Welcome to Your Weekly Round Up

your guide to meaningful activities

Education

• Mindfulness for Caregivers - April 8, 2020, 12:00 pm 
  • Tara Cohen is a social worker (MSW, RSW) and mindfulness instructor and is deeply committed to supporting individuals in achieving their optimal quality of life, throughout their life journey. Register Here
     
• Dementia Basics - April 9, 2020, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm   
  • Part 6, The Caregiving Challenge Register Here 
     
• Here is a great tip sheet from The Ontario Caregiver Organization on Caregiver Mental Health During COVID-19 
  • Caregiver Mental Health During COVID-19
     
•  PREVENTING COVID-19 ILLNESS
  • Persons living with dementia may have an impaired ability to follow or remember instructions, and may need
    reminders regarding:
  • Hand-washing and moisturizing - consider a supervised hand-washing schedule.
  • Covering nose and mouth during a sneeze or cough.
  • Refraining from placing things in the mouth.
  • Staying in a particular area.
  • Taking medications appropriately.
  • Adopting social distancing practices and refraining from sharing items.
  • Following any other procedures that would require memory and judgment.
  • For the full document please check out Emergency Preparedness: Caring for persons living with dementia in a long-term or community-based care setting  from the Alzheimer's Association.

Meaningful Activities

• The Dementia Society presents the sing-a-long music at home program Circle of Song Session 2  - Click Here
• The Dementia Society presents Arts and Minds Session 2 the at home art workshop - A Scene of Early Spring -  Click Here

Tip of the Week

• Take out your photo albums this week and reminisce, start with your oldest album and work your way through to the newest.
• Check out our daily 10@10 exercise program that you can find on our Facebook page @TheDementiaSociety everyday at 10am for 10 minutes we will walk you through some fun easy exercises that you can do together.  

Just for Fun

Visit a museum this week virtually! Here are a couple of great sites

• The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom - click here
• British Museum Virtual Tour - click here

Support

Click here for April's upcoming Support Groups in Ottawa
Click here for April's upcoming Support Groups in Renfrew County