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Advocacy seeks to protect the human rights of people with dementia.

Dementia is Not a Single Story

By Jasmine Hwang and Tara Ernst|2026-06-22T19:16:01-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

Leading with Lived Experience

By Bill Yeates|2026-05-26T17:23:39-07:00|Advocacy, Featured Article, Living with Dementia, Voice of Lived Experience|

Supportive Housing for People with Dementia

By Dr. Margaret Oldfield Dr. Maude Levesque|2026-05-26T17:25:00-07:00|Advocacy, At Home, Featured Article, Need to Know|

Extensive Daily Supports for People with Dementia Living at Home

By Dr. Margaret Oldfield Dr. Maude Levesque|2026-06-22T19:03:46-07:00|Advocacy, At Home, Need to Know|

In-Home Supports that Don’t Disrupt People’s Lives

By Dr. Margaret Oldfield Dr. Maude Levesque|2025-07-31T08:45:37-07:00|Advocacy, At Home, Need to Know|

Living with Dementia: Alternatives to Institutional Care

By Dr. Margaret Oldfield Dr. Maude Levesque|2025-07-30T13:36:24-07:00|Advocacy, At Home, Need to Know|

Don’t Fence Me In

By Dr. Margaret Oldfield Dr. Maude Levesque|2025-07-30T13:35:45-07:00|Advocacy, At Home, Need to Know|

Unseen

By Gina Martin|2025-05-01T07:27:37-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Igniting Change

By Dementia Connections|2024-09-02T08:09:47-07:00|Advocacy, Featured Article, Need to Know|

Exploring Contrasts in Care

By Dementia Connections|2024-09-02T08:17:00-07:00|Advocacy, Ask an Expert|

Let Go!

By Katrina Prescott|2024-02-27T12:37:34-08:00|Advocacy, Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Featured Article, Need to Know|

No Longer Her(e)

By Helen Rimell|2024-01-11T12:21:48-08:00|Advocacy, Care Partners, Featured Article, Living with Dementia, Voice of Lived Experience|

Enabling Independence

By Claire O'Connor|2024-02-29T08:04:48-08:00|Advocacy, Ask an Expert, Featured Article, Living with Dementia, Optimizing Brain Health, Physical Wellness, Research|

Access for All

By RDS Team|2024-01-11T12:24:19-08:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

What Would You Say?

By Dementia Connections|2023-11-08T07:49:30-08:00|Advocacy, Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia|

Shining a Light on Frontotemporal Dementia

By Lisa Kadane|2023-11-08T08:10:12-08:00|Advocacy, Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Living with Dementia, Research|

What is your perspective on frontotemporal dementia?

By CHUM Research Centre|2023-10-13T09:16:26-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners, Research|

Catalyst: Kate Swaffer Speaks Up

By Dementia Connections|2023-09-17T16:29:05-07:00|Advocacy, Ask an Expert, Featured Article, Living with Dementia, Voice of Lived Experience|

Navigating Dementia in the 2SLGBTQI Community

By Jennifer Prescott|2023-03-01T17:24:58-08:00|Advocacy, Featured Article, Living with Dementia, Research|

A Rebellious Spirit

By Dementia Connections|2023-02-01T11:53:02-08:00|Advocacy, Ask an Expert, Living with Dementia, Voice of Lived Experience|

Considerations When Seeking a Long-term Care Home

By Kate Dupuis|2023-03-01T18:01:17-08:00|Advocacy, Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Need to Know|

Changing How We Think, Care for Those Living With Dementia

By Julie Slack|2023-02-01T11:52:07-08:00|Advocacy, Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Sponsored Article|

Support for Employees Facing Dementia

By Alzheimer Society of Alberta and the Northwest Territories|2023-01-03T11:57:12-08:00|Advocacy, Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Need to Know, Sponsored Article|

A Lifetime of Dementia Prevention

By Jennifer Prescott|2023-01-03T11:58:07-08:00|Advocacy, Optimizing Brain Health, Prevention, Research|

Crafting My Own Journey

By Gail Gregory|2022-12-05T10:33:05-08:00|Advocacy, Ask an Expert, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia, Voice of Lived Experience|

Support for Employers to Address Dementia at Work

By Alzheimer Society of Alberta and the Northwest Territories|2022-10-27T10:58:31-07:00|Advocacy, Ask an Expert, Featured Article, Need to Know|

How DREAM Supports Dementia Wellness

By The DREAM Team|2022-09-30T16:19:24-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia, Physical Wellness, Research, Sponsored Article|

Dementia in the Workplace

By Jennifer Prescott|2022-10-31T10:21:03-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia, Need to Know, Optimizing Brain Health|

Theft: A Candid Portrait of Dementia

By Jennifer Prescott|2022-10-03T15:29:31-07:00|Advocacy, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia|

DREAM Evaluation Study

By The DREAM Team|2022-09-19T09:44:02-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia, Physical Wellness, Research|

Regroup, Refocus, Recharge

By Family Councils Ontario|2022-06-13T09:12:37-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Storytelling for Change

By Mitzi Murray|2022-05-10T10:26:55-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners, Need to Know|

Teamwork Improves Dementia Diagnosis and Care

By Jennifer Prescott|2022-03-14T08:18:09-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

Stigma: A Poem About Living with Dementia

By Rose Ong|2022-03-09T13:45:23-08:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia, Voice of Lived Experience|

Behind Closed Doors

By Renee Sandler|2022-01-04T15:01:34-08:00|Advocacy, Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia, Voice of Lived Experience|

HANDDS-ONT Study Launches in Ontario

By ONDRI - Ontario Neurogenerative Disease Research Initiative|2021-11-01T07:53:22-07:00|Advocacy, Featured Article, Research, Research Update|

“We’re Much More Hopeful Than We’ve Ever Been”

By Jaclyn Law|2021-10-28T12:46:13-07:00|Advocacy, Research|

Engaging People Living with Dementia in Decision-Making

By Jess Fehrenbacher|2021-10-20T13:37:34-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia, Need to Know, Sponsored Article|

Breaking Down Stigma

By Denée Seaton|2021-09-03T08:27:36-07:00|Advocacy|

Hear Our Voice

By Fabian Mayer|2021-08-26T10:56:34-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

Chipping at Stigma

By Nathan Kunz|2021-08-26T10:50:51-07:00|Advocacy|

Reforming Justice

By Nathan Kunz|2021-08-26T10:41:15-07:00|Advocacy|

Challenging Perceptions

By Karin Olafson|2021-08-25T09:53:45-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

Four Books on Dementia

By Karin Olafson|2021-08-25T09:31:38-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Lost Hope: the Impact on Brain Health

By Kate Swaffer|2021-08-25T08:42:12-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

The Power of Partnerships

By Diane Bolt|2022-01-17T08:26:14-08:00|Advocacy, Featured Article, Research|

Critical Times: Medical Assistance in Dying

By Ron Posno|2021-08-31T11:42:49-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia, Need to Know|

Separate & Unequal: A Time to Reimagine Dementia

By ReImagining Dementia Coalition|2022-09-20T11:08:34-07:00|Advocacy, Research|

Four Books Written by People Living with dementia

By Carole-Lynne Le Navenec|2021-08-25T08:28:23-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

A Fully Spectacular Life: Ending Misconceptions of Dementia

By Christine Thelker|2021-08-27T21:26:31-07:00|Advocacy, Ask an Expert|

Confronting Failures in Long-Term Care

By Ron Posno|2022-01-04T14:11:30-08:00|Advocacy, Voice of Lived Experience|

National Dementia Strategy’s Work in Progress

By Nathan Kunz|2021-04-09T09:39:49-07:00|Advocacy, Need to Know|

Not Just a Visitor

By Julia Williams|2021-04-07T14:31:55-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Dementia Education is Vital

By Anne Belliveau|2021-04-14T06:12:26-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Economic Stigma: They will love you until they have to pay you

By Kate Swaffer|2021-04-14T06:37:07-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

An Individual Choice

By Nathan Kunz|2021-04-07T14:47:41-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

Valuing the Person

By Diane Bolt|2021-04-22T08:55:44-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

Supporting Supporters

By Jennifer Friesen|2021-04-07T14:52:47-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Creative Solutions for Justice

By Nathan Kunz|2021-04-07T14:53:09-07:00|Advocacy|

Caregiving in Uncertain Times

By Jennifer Dorozio|2021-04-22T09:28:42-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Creating Momentum

By Shannon Cleary|2021-04-22T09:30:56-07:00|Advocacy, Research|

Championing Dementia Care in Canadian Hospitals

By Jennifer Friesen|2021-04-22T09:32:07-07:00|Advocacy, Research|

Welcome – Fall 2020

By Lisa Poole|2021-04-07T14:56:24-07:00|Advocacy|

Compounding Care

By Julia Williams|2021-04-22T09:33:50-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Patient-Oriented Research is Changing Health Care for the Better

By Sam Gryba|2021-04-07T15:00:23-07:00|Advocacy, Research|

The Alzheimer Society of Calgary’s adaptation to COVID-19

By Nathan Kunz|2021-04-22T09:35:04-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Guidelines for Care

By Alzheimer Society of Canada|2021-04-07T15:02:27-07:00|Advocacy, Need to Know|

Bridging the Gap

By Jennifer Friesen|2021-04-07T15:03:26-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

Welcome – Summer 2020

By Lisa Poole|2021-04-07T15:04:23-07:00|Advocacy|

Alzheimer’s Disease International & Dementia Alliance International

By Colleen Biondi|2021-04-26T07:21:08-07:00|Advocacy|

The Dementia Experience Around the World

By Karin Olafson|2021-04-26T07:23:43-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

Here We Go Again

By Mary Beth Wighton|2021-04-07T15:11:37-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

Imagine This

By Jennifer Friesen|2021-04-07T15:12:03-07:00|Advocacy|

Unlocking Doors

By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth|2021-04-22T09:53:00-07:00|Advocacy|

What’s On Your Mind?

By Meredith Bailey|2021-04-07T15:15:47-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners, Living with Dementia, Research|

Federal Forum on Dementia

By Dementia Connections|2021-04-26T07:34:27-07:00|Advocacy|

The Buurtzorg Method

By Jennifer Dorozio|2021-04-22T09:56:20-07:00|Advocacy, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia|

Pink and Teal and Read all Over

By Colin Gallant|2021-04-07T15:18:00-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

Welcome – Winter 2020

By Lisa Poole|2021-04-07T15:17:52-07:00|Advocacy|

The Future is Dementia Friendly

By Jennifer Dorozio|2021-04-07T15:19:25-07:00|Advocacy|

Dementia Network Calgary

By Jennifer Dorozio|2021-04-22T10:05:16-07:00|Advocacy|

On Trial

By Shannon Cleary|2021-04-22T10:06:09-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia, Research|

Q+A – Dr. Serge Gauthier

By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth|2021-04-07T15:24:16-07:00|Advocacy, Ask an Expert|

Changing Our Lives Forever

By Mary Beth Wighton|2021-04-07T15:24:32-07:00|Advocacy|

The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation

By Victoria Lessard|2021-04-22T10:07:45-07:00|Advocacy, Research|

Going Deeper

By Ron Posno|2021-04-22T10:08:41-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

Listen Up!

By Dementia Connections|2021-04-07T15:26:16-07:00|Advocacy, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Need to Know|

Speaking Up

By Karin Olafson|2021-04-26T07:35:44-07:00|Advocacy|

Fundraising Inspiration

By Karin Olafson|2021-04-07T15:26:55-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Get Inspired

By Kristen Thompson|2021-04-07T15:27:59-07:00|Advocacy, Research|

Canada’s National Dementia Strategy is Bold and Balanced

By Dementia Connections|2021-04-26T07:41:55-07:00|Advocacy, Need to Know|

Welcome – Fall 2019

By Lisa Poole|2021-04-07T15:28:34-07:00|Advocacy|

Cathie’s Story

By Jennifer Dorozio|2021-04-07T15:28:46-07:00|Advocacy|

A New Way of Seeing

By Shannon Cleary|2021-04-22T10:16:21-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia|

Death and Decisions

By Julia Williams|2021-04-22T10:19:49-07:00|Advocacy, Living with Dementia|

Transparency in Long-Term Care

By Mae Kroeis|2021-04-26T07:46:16-07:00|Advocacy|

A Holistic Approach

By Mae Kroeis|2021-04-07T15:43:35-07:00|Advocacy, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia|

Dementia Questions

By Meredith Bailey|2021-04-07T15:44:19-07:00|Advocacy|

A New Strategy

By Dementia Connections|2021-04-26T07:47:47-07:00|Advocacy|

Queries for the Candidate

By Mae Kroeis|2021-04-22T10:24:37-07:00|Advocacy, Need to Know|

Speak Openly and Challenge Stigma

By Karin Mantyka|2021-04-22T10:28:10-07:00|Advocacy, Ask an Expert, Living with Dementia|

World Young Leaders in Dementia

By Dementia Connections|2021-04-07T15:45:33-07:00|Advocacy|

The Kids are Alright

By Sean P. Young|2021-04-07T15:45:47-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Letters – Fall 2018

By Lisa Poole|2021-04-26T07:49:10-07:00|Advocacy|

Welcome – Spring 2019

By Lisa Poole|2021-04-07T15:46:09-07:00|Advocacy|

A New Era of Rights

By Dementia Connections|2021-04-07T15:47:05-07:00|Advocacy|

Central Zone Support

By Emily Senger|2021-04-22T10:36:08-07:00|Advocacy, Research|

Nothing About us Without us

By Lisa Kadane|2021-04-22T10:41:54-07:00|Advocacy|

Behind the Mask

By Jennifer Friesen|2021-04-22T10:43:02-07:00|Advocacy, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia|

Gentle Persuasive Approaches

By Sean P. Young|2021-04-26T07:51:02-07:00|Advocacy, Emotional & Spiritual Health|

Collaboration is Key

By Geoff Geddes|2021-04-07T15:55:25-07:00|Advocacy|

Welcome – Fall 2018

By Lisa Poole|2021-04-07T15:56:02-07:00|Advocacy|

What’s the Difference Between “Dementia Friendly” and “Dementia Inclusive”

By Dementia Connections|2021-04-07T15:56:27-07:00|Advocacy, Need to Know|

Awareness Through Understanding

By Karen Rudolph Durrie|2021-04-22T10:45:41-07:00|Advocacy, Need to Know|

Lives Well Lived

By Karin Olafson|2021-04-22T10:46:39-07:00|Advocacy, Emotional & Spiritual Health|

A Mindful Gift

By Jennifer Dorozio|2021-04-07T16:19:35-07:00|Advocacy, Research|

A Global Health Crisis

By Karen Rudolph Durrie|2021-04-07T16:20:50-07:00|Advocacy|

Welcome

By Lisa Poole|2021-04-07T16:22:39-07:00|Advocacy|

THIRD ACTion Film Festival

By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth|2021-04-07T16:22:24-07:00|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Letters

By Lisa Poole|2021-04-14T09:22:02-07:00|Advocacy|

Active Listening

By Fabian Mayer|2021-04-07T16:32:43-07:00|Advocacy|

What is Person-Centred Dementia Care?

By Kaitlyn Hanson|2021-04-26T07:52:22-07:00|Advocacy, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Need to Know|

Game Plan

By Sean P. Young|2021-04-07T16:35:11-07:00|Advocacy|

Brian’s Story

By Mae Kroeis|2021-04-22T10:53:59-07:00|Advocacy|

A Web of Support

By Colleen Biondi|2021-04-22T10:54:40-07:00|Advocacy|

Welcome

By Lisa Poole|2021-04-14T09:41:20-07:00|Advocacy|