développement de nouveaux outils de diagnostic et de traitement pour les personnes souffrant de la maladie d’Alzheimer. Il a été directeur du Centre de recherche et d’études sur le vieillissement de l'Université McGill de 1986 à 1997, puis est devenu scientifique chevronné du programme IRSC-Rx&D (Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada et Compagnies de recherche pharmaceutique du Canada) en 1997. Le Dr Gauthier est coresponsable universitaire du programme de formation sur la démence et professeur émérite en neurologie et psychiatrie à l’Université McGill. Ses travaux lui ont valu d’être décoré de l’Ordre national du Québec en 2017 et de l’Ordre national du Canada en 2014.
Le Dr Gauthier vous fera part des plus récents développements sur les médicaments utilisés pour traiter la démence.
Nous tenons à remercier la Fondation de la famille Zeller pour avoir parrainé cet épisode de McGill à vos côtés.
Date de diffusion originale: le 19 janvier 2022.
McGill à vos côtés est une série de webémissions crée pour soutenir les proches aidants. Au cours de ces entretiens sans artifice de 30 minutes avec des experts de premier plan, Claire Webster explore des sujets liés à la prise en charge d’un proche atteint de démence.
Pour en savoir plus sur notre programme ou pour faire un don, rendez-vous au www.mcgill.ca/démence. Si vous souhaitez nous voir aborder des sujets et des questions spécifiques Durant nos webémissions, écrivez-nous à dementia@mcgill.ca.
McGill Cares is recognizing Alzheimer’s Awareness Month 2022 by inviting the Alzheimer Society of Montreal to share information about their services.
Jeane Day has been the Executive Director of the Alzheimer Society of Montreal (ASM) since January 2021. She has a strong background in the health care and non-profit sectors. Marie Christine Le Bourdais is Director of Programs and Services at the ASM. She has a degree in gerontology and nearly 20 years of experience working with seniors. For the past decade, her work has focused on clients with neurocognitive disorders, family care partners and professionals in the health and social services network.
Ms. Day and Ms. Le Bourdais speak about the ASM’s state-of-the-art intervention, care and support services and how they help people in Montreal live well with dementia.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by a donation from the Zeller Family Foundation.
Original Air Date: January 5, 2022
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McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Ron Beleno is an advocate for dementia, caregiving, aging, and research communities. While caring for his father who was living with dementia, Mr. Beleno developed an expertise in the use of technology, community and access to research to support his family to live as well as possible at home.
He is currently an active member, advisor, and mentor to numerous organizations and educational institutions, including AGE-WELL NCE, Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation at Baycrest, the City of Toronto’s Seniors Strategy, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and the Translational Research Program at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine.
Mr. Beleno speaks about how technologies can be used to help seniors age well at home.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by a donation from the Zeller Family Foundation.
Original Air Date: December 22, 2022
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Corrie Sirota is a clinical social worker and sessional lecturer at the McGill School of Social Work who specializes in loss, bereavement and stress management. She is the co-host of the weekly radio show “Life Unrehearsed” on CJAD and the author of Someone Died...Now What? A Personal and Professional Perspective on Coping with Loss and Grief.
Ms. Sirota will explain anticipatory grief, how it can manifest, why it occurs frequently with dementia and how to cope with it.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by a donation from the Zeller Family Foundation.
Original Air Date: December 15, 2021
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McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
The senior adult fitness exercises (safe) program is designed to improve the health, mobility and independence of seniors. Safe is a series of exercise videos to help older adults gain strength, balance and flexibility to prevent falling and increase confidence to keep moving.
Dr. José A. Morais is the Director of Geriatric Medicine at the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the McGill University Health Centre and the Jewish General Hospital. He is also the Academic Lead of the Dementia Education Program. Dr. Morais is the creator of the safe program.He will talk about the importance of fitness to prevent falls and promote healthy aging, explain why he created the video series, and share a sneak preview.
Safe was funded by the Montreal General Hospital Foundation. It is bilingual and available for free at www.safe-seniors.com.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by the Zeller Family Foundation.
Original Air Date: December 1, 2021
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McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
What happened when one of Canada's earliest promoters of palliative care, Kappy Flanders, was faced with her own mortality? Was she able to pass along lessons in dying to those closest to her?
In this webcast, Claire Webster speaks with Elle Flanders, the youngest of Kappy’s children who, along with her sisters, cared for their mother at home until her last breath. Elle shares insights from her mother’s final days, including one of the hardest topics in life, how to talk to one another about dying.
Elle Flanders is an award-winning filmmaker, artist and activist who has exhibited her work across the globe. She is currently active with the Kappy and Eric Flanders Chair in Palliative Medicine as well as the Council on Palliative Care, and is an executive member of the International Congress on Palliative Care.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by the Zeller Family Foundation.
Original Air Date: November 17, 2021.
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Ana Milic is a Montreal-based educator, community organizer and lifelong learner. She is responsible for all aspects of programming, administration and development at the McGill Community for Lifelong Learning (MCLL), an initiative of the McGill School of Continuing Education for mature learners who wish to continue learning simply for the joy of it.
Ms. Milic shares information on the peer-moderated study groups and lectures offered by the MCLL.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by the Zeller Family Foundation.
Original Air Date: November 3, 2021.
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
We are thrilled to announce the launch a free new McGill educational resource: Dementia, Your Companion Guide. With engaging illustrations and a friendly writing style, this approachable guide covers a wide array of topics to assist both the person living with dementia and their care partners. It includes information on the science and progression of dementia as well as practical advice on safety and self-care.
The guide was created by the multidisciplinary McGill Dementia Education Program (DEP) team, with content provided by former caregiver Ms. Claire Webster, geriatrician Dr. José 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.
During this special edition of McGill Cares, Elise Nesbitt, President of the Grace Dart Foundation, will be joined by the following members of the DEP team who are leading this initiative to introduce this new educational offering that will be available in English and French, online and in print.
- Ms. Elise Nesbitt is an entrepreneur and board member of various Montreal non-profit organizations. Recently, she has focused most of her attention on the aging population within the Montreal community and the grass-roots organizations that are finding solutions and services to meet their needs.
- Dr. Serge Gauthier is Professor Emeritus in the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and former Director of the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging.
- Dr. José A. Morais is Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at McGill University, the McGill University Health Centre and the Jewish General Hospital.
- Professor Isabelle Gélinas is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University.
Original Air Date: Oct. 20, 2021
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Donald Doell practices geriatric medicine at the McGill University Health Centre and is an Assistant Professor in the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He was recently appointed Medical Director, Advanced Practice Nursing / Nurse Practitioner – Adult Care Programs at the Ingram School of Nursing. Dr. Doell is particularly interested in dementia care and has worked with many of the leading experts in neurology, psychiatry and geriatrics in Canada.
He will explain challenging behaviours caused by dementia and provide insight on how to address these behaviours.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by the Zeller Family Foundation.
Original Air Date: Oct. 6, 2021.
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Pedro Rosa-Neto is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and Psychiatry at McGill University and the Director of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging. He was recently named Adjunct Professor at the Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology. He is a Clinical Neurologist with expertise in the quantification of dementia pathophysiology and preclinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease using biomarkers. He has been recognized by the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ) as a Senior Scholar and has a leadership role in the Team II Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR-CCNA).
Dr. Rosa-Neto will speak about early onset dementia, focusing on how and when it is diagnosed, the specific issues faced by those receiving the diagnosis, whether any measures can be taken to delay progression and possible treatments on the horizon.
Original Air Date: July 7, 2021.
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Diagnosis of dementia is still a major challenge globally, with an estimated 75 % of cases still going undiagnosed and long wait times.
A team of McGill experts, led by Drs. Serge Gauthier, Pedro Rosa-Neto, José A. Morais and Ms. Claire Webster, were commissioned by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI)to deliver the World Alzheimer Report 2021, Journey through the diagnosis of dementia.
The McGill team’s combined experience and expertise in research, care, education and lived experience in dementia-related illnesses has resulted in a tangible, meaningful and inclusive report on the diagnosis of dementia. It includes over 50 essays from leading experts around the world, and is supported by findings from three key surveys sent globally to clinicians, people with dementia and their care patterns, and national Alzheimer and dementia associations.
We invite you to learn more about this report, which shines a light on a pivotal moment in the evolution of diagnostics and potential treatment breakthroughs.
The World Alzheimer Report 2021 was launched on World Alzheimer Day, September 21 and is now available on the Alzheimer’s Disease International website. You can also watch the ADI launch webinar that aired on September 21.
On this special episode of McGill Cares, the four McGill co-editors of the report will be joined by Chris Lynch, ADI’s Deputy CEO and Director of Policy, Communications and Publications, to discuss the key findings of this report.
Original Air Date: September 22, 2021
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Mr. André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and the author of six books. He was named Canada’s top newspaper columnist in 2020 and is a recipient of the prestigious Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism and the Owen Adams Award of Honour, the highest award granted to a non-physician by the Canadian Medical Association in recognition of his contributions to advancing medical and health education among the Canadian public.
Mr. Picard will share the findings in his current bestseller, Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada’s Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic. He will discuss what can and must be done to improve the state of care for a vulnerable population with complex needs and reduced ability to advocate for themselves.
We would like to thank the Zeller Family Foundation for sponsoring this episode of McGill Cares.
Original Air Date: September 8, 2021
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, Professor & Concordia University Research Chair in Sleep, Neuroimaging and Cognitive Health, Centre for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, is a neurologist with expertise in sleep medicine. He is also an attending neurologist and the Associate Director for Clinical Research at the Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal (IUGM), an Adjunct Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University, the Vice-President (Research) of the Canadian Sleep Society (CSS), a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Université de Montréal. His expertise includes human sleep physiology, sleep disorders and the use of neuroimaging in sleep research.
Dr. Dang-Vu will speak about the relationship between sleep and cognitive health. He will address what constitutes good sleep, how much we need to stay healthy and how we can get it.
Original Air Date: June 23, 2021.
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Joe Schwarcz, PhD, is Director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society, which has the mission of separating sense from nonsense. He is the recipient of numerous awards for teaching chemistry and for interpreting science for the public. “Dr Joe” has hosted a radio show on science for forty years, has appeared hundreds of times on television, writes a regular newspaper column and is the author of 18 bestsellers.
Dr. Schwarcz will separate fact from fiction with respect to the relationship between nutrition and healthy aging. He will examine the merit of specific diets that claim to protect the brain or offer other mental or physical health benefits.
Original Air Date: June 9, 2021.
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Mary-Beth Wighton is an advocate for people living with dementia and a pioneer to advance the rights of persons with dementia. Ms. Wighton is involved in numerous cross-sector projects involving research and policy development, including being a member of the Ministerial Advisory Board on Dementia and of the Alzheimer Society of Canada Dementia and COVID-19 Task Force. She is co-chair of Dementia Advocacy Canada and is a part-time Behavioural Supports Ontario Lived Experience Facilitator. She has just released her first book: Dignity & Dementia: Carpe Diem. My journals of living with dementia.
Roger Marple has made it his mission to dispel myths about the disease and the stigma associated with dementia. He demonstrates in his life that, despite the challenges, it is possible to live well with dementia. Mr. Marple is a member of the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s advisory group to help raise awareness of the needs of people with dementia, including the specific needs of people living with young onset and/or early-stage dementia. He also serves on the board of directors of the Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories and is active in supporting dementia research in Canada.
Ms. Wighton was diagnosed in 2012 with probable frontotemporal dementia at the age of 45 and Mr. Marple was diagnosed in 2015 with Alzheimer’s disease with vascular components at the age of 57. They will share what it’s like to receive such a diagnosis and how they have come to terms with it and continue to live full and meaningful lives. They will also talk about how their advocacy work on behalf of persons living with dementia contributes to their own well-being.
This webcast is made possible thanks to a donation from the Ryan and Dominique Lynam in memory of their wonderful nanas, Stella Pearson and Muriel Wilson.
Original Air Date: May 26, 2021.
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Un diagnostic de démence est une dure réalité à affronter, tant pour le patient que pour son partenaire de soins, et le manque de connaissances sur la démence peut avoir un impact important sur la qualité des soins et la sécurité.
Pour cette édition spéciale de 60 minutes de McGill à vos côtés, Claire Webster est accompagnée du Dr José Morais. Elle parle de son parcours de proche aidante auprès de sa mère et partagera avec vous certaines leçons très importantes qu’elle a apprises en cours de route. Elle décrit les répercussions de son rôle d’aidante sur sa propre santé, sa famille et sa carrière, et elle parlera de la résilience qu’il faut pour se remettre d’un épuisement professionnel grave. Claire et le Dr Morais délivrent une « prescription de soins » après un diagnostic de démence.
Claire Webster est conseillère certifiée en soins pour l’Alzheimer, conseillère professionnelle certifiée pour les aînés, ainsi que conférencière et formatrice dans le domaine des soins aux personnes souffrant de démence. Elle est fondatrice du programme de formation sur la démence de l’Université McGill et animatrice de McGill à vos côtés.
Le Dr José Morais est le directeur de la division de gériatrie à l’Université McGill, au Centre universitaire de santé McGill et à l’Hôpital général juif. Il est aussi codirecteur du Réseau québécois de recherche sur le vieillissement, et responsable académique du programme de formation sur la démence.
Cette présentation est disponible en français et en anglais.
Cette édition de McGill à vos côtés a été réalisée grâce à un don de Ryan et Dominique Lynam, en mémoire de leurs merveilleuses mamies, Stella Pearson et Muriel Wilson.
Date de diffusion originale: le 12 mai 2021.
McGill à vos côtés est une série de webémissions crée pour soutenir les proches aidants. Au cours de ces entretiens sans artifice de 30 minutes avec des experts de premier plan, Claire Webster explore des sujets liés à la prise en charge d’un proche atteint de démence.
Pour en savoir plus sur notre programme ou pour faire un don, rendez-vous au www.mcgill.ca/démence. Si vous souhaitez nous voir aborder des sujets et des questions spécifiques Durant nos webémissions, écrivez-nous à dementia@mcgill.ca.
Receiving a diagnosis of dementia is a difficult reality for both the patient and their care partner, and a lack of knowledge about dementia can have a significant impact on the quality of care and safety.
In this special 60-minute edition of McGill Cares, Claire Webster is joined by Dr. José Morais as she describes her journey as a caregiver to her mother and shares some very important lessons that she learned along the way. She describes the ripple effect that being a caregiver had on her own health, family and career, and talk about the resilience required to recover from a severe burnout. Claire and Dr. Morais share “A Prescription of Care” following a diagnosis of dementia.
Claire Webster is a Certified Alzheimer Care Consultant (PAC), Certified Professional Consultant on Aging (CPCA), and conference speaker and educator in the field of caring for an individual with dementia. She is the founder of the McGill University Dementia Program and host of McGill Cares.
Dr. José Morais is the Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at McGill University, the McGill University Health Centre and the Jewish General Hospital. He is also co-Director of the Quebec Network for Research on Aging and is the Academic Lead of the Dementia Education Program.
This presentation is be available in both English and French.
This webcast is made possible thanks to a donation from Ryan and Dominique Lynam in memory of their wonderful nanas, Stella Pearson and Muriel Wilson.
Original Air Date: May 12, 2021
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Thanks to extraordinary advances in technology and medicine, humans are living longer than ever before, and are shifting the demographic makeup on a worldwide scale. As a result, more of us are living and engaging with an aging population in both our personal and professional lives, and there is a heightened demand for concrete research and advice for how to best provide care for this growing demographic.
The Care of the Older Personbrings together some of today’s most experienced professionals to provide concrete answers to care providers of all kinds, from the administrators and health care professionals who operate and staff health care facilities and housing for seniors, to the spouses, friends and children who care for them informally. Most importantly, this book is also for seniors who want to feel empowered at this stage of their life.
Drs. José Morais, Serge Gauthier, Abraham Fuks and Ronald Caplan join Claire Webster to discuss the latest edition of The Care of the Older Personand their contributions to the 4th edition of this book which is now available on Amazon.
Dr. José Morais is a Professor in the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Lead of the Dementia Education Program at McGill University, and Co-Director of Quebec Network for Research on Aging.
Dr. Abraham Fuks is a Professor of Medicine and a former Dean of in the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Dr. Serge Gauthier is the Director of the Alzheimer Disease Research Unit at the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, and a Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Medicine at McGill University.
Dr. Ronald Caplan is Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and a medical author.
Claire Webster is a Certified Alzheimer Care Consultant, Certified Professional Consultant on Aging, as well as a conference speaker and educator in the field of caring for an individual with dementia. She contributed a chapter titled “Navigating the journey of dementia as a caregiver”.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible thanks to a donation by the Lindsay Memorial Foundation.
Original Air Date: April 21, 2021
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Simon Ducharme is a neuropsychiatrist and a clinician-scientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital). He specializes in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and the interface between psychiatric disorders and dementia. His research program uses advanced neuroimaging techniques to develop diagnostic biomarkers for FTD. Dr. Ducharme is the Director of the McGill Division of Geriatric Psychiatry & Neuropsychiatry and the Director of the American Neuropsychiatric Association Committee on Research.
Dr. Ducharme will speak about FTD and how it differs from other forms of dementia. He will address the types of behavioral changes caused by FTD, how they may evolve as the disease progresses, and ways of dealing with these types of changes.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible thanks to a donation by the Lindsay Memorial Foundation.
Original Air Date: April 7, 2021
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Le Dr Serge Gauthier est directeur de l’Unité de recherche sur la maladie d’Alzheimer et les troubles connexes du Centre de recherche pour les études sur le vieillissement de McGill, et professeur aux départements de neurologie et neurochirurgie, de psychiatrie et de médecine à l’Université McGill. Il dirige l’initiative visant à produire les deux prochaines éditions du Rapport mondial Alzheimer sur les sujets cruciaux et interdépendants que sont le diagnostic (2021) et le soutien post-diagnostic (2022). Le Dr Gauthier a été investi de l’Ordre du Canada en 2014 et de l’Ordre national du Québec en 2017 pour avoir contribué à l’avancement de notre compréhension de la maladie d’Alzheimer et de la démence, et pour avoir favorisé le développement de réseaux de recherche.
Le Dr Gauthier fera un exposé détaillé sur les signes et les symptômes de la démence. Il expliquera comment se préparer le mieux possible au premier rendez-vous médical, ce à quoi il faut s’attendre, la façon dont un diagnostic est établi à l’aide de divers tests, et ce que les personnes et les partenaires de soins doivent faire dans la foulée d’un diagnostic de démence.
Ce podcast est aussi disponible en anglais.
Cet épisode de McGill à vos côtés est presentée grâce à la Fondation Lindsay Memorial.
Date de diffusion originale: le 24 mars 2021
McGill à vos côtés est une série de webémissions crée pour soutenir les proches aidants. Au cours de ces entretiens sans artifice de 30 minutes avec des experts de premier plan, Claire Webster explore des sujets liés à la prise en charge d’un proche atteint de démence.
Pour en savoir plus sur notre programme ou pour faire un don, rendez-vous au www.mcgill.ca/démence. Si vous souhaitez nous voir aborder des sujets et des questions spécifiques Durant nos webémissions, écrivez-nous à dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Serge Gauthier is the Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Unit of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging, and Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Psychiatry and Medicine at McGill University. He is leading the initiative to produce the next two editions of the World Alzheimer Reports on the crucial and inter-related topics of Diagnosis (2021) and Post-Diagnostic Support (2022). Dr. Gauthier was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 and the Ordre National du Québec in 2017 in recognition of his contributions to advancing our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, and for fostering the development of research networks.
Dr. Gauthier will provide a detailed presentation on the signs and symptoms of dementia. He will discuss how to best to prepare for the first medical appointment and what to expect, how a diagnosis is made through various tests, and what individuals and care partners need to do immediately following a diagnosis of dementia.
This podcast is also available in French.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible thanks to a donation by the Lindsay Memorial Foundation.
Original Air Date: March 24, 2021
McGill Cares is a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Maiya Geddes is a clinician-scientist at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) and Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University. She sees patients at the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging. The goal of Dr. Geddes’ research is to determine the brain mechanisms underlying the interaction between motivation and cognition in aging.
Dr. Geddes will explain how to prepare for a telemedicine appointment and provide insight on what to expect.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible thanks to a donation from Ryan and Dominique Lynam in memory of their wonderful nanas, Stella Pearson and Muriel Wilson.
Original Air Date: March 17, 2021
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Joyce Simard, MSW, is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Nursing, University of Western Sydney Australia, and the patron and founder of Namaste Care International. She has been involved in long-term care for over 40 years, serving as Alzheimer’s specialist for many healthcare companies that provide services in skilled nursing homes, assisted living communities and hospice organizations throughout the world.
Ms. Simard will discuss Namaste Care, a program of person-centered activities offered to people with advanced dementia or when a person is at the end of life. All interaction is offered in a calm, peaceful environment with an unhurried loving approach. It is offered in a small group setting or taken to the bedside as an individual activity in a nursing home, assisted living community or hospice organization. During the pandemic, the Namaste Care Individual program has helped to ease the isolation in care homes where groups have been cancelled and visitors have not been allowed in the home.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible thanks to a donation by the Lindsay Memorial Foundation.
Original Air Date: March 10, 2021
Stéfanie Fréel is a consultant in the Department of Mental Health and Substance Use at the World Health Organization (WHO). She works with governments, civil society, academia and people with lived experience to raise awareness of dementia, and to structure national policies, strengthen health information systems, and produce normative guidance, tools and resources that aim to inform national policy and programmatic implementation.
Ms Fréel will talk about the WHO’s contribution to the understanding of dementia and dementia care around the world. She will discuss the WHO Global Action Plan on Dementia, and iSupport for Dementia.
This webcast is made possible thanks to a donation from Ryan and Dominique Lynam in memory of their wonderful nanas, Stella Pearson and Muriel Wilson.
Original Air Date: February 24, 2021
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
In this special edition of McGill Cares, Claire Webster aims to raise awareness about the impact of cardiovascular disease during Heart Month. She will be joined by Dr. Jacqueline Joza, Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Assistant Professor of medicine at the McGill University Health Centre, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of her sixth pacemaker surgery, which took place on February 6, 2020. Claire has suffered from a variety of cardiac issues since she was 16 years old, and had her first pacemaker surgery at the age of 19. Despite many years of challenging cardiac health issues, she has led a very fulfilling and active life, including playing tennis at a competitive level for many years.
Claire is a long-term patient of the Montreal General Hospital and is extremely grateful for the attention and care that she receives from the Cardiac Electrophysiology Department. Cardiovascular disease can impact anyone at any time, especially women, and it is important to never take our health for granted. Claire is a living example of "heart" resilience!
Dr. Joza cares for patients with both general and inherited arrhythmias and has a special interest in ablation of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, leadless pacemaker implantation, and novel techniques in defibrillator implantation. Her current research focuses on physiologic pacing, familial sick sinus syndrome, and atrial fibrillation.
This webcast is made possible thanks to a donation from Claire and Stuart Webster.
Original Air Date: February 17, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Noémie Auclair-Ouellet, PhD., is a Speech-Language Pathologist and professor at the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. She leads the Communication Strategic Group from the Quebec Rehabilitation Research Network (FRQS-REPAR). She works with people living with mild cognitive impairment and dementia, as well as those with aphasia following a stroke. Her research focuses on the interaction between language, other domains of cognition, and the global clinical profile in aphasia, dementia, and Parkinson’s disease.
Dr. Auclair-Ouellet will speak about the types of changes in the ability to communicate that a person with dementia might experience, interventions that can help retain the ability to use language and the best ways to support conversation with a person with dementia.
This webcast is made possible thanks to a donation from Ryan and Dominique Lynam in memory of their wonderful nanas, Stella Pearson and Muriel Wilson.
Original Air Date: February 10, 2021
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Julie Scorah, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University and Associate Director of the Azrieli Centre for Autism Research (ACAR). Dr. Scorah is a Neurophychologist whose areas of expertise include the assessment and diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders, particularly Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
Dr. Scorah will speak about the signs and symptoms of autism spectrum disorders, how they are diagnosed and available treatments. She will also address how family and friends can best support someone living on the autism spectrum, what the general population should know about autism, and what support services are available for adults on the spectrum and for parents of autistic children.
Original Air Date: January 27, 2021
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. David Luckow is a family physician at the Montreal West Island CIUSSS in their youth mental health clinic, and a clinical lecturer at the McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is the head physician at the Centre de réadaptation en dépendance de Montréal, a public drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre. As a certified Medical Review Officer, he provides drug-test reviewing services and independent medical evaluations. Dr. Luckow will address issues related to the use of alcohol or drugs as a coping mechanism. He will discuss how to recognize when this is becoming a problem, and will share information about treatment options. We would like to thank the Lindsay Memorial Foundation for sponsoring this episode of McGill Cares.
Original Air Date: January 20, 2021.
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Gustavo Turecki is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, Scientific Director at the Douglas Institute Research Centre and Psychiatrist‐in‐Chief at the Montreal West Island CIUSSS. Dr. Turecki uses epidemiological, clinical, psychosocial and basic research approaches to advance knowledge on mechanisms leading to suicide and suicidal behaviour. His laboratory has contributed to the investigation of the mechanisms of anti-depressant response. In addition to his research, Dr. Turecki is involved in local, national and international leadership in research, intervention and knowledge transfer in the field of suicide and depression.
Dr. Turecki will speak about the signs and symptoms of depression, how it is diagnosed and available treatments. He will address the relationship between depression and dementia, and will discuss how family and friends can best support someone suffering from depression.
Original Air Date: January 13, 2021.
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Angela Genge is Director of the Clinical Research Unit at the Montreal Neurological Institute. She is a neuromuscular neurologist and leads the Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) clinical program and multidisciplinary clinic. Dr. Genge has received numerous awards, most recently the 2018 Forbes Norris Award, the DIVA of Distinction Award, and the Governor General Diamond Jubilee Award.
Ms. Leigh Stephens is a social worker and a psychosocial counsellor at the ALS Society of Quebec. She supports people living with ALS and their caregivers at every stage of the disease, from diagnosis through end of life and bereavement. Her work developing programs and services for caregivers led to her involvement in the consultation process for the development of the National Policy for Caregivers in Quebec.
Dr. Genge will speak about ALS, how it progresses and what treatments are available. Ms. Stephens will provide an understanding of the types of programs and services that exist for persons living with ALS and their caregivers.
We would like to thank the Lindsay Memorial Foundation for sponsoring this episode of McGill Cares.
Original Air Date: December 16, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Melanie Couture, PhD, is a researcher at the Center for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology (CREGÉS) and scientific lead of the Health Interventions and Technology Assessment Unit of the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal. She is also Affiliate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Université de Sherbrooke. She co-leads three governmental mandates to develop training and other initiatives in Quebec on older adult mistreatment.
Dr. Couture will answer questions about elder abuse and will provide an overview on how often it happens, the factors that underlie it and the impact that COVID-19 is having on it. She will also discuss tools to identify and reduce mistreatment in caregiving situations.
Original Air Date: December 2, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Serge Gauthier is the Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Unit of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging. He is also a Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, and Medicine at the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Dr. Gauthier will provide an update on the latest and most promising research on the detection and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
We would like to thank the Zeller Family Foundation for sponsoring this episode of McGill Cares.
Original Air Date: November 18, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Susan Wener is a TEDx alum, bestselling author, educator and therapist. At the age of 36, she was diagnosed with colon cancer. She began treatment with one goal – to see her children finish high school. She successfully underwent chemotherapy and dedicated her career to helping Montreal’s cancer community.
She pursued studies in natural health, recognizing the importance of holistic treatment methods. On the cusp of graduating as a natural health consultant, she was diagnosed with lung cancer. The prognosis was grim and required life-altering surgery to remove her right lung. Susan shocked her doctors by recovering over 90% of her normal lung capacity.
Ms. Wener is the first and only natural health consultant invited to sit on the Jewish General Hospital’s Gynecological Oncology Tumour Board. She is also a Trustee of the Jewish General Hospital Foundation Board.
Ms. Wener will share her amazing story and offer her insights on facing difficult times with hope and resilience.
We would like to thank the Zeller Family Foundation for sponsoring this episode of McGill Cares.
Original Air Date: November 11, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. José Morais is Professor and Director of Geriatric Medicine at the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the McGill University Health Centre and the Jewish General Hospital. In addition to being Academic Lead of the McGill Dementia Education Program, he is Co-Director of the Quebec Network for Research on Aging and past President of the Canadian Geriatrics Society. He conducts research on the organization of services for older adults, and on nutrition and metabolism as they pertain to healthy and fragile aging.
Dr. Morais will discuss how to increase the odds of aging well to maintain physical and cognitive health.
We would like to thank the Zeller Family Foundation for sponsoring this episode of McGill Cares.
Original Air Date: November 4, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Ronald Postuma, Professor of Neurology at McGill University, is a clinical researcher and movement disorders neurologist who treats patients with Parkinson's disease and related disorders at The Neuro. His research interest focuses upon Parkinson's disease, particularly on detecting early stages of disease, examining the impact of non-motor symptoms on disease subtype and prognosis, and testing new treatments for non-motor manifestations such as sleep disorders. Dr. Postuma co-developed Parkinson’s Disease – An Introductory Guide, with the McGill University Health Centre Patient Education Office.
Dr. Postuma will talk about the symptoms and evolution of Parkinson’s disease and the importance of education. He will provide insight on how to navigate the disease as a patient, and discuss what caregivers need to know in order to provide proper care and support.
We would like to thank the Zeller Family Foundation for sponsoring this episode of McGill Cares.
Original Air Date: October 28, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Mrs. Dorothy Reitman is a respected lifelong activist and community volunteer who was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1997. She cared for her late husband who died of Alzheimer’s Disease in 2014. Mrs. Reitman currently serves as a board member for several organizations, including the Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors Foundation, and serves as Co-chair, Alzheimer’s Research for a Cure at the Montreal Jewish General Hospital Foundation.
Mr. André Charron is a vice-president and portfolio manager at an investment management firm who lost his father to Alzheimer's Disease in 2011. He and his family have given generously to the Jewish General Hospital Foundation in honour of his father. Mr. Charron sits on the Board of Directors at the Jewish General Hospital Foundation and is Vice-Chair to its $250 million capital campaign.
Mrs. Reitman and Mr. Charron are both Ambassadors of the McGill Dementia Education Program. They will share their stories of how dementia affected their lives and led them to become philanthropists and advocates for research into Alzheimer’s Disease.
We would like to thank the Zeller Family Foundation for sponsoring this episode of McGill Cares.
Original Air Date: October 7, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Alain Ptito is Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University and Director of the Psychology Department at the McGill University Health Centre. His research involves the investigation of the mechanisms involved in cerebral reorganization and plasticity in various patient populations. In recent years, Dr. Ptito has explored new methods of using functional MRI (fMRI) for examining brain trauma.
Dr. Ptito will address how brain injuries change the brain, the relationship between concussions and dementia, and potential treatments to restore brain health after a concussion.
We would like to thank the Zeller Family Foundation for sponsoring this episode of McGill Cares.
Original Air Date: October 21, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Zelda Freitas is a graduate of the McGill University School of Social Work, with 30 years of experience in the delivery of services to older adults, their caregivers and their families. She is currently the Coordinator of Developing Practices in Support of Caregivers at the Center for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology of the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal.
Ms. Freitas will explain how to access services for seniors and their caregivers within the Quebec health care system, providing answers to many frequently asked questions.
We would like to thank the Zeller Family Foundation for sponsoring this episode of McGill Cares.
Original Air Date: October 14, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Nadia Giannetti is Associate Professor in Experimental Medicine at McGill University, and Chief of Cardiology and Medical Director of the Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Centre at the McGill University Health Centre. Dr. Giannetti’s specialties include advanced heart failure, heart transplant, and mechanical hearts.
Dr. Giannetti will discuss the correlation between heart disease, stress and dementia, and provide advice on how to keep the cardiovascular system healthy. Claire Webster will share her personal story of cardiac issues in order to help create awareness about the impact of stress on heart health.
We would like to thank the Zeller Family Foundation for sponsoring this episode of McGill Cares.
Original Air Date: September 30, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Mtre. Rhonda Rudick is a partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg. Her practice includes a strong emphasis on estate planning. Mtre. Janet Michelin is a partner at IMK who regularly represents and advises mandataries, estate liquidators and trustees on their legal obligations. She is currently co-lecturer at McGill University, where she teaches Trial Advocacy. Both graduated from the McGill Faculty of Law in 1996.
Mtres. Rudick and Michelin will describe what needs to be done to ensure the safe management of your loved one’s financial health after a diagnosis of dementia, explain what happens if diagnosis happens after a loss of mental capacity, and share what can be done to protect against financial exploitation and fraud.
We would like to thank The Henry and Berenice Kaufmann Foundation for sponsoring this episode of McGill Cares.
Original Air Date: September 23, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Gwen Nacos founded Cedars CanSupport after recovering from cancer in 1988. While undergoing treatment, she noticed that many people receiving cancer therapy did not have personal or family connections to provide the practical and emotional support that she found so essential to her own recovery.
Ms. Nacos will share the story behind why she founded Cedars CanSupport, a program at the McGill University Health Centre that works in collaboration with the health care team to improve the quality of life of cancer patients and their families. This dedicated team of professional staff and volunteers provides free emotional support, educational services, complementary therapies and practical resources.
Original Air Date: September 16, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it became necessary for the McGill School of Physical and Occupational Therapy to offer alternative clinical learning experiences for their students. This challenge became an unexpected opportunity to help meet the needs of community partners as the students turned to the online world with the goal of creating projects that would be relevant and useful for their clients.
For their final project in the new Health Innovator Student Incubator Engines clinical course, graduate occupational therapy students Nicole Drinkwater, Emma Vadot, Madde Macdougall and Chrissy MacDonald developed an activity booklet for caregivers and their loved ones who are living with dementia. They worked together to create a detailed guide that would encourage individuals to engage in the activities that they enjoy, aligned with their interests and abilities, in order to contribute to their sense of self, promote creativity and add to their quality of life.
The end result is a very engaging virtual toolkit that offers over 40 recreational activities, in six different categories, with instructions on how to adapt the activities to the needs of the individual.
CLICK HERE for more information and to download the booklet.
Original Air Date: September 9, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Howard Bergman is Professor of Family Medicine, Medicine (Geriatrics), and Oncology, as well as Assistant Dean, International Affairs in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. Among numerous other accomplishments, Dr. Bergman co-founded and co-directed the Jewish General Hospital/McGill University Memory Clinic.
Dr. Bergman will discuss his work with respect to seniors and dementia, in light of the 2019 report by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Expert Panel for the Assessment of Evidence and Best Practices for the development of a Canadian Dementia Strategy, which he chaired.
Original Air Date: September 2, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Matt Del Vecchio is a Certified Professional Consultant on Aging (CPCA designation) and the host of “Life Unrehearsed” on CJAD800. He founded Lianas Senior Transition Support to help seniors and their families through decisions about where and how they wish to live out their golden years. Dr. José Morais is Professor and the Director of Geriatric Medicine at the McGill Faculty of Medicine, the McGill University Health Centre and Jewish General Hospital, in addition to being the Academic Lead of the McGill Dementia Education Program.
Mr. Del Vecchio and Dr. Morais will answer questions about moving a loved one into a residence, including how to know when it is time move, the best option for your loved one, the steps to take to get a place in a residence, and how to ensure that your loved one will be comfortable and safe in their new home.
Original Air Date: August 26, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
This week’s webcast features a panel discussion to recognize LGBTQ+ caregivers. Shari Brotman, PhD, is Associate Professor at the McGill School of Social Work. Her scholarly activities focus on access and equity in the design and delivery of health and social care services to older people from marginalized communities, and their informal caregivers. Julien Rougerie is the Program Manager for the Aging Gayfully and Chosen Family programs at Fondation Émergence. Chloé Viau is a trans woman who volunteers at Aging Gayfully. Since her transition at age 70, she struggles to be recognized as a caregiver to her mother.
The panel will discuss the particular challenges that seniors and caregivers from the LGBTQ+ communities face in accessing services and seeking out support for themselves, as well as the necessary considerations that need to be made in order to ensure that these services are made available to them.
Original Air Date: August 19, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Wendy Chiu is an Assistant Professor of Geriatric Medicine at McGill University and a geriatrician at the Montreal General Hospital (MGH), McGill University Health Centre. Her work primarily involves multidisciplinary assessment and rehabilitation of the "frail elderly" at the MGH Geriatric Day Hospital.
Dr. Chiu will discuss strategies for coping with challenging behaviours in persons with dementia. She will also talk about how to deal with the overwhelming emotional and physical toll of caregiving based on her personal journey with her family.
Original Air Date: August 12, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Gerald Fried is the Director of the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, and Associate Dean, Education Technology & Innovation in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. Professor of Surgery and previous Surgeon-in-Chief of the McGill University Health Centre, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross in 2019 by the Governor General of Canada in recognition for his leadership in the development of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Canada.
Dr. Fried will discuss innovative and interactive technologies being used at the Steinberg Centre–one of the most comprehensive medical skills simulation and learning facilities in Canada–to support the education of students, healthcare professionals, and the community at large.
This free webcast is sponsored by Home Care Assistance.
Original Air Date: August 5, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Chris Wynn is an award-winning filmmaker and Alzheimer’s advocate. Mr. Wynn documented his father’s struggles with Alzheimer’s Disease to produce an award-winning feature documentary for TVO called Forgetful Not Forgotten. He has since produced Much Too Young, a documentary about younger caregivers that was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in 2017, and the web series A New Voice, Living Well with Dementia about a woman living with dementia in her late forties. His current work explores animated and augmented virtual reality for storytelling.
Mr. Wynn will talk about his decision to return to Québec to care for his father and the impact it has had on his life. He will discuss early onset dementia and how it affects young caregivers, and share what he has learned from other caregivers that he has met through his filmmaking and advocacy work for the Canadian Alzheimer’s Society.
This free webcast is sponsored by Home Care Assistance.
Original Air Date: July 29, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Louise Murray is the Director of Clinical Partnerships Office at the Ingram School of Nursing (ISON), McGill University and has held a variety of advanced practice nursing roles at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Catherine-Anne Miller is a full-time Faculty Lecturer at the ISON. In her former role as a clinical nurse specialist in the Neuro-Oncology Program at the MUHC, she was involved in end-of-life care, and supported patients and their families as they faced life-limiting diagnoses.
Ms. Murray and Ms. Miller will discuss how their professional backgrounds have helped them navigate their own personal experiences of caring for loved ones living with dementia, coping with their own grief and loss during the pandemic crisis. They will also share important considerations for end-of-life decision making.
This free webcast is sponsored by Home Care Assistance.
Original Air Date: July 22, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Tamara Sussman, PhD, is Associate Professor at the McGill School of Social Work. For over ten years, she has worked with adults and families to manage health-related issues in both hospital and community settings. Dr. Sussman’s research focuses on how health services and systems impact older adults and their family members. Dr. Sussman will respond to questions about how informal caregivers can take care of themselves in order to take better care of their loved one. She will talk about feelings that come up when caring for a loved one, such as sadness, worry and stress, and she will discuss how to recognize when these feelings become more problematic and can lead to depression, anxiety and burnout. And lastly, she will offer guidance on where to turn for help when coping with these feelings.
This free webcast is sponsored by Home Care Assistance.
Original Air Date: July 15, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Isabelle Gélinas, PhD, is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University. She is also a researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation in Montreal. Her research interests include the measurement of functional abilities in persons with cognitive deficits such as dementia. She developed the Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD), a measure of functional abilities in activities of daily living, which is used clinically and in clinical trials internationally. Dr. Gélinas will answer questions about how we can best help our loved ones with reduced autonomy actively participate in a meaningful way in domestic tasks and personal care for as long as possible.
This free webcast is sponsored by Home Care Assistance.
Original Air Date: July 8, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Ms. Marguerite Blais has held the position of Minister Responsible for Seniors and Informal Caregivers in the National Assembly of Quebec and Member for Prévost in the Coalition Avenir Québec since October 2018. After completing her graduate studies in music and teaching for a few years, Ms. Blais pursued advanced studies in communications and spent 30 years working as a successful radio and television host and journalist. She was involved in several charitable organizations, and entered politics in 2007 as a Liberal Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the electoral division of Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne in Montreal, a position she held until 2015.
As a former caregiver, Ms. Blais will share her personal experience about the challenges that caregivers face and talk about what led her to become such a passionate advocate. She will also discuss what steps we need to take to ensure that seniors are being properly cared for.
Original Air Date: July 27, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Donald Doell practices geriatrics at the McGill University Health Centre and is an Assistant Professor in the McGill Faculty of Medicine. He is particularly interested in dementia care and has worked with many of the leading experts in neurology, psychiatry and geriatrics in Canada. He will provide insight into some of the challenging behaviours caused by dementia and look at the ways they can be addressed.
Original Air Date: June 17, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. David Eidelman is Vice-Principal (Health Affairs) and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. A respirologist and clinician scientist, Dr. Eidelman previously served as Chair of McGill’s Department of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of the McGill University Health Centre. During this webinar, Dr. Eidelman will answer questions about how the pandemic has impacted medicine and all the health professions and sciences represented in the Faculty, and its influence on the way our teachers will teach and our students will learn in the future.
Original Air Date: June 10, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Corrie Sirota is a clinical social worker and sessional lecturer at the McGill School of Social Work who specializes in loss, bereavement and stress management. She is the author of Someone Died... Now What? A Personal and Professional Perspective on Coping with Loss and Grief. A co-host of the weekly radio show “Life Unrehearsed” on CJAD, she is also a well-known speaker and facilitator of psychosocial prevention and interventions for schools, camp staff, community agencies and organizations. She will speak about how COVID-19 is affecting the way we grieve and how gratitude can help the grieving process. She will also suggest ways to honour the memory of a person who died and provide insight on how to support a grieving family member or friend.
Original Air Date: June 3, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. José Morais is Professor and the Director of Geriatric Medicine at the McGill Faculty of Medicine, the McGill University Health Centre and Jewish General Hospital. In addition to being Academic Lead of the McGill Dementia Education Program, he is Co-Director of the Quebec Network for Research on Aging and past President of the Canadian Geriatrics Society. He conducts research on the organization of services for older adults, and on nutrition and metabolism as they pertain to healthy and fragile aging. Dr. Morais will speak about how seniors are being affected by the COVID-19 crisis, and how they can stay safe and healthy during this difficult period.
Original Air Date: May 27, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Dr. Serge Gauthier is the Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Unit of the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging and a Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, and Medicine at McGill University. He will answer questions about dementia: what it is, how it differs from normal aging and how it progresses. He will focus on what caregivers need to know about dementia and its associated behavioural and psychological symptoms to help them keep their loved one safe and to minimize distress during the pandemic.
Original Air Date: May 20, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.
Isabelle Poirier was caring for her three children while also looking after her mother, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s eight years ago. Isabelle will talk about the challenges she faced as a “sandwich generation” caregiver while trying to balance her responsibilities. She will also touch upon the difficulties that she encountered while navigating the health care system and finding long-term placement for her mother, who was one of the unfortunate victims of COVID-19.
Original air date: May 13, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
For more information about the McGill Dementia Education Program or to make a donation, please visit www.mcgill.ca/dementia. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at dementia@mcgill.ca.