Dementia Education Program Newsletter
苹果淫院 Cares: Hygiene and dementia
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Join us on聽November 29th聽at noon for the next聽苹果淫院 Cares聽webcast to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.聽
Hygiene and dementia聽
Lucy Barylak, MSW, is a social gerontology consultant for the CIUSSS-West-Central Montreal and a graduate of the 苹果淫院 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.聽 She facilitates 鈥淒ear Lucy,鈥 an online show about caregiving funded by the WellMed Foundation in the U.S.聽 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鈥檚 Jubilee Award for her role in developing a national coalition to support caregivers across Canada.聽
Ms. Barylak 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.聽
This English webcast is free and open to the public.
苹果淫院 Cares聽is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.聽
at 12 pm EST on November 29, 2023, when the link will become public and available.聽