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Care Partners

Often trusted family members or friends, Care Partners support people living with dementia to live well, to make informed decisions and to adapt to the challenges of dementia. Care partnerships are interdependent relationships where each person has opportunities to offer their strengths and gifts to enrich the relationship.

Going to the ER with Someone Living with Dementia

By Brittany Lamb|2023-03-01T17:25:40-08:00March 1, 2023|Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Featured Article, Need to Know|

What Would You Say?

By Dementia Connections|2023-03-01T18:00:55-08:00February 1, 2023|Advocacy, Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia|

Is Stress Hijacking Your Brain?

By Andrea Wilkinson|2023-02-01T12:15:54-08:00February 1, 2023|Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Physical Wellness|

Considerations When Seeking a Long-term Care Home

By Kate Dupuis|2023-03-01T18:01:17-08:00February 1, 2023|Advocacy, Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Need to Know|

Changing How We Think, Care for Those Living With Dementia

By Julie Slack|2023-02-01T11:52:07-08:00February 1, 2023|Advocacy, Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Sponsored Article|

Shining a Light on Frontotemporal Dementia

By Lisa Kadane|2023-01-16T12:49:20-08:00January 3, 2023|Advocacy, Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Living with Dementia, Research|

Shaping the Research Agenda

By Jill Foran|2023-01-03T11:13:28-08:00December 19, 2022|Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Living with Dementia, Research, Research Update|

Why I Married Him

By Claudia Seitz-Ricklick|2023-01-03T11:57:40-08:00December 5, 2022|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia, Voice of Lived Experience|

Support for Employees Facing Dementia

By Alzheimer Society of Alberta and the Northwest Territories|2023-01-03T11:57:12-08:00December 1, 2022|Advocacy, Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Need to Know, Sponsored Article|

Caregiving from Afar

By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth|2022-12-05T10:32:35-08:00October 31, 2022|Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

The County Day Program

By Jennifer Prescott|2022-11-17T12:38:58-08:00October 23, 2022|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

PSW Perspectives on Quality Care

By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth|2022-10-31T10:18:32-07:00October 17, 2022|Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Research|

Navigating the System

By Sean P. Young|2022-09-19T09:44:18-07:00September 1, 2022|Ask an Expert, Care Partners|

Finding the ‘Why’ Behind Challenging Behaviours

By Vicki de Klerk-Rubin|2022-09-01T07:34:20-07:00July 14, 2022|Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Need to Know|

Advance Care Planning: In-the-Moment Decision-Making

By Cari Borenko|2022-09-01T07:34:48-07:00June 13, 2022|Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Need to Know|

Regroup, Refocus, Recharge

By Family Councils Ontario|2022-06-13T09:12:37-07:00June 6, 2022|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Remembering Dad

By Allison Jordan|2022-05-16T10:35:17-07:00June 1, 2022|Care Partners, Living with Dementia, Voice of Lived Experience|

The Four-Legged Therapist

By Chris Diefenthaler|2022-05-30T15:12:53-07:00June 1, 2022|Care Partners, Living with Dementia, Sponsored Article|

Storytelling for Change

By Mitzi Murray|2022-05-10T10:26:55-07:00May 4, 2022|Advocacy, Care Partners, Need to Know|

Thea Maria

By Patricia Dipede|2022-06-06T09:07:19-07:00May 1, 2022|Care Partners, Living with Dementia, Voice of Lived Experience|

Advance Care Planning: Choose Your Substitute Decision Maker

By Cari Borenko|2022-05-10T10:40:33-07:00April 29, 2022|Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Need to Know|

Advance Care Planning: 5 Steps to Your Personal Plan

By Cari Borenko|2022-05-02T09:58:27-07:00April 6, 2022|Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Need to Know|

Making the Shift from Coping to Self-Care

By Samantha Norberg|2022-05-02T09:58:40-07:00April 4, 2022|Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health|

Learn to Play More Keys on Your Piano

By Vicki de Klerk-Rubin|2022-05-02T09:38:51-07:00April 1, 2022|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Sponsored Article|

Small Steps Toward Brain Vitality

By Andrea Wilkinson|2022-10-12T13:12:03-07:00March 14, 2022|Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Optimizing Brain Health|

Thinking Differently about Dementia

By The Dementia Society and DementiAbility|2022-02-28T17:10:18-08:00February 28, 2022|Care Partners, Living with Dementia, Sponsored Article|

A Love That Grew

By Maggie Porter-Clarke|2022-02-21T09:25:57-08:00February 14, 2022|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia|

At the Kitchen Table

By Frances McInerney|2022-02-07T08:34:25-08:00January 31, 2022|At Home, Care Partners, Living with Dementia, Voice of Lived Experience|

Either Way It’s Perfect

By Lenny Silverberg|2022-01-04T13:46:31-08:00January 4, 2022|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia, Sponsored Article|

Finding Peace and Joy

By Jennifer Prescott|2022-01-13T10:43:15-08:00December 13, 2021|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health|

Increasing Connection by Design

By Michelle Lindstrom|2022-01-13T10:43:26-08:00December 6, 2021|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Behind Closed Doors

By Renee Sandler|2022-01-04T15:01:34-08:00December 1, 2021|Advocacy, Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia, Voice of Lived Experience|

The Village Langley

By Michelle Lindstrom|2021-12-06T09:27:56-08:00November 29, 2021|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia|

Seeing Care Through a Different Lens

By Michelle Lindstrom|2021-11-09T17:05:08-08:00November 1, 2021|Care Partners, Research|

Education, Advocacy and Self-Care

By Lisa Kadane|2021-11-09T16:58:19-08:00November 1, 2021|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health|

Caring for LGBTQ Care Partners

By Jennifer Prescott|2021-11-15T07:48:35-08:00October 29, 2021|Care Partners|

Considering the Spiritual in Dementia Care

By Daniel Potts|2021-12-01T08:38:26-08:00October 21, 2021|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Voice of Lived Experience|

5 Ways to Fill Your Cup

By Lisa Kadane|2021-11-15T07:48:52-08:00October 19, 2021|Care Partners|

Closing The Distance on Rural Dementia Care

By Lindsay Borthwick|2021-11-01T07:31:58-07:00October 19, 2021|At Home, Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

How We Make It Work

By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth|2022-10-18T09:17:19-07:00October 19, 2021|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Asking for Help

By Lisa Kadane|2021-11-02T13:59:05-07:00September 30, 2021|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Online Learning Empowers Care Partners

By Denée Seaton|2021-09-20T09:12:02-07:00September 7, 2021|Care Partners, Need to Know, Technology|

Supporting Sleep

By Marni Tory|2021-09-13T13:44:50-07:00August 30, 2021|Care Partners, Optimizing Brain Health, Physical Wellness|

Conversations with My Mother

By Sam Hester|2021-08-24T13:24:47-07:00August 20, 2021|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Palliative Beyond Perception

By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth|2021-08-30T15:07:55-07:00August 16, 2021|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health|

Maintaining Excellence in Family Carer Training

By Vicki de Klerk-Rubin|2021-10-13T14:02:55-07:00August 9, 2021|Care Partners, Need to Know, Research|

The Power of Speaking Up

By Karin Olafson|2021-08-16T14:09:27-07:00August 9, 2021|Care Partners|

Smart Flight Booking for Travelers with Dementia

By Rudy de Koort|2021-09-01T15:20:34-07:00August 2, 2021|Care Partners, Need to Know|

Let There Be Light

By Shannon Cleary|2021-08-23T10:53:48-07:00July 19, 2021|At Home, Care Partners|

Supporting a Sense of Belonging

By Dementia Connections|2021-10-13T14:03:17-07:00July 15, 2021|Ask an Expert, Care Partners, Research|

Four Books on Dementia

By Karin Olafson|2021-08-25T09:31:38-07:00July 12, 2021|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Take Ownership of Your Health

By Joan Barredo|2021-08-27T21:30:08-07:00June 30, 2021|At Home, Care Partners, Sponsored Article|

Supporting Supporters

By Jennifer Friesen|2021-05-02T13:45:31-07:00November 10, 2020|Care Partners, Need to Know|

Making the “Right” Decision

By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth|2021-04-08T10:17:03-07:00November 10, 2020|At Home, Care Partners, Need to Know|

Not Just a Visitor

By Julia Williams|2021-04-07T14:31:55-07:00November 10, 2020|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Conversations with my Mother

By Sam Hester and Jocelyn Burgener|2021-04-07T14:47:55-07:00November 10, 2020|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Dementia Education is Vital

By Anne Belliveau|2021-04-14T06:12:26-07:00November 10, 2020|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Supporting Supporters

By Jennifer Friesen|2021-04-07T14:52:47-07:00November 7, 2020|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Caregiving in Uncertain Times

By Jennifer Dorozio|2021-04-22T09:28:42-07:00November 7, 2020|Advocacy, Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Transitions in Care

By Diane Bolt|2021-04-22T11:12:35-07:00November 7, 2020|Care Partners, Research|

Compounding Care

By Julia Williams|2021-04-22T09:33:50-07:00July 1, 2020|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Change the Game

By Jennifer Dorozio|2021-04-22T11:15:02-07:00June 30, 2020|Care Partners, Need to Know|

Conversations with my Mother

By Sam Hester|2021-04-07T14:59:25-07:00June 30, 2020|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

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

By Nathan Kunz|2021-04-22T09:35:04-07:00June 29, 2020|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Caring for the Caregiver

By Colleen Seto|2021-04-07T15:04:51-07:00June 29, 2020|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia|

Caregiving through COVID

By Nathan Kunz|2021-04-28T09:57:50-07:00June 29, 2020|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Finding the Words

By Fabian Mayer|2021-04-22T11:20:38-07:00January 10, 2020|Care Partners, Living with Dementia, Technology|

Care from Afar

By Nathan Kunz|2021-04-28T10:00:11-07:00January 10, 2020|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Saying “Yes”

By Mark Johnson|2021-04-28T10:02:14-07:00January 10, 2020|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

All in the Family

By Julia Williams|2021-04-22T11:25:51-07:00January 10, 2020|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

What’s On Your Mind?

By Meredith Bailey|2021-04-07T15:15:47-07:00January 9, 2020|Advocacy, Care Partners, Living with Dementia, Research|

My Lovely Joanie

By Ron Freckleton|2021-04-28T10:05:20-07:00August 26, 2019|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Navigating the Maze

By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth|2021-04-22T11:29:44-07:00August 26, 2019|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Fundraising Inspiration

By Karin Olafson|2021-04-07T15:26:55-07:00August 26, 2019|Advocacy, Care Partners|

A New Way of Seeing

By Shannon Cleary|2021-04-22T10:16:21-07:00March 26, 2019|Advocacy, Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia|

Loving Mom

By Dementia Connections|2021-04-22T11:30:48-07:00March 26, 2019|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

The Kids are Alright

By Sean P. Young|2021-04-07T15:45:47-07:00March 26, 2019|Advocacy, Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Canine Caregivers

By Karin Olafson|2021-04-07T15:55:11-07:00September 10, 2018|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health|

Dome of Confidence

By Lynda Sea|2021-04-22T11:34:06-07:00June 6, 2018|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Living with Dementia|

Dear Marge

By Shelley Lepp|2021-04-22T11:39:37-07:00June 6, 2018|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

THIRD ACTion Film Festival

By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth|2021-04-07T16:22:24-07:00June 4, 2018|Advocacy, Care Partners|

Support Systems

By Julia Williams|2021-04-22T11:41:22-07:00March 5, 2018|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Being with Mom

By Jann Arden|2021-04-22T11:43:16-07:00March 5, 2018|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Partners in Care

By Shannon Cleary|2021-04-22T11:44:44-07:00March 5, 2018|Care Partners, Physical Wellness|

Helping Hands

By Shannon Cleary|2021-04-14T11:47:47-07:00March 5, 2018|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Four Books on Dementia and Aging

By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth|2021-04-07T16:28:06-07:00March 1, 2018|Care Partners, Need to Know|

Caring Is a Calling

By Julia Williams|2021-04-28T10:06:55-07:00March 1, 2018|Care Partners|

Designing for Dementia

By Shannon Cleary|2021-04-28T10:09:36-07:00September 21, 2017|Care Partners, Living with Dementia, Need to Know|

Avoiding Caregiver Burnout

By Mae Kroeis|2021-04-07T16:39:15-07:00September 21, 2017|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health, Physical Wellness|

A Relationship of Care

By Colleen Biondi|2021-04-14T11:51:36-07:00September 20, 2017|Care Partners, Living with Dementia|

Best Friends Approach

By Sean P. Young|2021-04-14T11:54:57-07:00September 8, 2017|Care Partners, Emotional & Spiritual Health|

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