Paige Morrissey, an accredited music therapist in Halifax, Nova Scotia, wrote Rewind to give a voice to seniors, particularly persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias.
Anne Hopewell (PiDC Alliance Advisory Group) shares her article about Memory Boosters Social Club - Helping couples living with dementia connect
Dr. Sherry Dupuis has been selected as one of 15 inaugural College Chairs for CIHR’s College of Reviewers. The College Chairs, which were selected based on diversity of health research and knowledge translation expertise, will enhance peer review quality and provide independent, expert advice to CIHR in the building of the College into an internationally recognized resource. Congrats Sherry! http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/49811.html
Our PiDC Alliance Connection Newsletter Volume 5 Issue 3 is now available.
Created in partnership with the Partnerships in Dementia Care Alliance Advisory Group of persons living with dementia and their family members, LIVING Well with Dementia speaks to what it means for persons with dementia and their care partners to live well with dementia.
We would like to acknowledge all those involved in making the video, including:
The PiDC Alliance Advisory Group.
On September 26, 2015 the Huron County Partners for Dementia Support held an event with persons with dementia, partners in care (including family members, health care organizations and government representatives) to learn more about how we can work to enhance dementia care in Huron County.
Back in late 2011, I was invited by Amy Go, Executive Director of Yee Hong to participate in a study group. The group would be part of the PiDC Alliance ongoing research on changing the culture in dementia care, hence the name – Yee Hong Culture Change
Coalition. While we were waiting to start our first meeting in January 2012, Jenny Ploeg (research lead at Yee Hong) and I had a brief discussion on the timelines of this study and the Appreciative Inquiry method. I recall back then I was skeptical that it should take 5 years or more for some desired objectives to be implemented. I am coming from a corporate business background where results tend to be more important than processes.
The Willowgrove Dream Weavers Culture Change Committee hosted a Discovery launch at Chartwell's Willowgrove Long-term care home on July 8th.
Actor, Jason Chesworth, shares his experiences of working on Cracked: new light on dementia and the power of story-telling.
I've been an actor for over 20 years now and I've never worked on a play that has had such a profound impact on its audience before.
We recently released our new Cracked new light on dementia video! Credit and thanks go to the Collective Disruption group and video-grapher Anthony Grani. Cracked new light on dementa website