Resources

Join Dr. Adriana Shnall, PhD, as she continues the conversation of Cultural Perspectives in Caregiving with featured panelists, University of Toronto graduate students from Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work: Marina Thalassinos, Kerion Joinville and Jamie-Leigh LeTourneau. Part II of this series will explore ways in which we can honour our cultural backgrounds and the relationships we have in care, whilst balancing the modern expectations of work/life demands. This webinar aims to provide valuable insights and practical tools to enhance communication skills, navigate the modern expectations of work/life demands, and strengthen relationships in caregiving settings.

Join us to explore how Indigenous, African-Caribbean, and European perspectives uniquely shape the landscape of caregiving. Hear from Master of Social Work students from the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash School of Social Work, as they provide insights into the traditions influencing care. Topics of discussion include traditional healing practices, familial dynamics, and community-based support systems, offering a glimpse into the cultural nuances that shape caregiving experiences. This webinar aims to deepen your understanding of the various ways communities provide care, cultivating a more compassionate and inclusive space for dialogue and exploration.

Speaker: Stephanie Muskat (MSW,RSW)

Stephanie understands (firsthand) the mental toll caregiving can take as a previous primary caregiver to her mother and grandmother and also as an inpatient acute care social worker and psychotherapist to caregivers in private practice.

Speaker: Mary Chiu

In this webinar, Mary will facilitate an informed discussion, to explore barriers and facilitators as aging adults engage in digital technology, and particularly, in Virtual Reality interactions. She will also share preliminary learning from a multi-year Research & Development initiative called “Dementia Caregivers Skills-Training through Virtual Reality Simulation (VR-SIM Carers)”. The VR-SIM Carers initiative aims to engage caregivers, aging adults and community partners in the design, development and testing of an innovative skills-building and training platform for dementia caregivers to safely immerse in a VR environment, to practice different skills that are instrumental in the caregiver role e.g. communication, navigating relational issues, managing expressive behaviours, asking right questions to care professionals.

Speaker: Mitchell Consky

Mitchell Consky is a journalist with works published in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the Walrus, and BNN Bloomberg. He specializes in long-form feature writing and essays about loss, travel, and adventure. When not working, his ideal escape is drifting on a canoe in Ontario’s Algonquin Park. He lives in Toronto.

Speaker: Ifah Arbel, MSc.OT, PhD

Join as we aim to enhance caregivers’ and healthcare professionals’ insight into the needs of older spousal caregivers, and broaden caregivers’ coping repertoire.

On Monday, June 12, 2023, our Baycrest@Home team, clients and families gathered with over 150+ of our closest friends for a very special concert presented in partnership with our friends at the TSO!!

Speaker: Marilyn White-Campbell

In light of the Canadian Center on Substance Use’s recent launch of Canadas New guidance on alcohol use we will discuss our relationship to alcohol including
• Low risk drinking guidelines
• No risk drinking guidelines
• Options for the sober curious
• Making informed and healthy choices on alcohol use in later life knowing the facts.
• How to support someone with problematic alcohol use who has dementia

Dr. Adriana Shnall will host a panel discussion, bringing various perspectives on adopting Possibilities by Baycrest™: a new care model for people living with dementia.

Participants will learn more about grandparents who are the sole caregivers of their grandchildren. The profile of grandparent caregivers will be presented as well as the outcomes for the grandchildren in their care.

Participants will gain a more in-depth awareness and understanding of 2SLGBTQI+ elders and seniors and our unique life experiences, issues, concerns and needs. Learn what you can do to support and create safer, respectful and more affirming spaces and services.

At least 40% of dementia cases worldwide could be eliminated through modifiable lifestyle changes.” This month’s presenter, Nicole Anderson will review the evidence for dementia risk factors, both nonmodifiable and modifiable. Participants will hear about plans for the Kimmel Family Centre for Brain Health and Wellness, the world’s first research-driven community centre that will provide and evaluate the efficacy of personalized dementia risk reduction programming.

A long term consultant, researcher, clinician and educator Dianna Drascic brings over 30 years of experience working with late and end stage illness and assisting staff, patients and families to live as well as possible before, during, and after death. Dianna will share her knowledge and provide practical information in the area of late and end stage illnesses.

Join us in conversation with Michelle Lewis, Executive Director of the Young Caregivers Association, a not-for-profit agency with a mission to serve caregiving children, youth, young adults and their families in Canada. Participants will hear more about the under-recognized place that children and youth play in supporting their families when there is illness and disability in the home. Michelle will address how to identify them, what to look for and how to best support them. The presentation will be followed by Q & A.

Join Yuliya Goloida in conversation with featured panelists: Tom Warner, author and Chair of Senior Pride Network; speaker and transactivist Shoshana Pellman and John Vigna, Social Worker and Educator. Participants will gain a more in-depth awareness and understanding of 2SLGBTQ+ elders and seniors and our unique life experiences, issues, concerns and needs. Learn what you can do to support 2SLGBTQ+ elders and seniors and how to create safer, respectful and more affirming spaces and services.

Join Caregiver Webinar Series host Dr. Adriana Shnall, Program Director, Koschitzky Centre for Innovations in Caregiving in conversation with Valene Campbell: author of diverse children’s books, BIPOC dementia advocate, caregiver, speaker & publisher. Participants will learn how to navigate intergenerational family dynamics and the complexities of aging. Whether you support a parent or grandparent, or want to be prepared to do so in the future, this event is for you. We are here to support the supporters.

Our featured panelists: Cindy Brcko (social worker), Sheldon Parker (retired lawyer) and an older adult who has experienced abuse herself, join Caregiver Webinar Series host Dr. Adriana Shnall to share critical actions necessary to care for and protect older adults. This presentation highlights patient & family, clinical and legal perspectives on elder abuse and will be followed by Q & A. The webinar is open for all family, caregivers and professionals interested in healthy aging and elder care.

From home and institutional contexts, to public conversations (like those drawn from news media), Dr. Amanda Grenier reveals some of the taken-for-granted assumptions about care. Starting with everyday examples, her talk will expand our ideas and practices of care into a broader social responsibility.

The best science and the latest technology to help people maintain brain health at every age should be accessible, and trusted. Join us as Dr. Larissa McKetton, PhD shares ways to track and evaluate your brain health.

In celebration of National Caregiver Day, April 5th 2022, our webinar series host Dr. Adriana Shnall PhD, MSW, RSW steps into the featured speaker spotlight to reflect professionally, and personally, on the experience of caregiving herself.

For these 12 caregivers, our virtual art studio led them to create more than just beautiful art

During this webinar, you’ll learn the difference between a power of attorney for personal care, a power of attorney for property, and a will.

During this webinar, you’ll learn the difference between a power of attorney for personal care, a power of attorney for property, and a will.

Kim Thornhill from Home and Community Care Support Services will answer frequently asked questions about long term care.

Sheldon Parker, founding partner of Parker & Zener LLP, will share ten actionable tips for leading a happy and fulfilling life. This insightful webinar is a great way to wrap up the year, and set resolutions for the New Year!

Join us as Graham Webb from The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly provides participants with insights on a variety of topics such as property decision-making, personal care decision-making, and the duties of attorneys and guardians. This event will be followed by a Q&A for participants to ask any questions they may have on the topic.

The move to a long-term care home can be one of the most challenging and overwhelming times for caregivers throughout the dementia journey. During this presentation, attendees will learn practical tips and suggestions to consider in the weeks and days leading up to the move.

This webinar, led by Adriana Shnall, Ph.D., will reveal how to become more comfortable talking openly about grief and loss. It will provide strategies for coping and ideas for thinking about your own legacy.

Dr. Shnall is the Program Director of the Koschitzky Centre for Innovations in Caregiving at Baycrest and has Assistant Professor status at the University of Toronto. Susan Kendal will be joining the conversation as a member of the community who will talk about her personal journey through the grieving process several times over the past few years, including her brother with young-onset dementia. Josh Cooper, Baycrest Foundation President & CEO, will give opening and closing remarks.

Advanced Care Planning (ACP) is not just an end of life issue, it is something we should all be actively considering. The webinar addresses questions such as, what is ACP? Why is it important? When/how should you start ACP?

Led by the Baycrest@Home social work team, this one-hour event will cover a variety of topics and will allow members of the public to get their questions answered on all things related to aging and caregiving.

Join us as Graham Webb from The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly provides participants with insights on a variety of topics such as property decision-making, personal care decision-making, and the duties of attorneys and guardians. This event will be followed by a Q&A for participants to ask any questions they may have on the topic.

Join dementia & caregiving expert Eleanor Silverberg as she sheds light on mindfulness as a beneficial coping practice applied under her 3-A Coping Framework: Acknowledge, Assess, Assist. A demonstration will be presented of the modified mindfulness program she created to accommodate a variety of cognitive levels, based on Eleanor’s book “Mindfulness Exercises for Dementia.”

Social isolation and loneliness have taken on a new meaning for opportunistic perpetrators and vulnerable seniors during COVID-19. In this webinar, participants will learn the signs of elder abuse as well as ways to help someone who might be at risk of being victimized. The webinar will also reinforce the importance of recognizing the valuable contributions that seniors make and empower them to protect themselves with the knowledge and tools that will keep them safe.

In this presentation, participants will explore a framework that will maximize your sense of well-being and lead a more balanced lifestyle. This presentation will be led by Baycrest@Home’s Program Director, Dr. Adriana Shnall.

In this presentation, participants will explore a framework that will maximize your sense of well-being and lead a more balanced lifestyle. This presentation will be led by Baycrest@Home’s Program Director, Dr. Adriana Shnall.

Led by Baycrest@Home social work team, this one-hour event will cover a variety of topics and allows members of the public to get their questions answered on all things related to aging. The presentation will begin with a quick overview of the long-term care system in Ontario, followed by a Q&A session.

In this presentation, you will learn how our brains support memory, what the different types of memory are and how they change with age, and what you can do to optimize your memory function and brain health.

Social distancing, while necessary during the COVID-19 pandemic, creates challenges for caregivers to connect with loved ones amid an unprecedented time of global health and economic crises. Join Dr. Nasreen Khatri to learn how to optimize social connection with loved ones and get the emotional support you need and deserve as a caregiver.

This webinar covers the tensions associated with multigenerational caregiving and how these have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This webinar was designed to help participants identify and understand the role of a family caregiver, ways to decrease burnout, and rewards in caregiving. Our experts also share clinical interventions available at Baycrest to support family caregivers.

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