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- Boston Tonight
- Screening this Sunday in Winchester and next week Boston!
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- Beautiful British Columbia
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- My travels in January 2010
- Kingston, Sharbot Lake & Peterborough!
- Kitchener, Cambridge, St. Catherine's & Mississauga
- Kitchener, Ontario
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- Year in Review!
- Re-screening of FNF in Colorado!
- Screenings for B.C.
- Nathan Wynn
- Almost Baby time & new screenings
- Sept. 27, 2009
- Members Stories
- Small tour of Ontario
- Small Ontario Tour!
- Screening in Cleveland this Friday (14 Aug.)
- Thanks for your comments!
- Mini Docs and more screenings
- Canadian Documentary filmmaker Allan King dies.
- Spring time in Montreal!
- A week in Toronto!
- FNF wins its first Award!
- Health care expo and next week's workshops!
- New Cinema du Parc screenings
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- Press for the Montreal screenings
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- Still getting good feed back!
- The Week That Was!
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- CARING
- What is Alzheimer's?
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- What is Assisted Living?
- Managing Medication
- Ask an Expert
- Alzheimer's News & Announcements
- The Czorny Centre in B.C.
- A Million Tweets to Remember
- World Alzheimer's Day September 21
- Alzheimer Society of Thunder Bay gardening series!
- Big turn out for the Alzheimer's walk in Montreal
- Alzheimer's walk this Sunday in the Old Port!
- Silver Screens Festival highlights 'Aging and Creativity'
- Screening at Montreal's Cinema du Parc, March 2 & 3
- Forgetful Not Forgotten Premieres Jan 11 on TVO
- Become a Member and Share Your Story
- What is Alzheimer's?
- Caregiving Essentials
- Knowing when certain behavours are cause for safety concerns
- The symptom of aggression in patients with Alzheimer's
- How to improve communication with a person with Alzheimer's
- The possible causes of violent behaviour
- Telling others about changes in behaviour due to Alzheimer's
- The dangers of wandering behaviour, and how to control it
- Making the transition to long-term care less disturbing
- Practical tips for making mealtime a better experience
- The difficulty of caregiving for a frustrated, angry person
- When caregiving challenges increase, important to seek help
- How to know when long-term care is the best solution
- Alzheimer's fundamentally alters relationships, intimacy
- Routine can even benefit people with later-stage Alzheimer's
- Why bathing can be stressful, and how to make it enjoyable
- Being creative with the truth is sometimes the best idea
- What to do to prevent and manage violent outbursts
- Wandering behaviour is never without a purpose
- Caregivers must take care of selves to perform their duties
- Keeping a regular routine can make caregiving more effective
- Caregiving
- Resources
- What is Assisted Living?
- Managing Medication
- Ask an expert
- Caring
- Alzheimer's Disease Basics
- Heredity is only one factor of developing Alzheimer's
- Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is the only way to impact AD
- Possible causes of memory problems
- Why Alzheimer's is diagnosed as possible or probable disease
- How likely is a misdiagnosis of Alzheimer's?
- The typical pattern of Alzheimer's disease progression
- The impact of age of onset on the rate of progression
- Behavioural problems most often begin in the middle stages
- Examples of Alzheimer's-related behavioural problems
- What to do when experiencing memory problems
- Alzheimer's Disease Management
- Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is the only way to impact AD
- The potential role of diet in Alzheimer's disease management
- The benefits of staying mentally active
- The relationship between depression and Alzheimer's
- Managing depression in the person with Alzheimer's disease
- The effects of drug treatments are as unique as the patients
- The long-term prospects of new drugs for Alzheimer's
- Alternative and complementary therapies in Alzheimer's
- The day-to-day inconsistency of Alzheimer's symptoms
- Medications that slow or even temporarily reverse symptoms
- The effects of current therapies on Alzheimer's disease
- Clinical Drug Trial Basics
- The basics of clinical drug trials
- The different people involved in clinical trials
- How to make someone available for a clinical trial
- The details of involvement in a clinical trial
- The risks of being involved in a clinical trial
- Placebo-controlled trials and receiving the trial drug
- The benefits of participating in a clinical trial
- Leisure and Activities
- Appropriate physical activities can help keep a person fit
- Don't force someone with Alzheimer's to do an activity
- Keeping activities age appropriate is all about content
- Leisure and recreation are an important part of AD care
- Staying physically active, up to their abilities, is safe
- Where activities fit in to the Alzheimer's continuum of care
- Early Diagnosis
- How does an early AD diagnosis benefit the family/caregiver?
- How important is having a family member present for testing?
- What support programs are available after a diagnosis of AD?
- Can the physician just tell the family and spare the patient?
- Seeking a second opinion if a physician doesn't think it's AD
- Should I tell family and friends about the AD diagnosis?
- How to get reluctant family members more informed/involved
- What's being done here in Canada to help diagnose AD earlier?
- How can an early diagnosis be helpful for someone with AD?
- How an early diagnosis benefits the person with the disease
- What might alert someone to early-stage AD in a loved one?
- Legal Questions and Concerns
- When should caregivers look into legal and financial issues?
- Should those with AD be involved in planning from the start?
- What to do for those with a limited ability to participate
- What documents to bring to a meeting with a legal council
- What non-legal issues are key for planning for the future?
- What kind of lawyer can help manage the planning process?
- What is Power of Attorney and Power of Attorney for Personal Care?
- Why give someone decision-making powers if you have AD?
- What are Living Wills and Living Trusts?
- Are there any tax credits available to people affected by AD?
- Support Groups
- Is a caregiver support group usually only for the primary caregiver, or can anyone involved in the life of a person with AD?
- What is a support group?
- How can a caregiver find one that’s right for them?
- Are there any strategies for getting other family members involved in support groups?
- What can someone expect to happen at a meeting?
- What credentials do support group leaders typically have?
- Are there different support groups for the different stages of AD?
- What kinds of relationships develop between support group members?
- What’s in it for the caregiver, or for the person with AD?
- Where can I find a group?
- Long Term Care
- How long is the usual grace period for accepting a long-term care opening, and are there any consequences for turning down an available spot?
- What are some typical daily activities to which someone with AD can expect to have access?
- When should a caregiver and family start to think about long-term care?
- Where can someone begin their search, and who can help someone find and choose a facility?
- What is the first step of finding long-term care?
- What are some key questions when looking into long-term care?
- Should the caregiver and family look into and apply at different Nursing Homes?
- How long is a usual waiting list to get into a home?
- Should families be looking for a home that specializes in AD or has an AD wing?
- What kind of safety measures will homes have for AD-specific behavioural issues?
- Before a loved one enters a facility, can someone get home care?
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