McGill Dementia Education Program

12/16/2025

Ne manquez pas notre dernier épisode de McGill à vos côtés de l'année qui aura lieu le mercredi, 17 décembre à midi avec Dre Julia Chabot, gériatre au Centre hospitalier de St. Mary, professeure agrégée au Département de médecine de l’Université McGill et présidente de l’Association des gériatres du Québec.

La Dre Chabot discutera des avantages potentiels de la comme outil thérapeutique pour les personnes atteintes de troubles neurocognitifs. Elle explorera également des approches pratiques pour intégrer la musique dans les milieux de soins cliniques et recommandera aux proches aidants des moyens d’utiliser la musique à la maison pour faciliter les routines quotidiennes et favoriser les liens affectifs.

Cette webémission gratuite sera disponible en français et en anglais.

https://mcgill.ca/x/iCV

Soyez des nôtres le 17 décembre 2025 à midi pour notre prochain épisode de McGill à vos côtés, une série de webémissions qui a pour but de soutenir les proches aidants. Lors d’entretiens sans artifice de 30 minutes avec des experts de premier plan, Claire Webster, fondatrice du Programme ...

12/12/2025

Register now to join the Winter 2026 sessions of The Sharing Room virtual support groups!

Offered by the McGill University Dementia Education Program in collaboration with the Société Alzheimer de Montréal, The Sharing Room offers a safe space for to share their experiences, connect with other caregivers, and identify their own needs.

These 90-minute support groups take place online over Zoom during a series of 6 sessions. There is a group for partners/spouses and another group for adult children of people living with , and each group is offered in both French and English.

For more information and to register, please visit our website: https://www.mcgill.ca/dementia/support-groups/sharing-room

In 2021, the McGill University Dementia Education Program and the Alzheimer Society of Montreal (ASM) partnered to offer The Sharing Room, a safe space for care partners to share about their experiences, to connect online with each other to break the isolation, and to engage and identify their own n...

12/10/2025

Alia Osman, a PhD Candidate from the McGill School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, is conducting a study to update an assessment tool that evaluates daily activities and participation in community life among individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease.

Please see details below and reach out to her if you are interested in learning more!

11/26/2025

Join us for our next McGill Cares webcast on December 17 at noon, when Dr. Julia Chabot will discuss the potential benefits of using music as a therapeutic tool for patients with dementia.

She will explore practical approaches for integrating music into clinical care settings and recommend ways for caregivers to introduce music at home to support daily routines and foster emotional connections.

All are welcome! https://www.mcgill.ca/dementia/channels/event/mcgill-cares-benefits-music-people-living-dementia-369115

11/12/2025

A special thank you to Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario for inviting our program's founder, Claire Webster, to be a guest on your new podcast series, !

Listen to this podcast to hear Claire, along with Dr. Samir Sinha of National Institute on Aging - NIH and Dr. Jane Rylett of Canadian Institutes of Health Research share their wealth of knowledge in research, policy and practice to help us better understand Dementia in Canada.

https://sites.libsyn.com/542487/dementia-in-canada-awareness-risks-and-reality

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Dementia significantly impacts the lives of many Canadians, particularly for older adults and their caregivers. Canadians of all ages need to be knowledgeable about dementia, have access to information and support to lower their risk and acknowledge their role in combating stigma surrounding dementi...

11/07/2025

Caring Conversations is an online forum where care partners of people living with dementia can learn from experts, share concerns and ask questions.

Our next Caring Conversation will take place on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. ET and the subject will be on practicing positivity and self-care through art.

Social worker Lucy Barylak and professional coach and educator Joanne Besner will focus on the importance of positivity and the healing power of art as a powerful medium to improve caregiver well-being. For this special Caring Conversation, we have invited art specialist Cynthia van Frank to talk about a series of paintings that she has created to reflect her personal journey as a caregiver to her mother who grapples with dementia.

All are welcome!

Information and Registration: https://mcgill.ca/x/iHJ

10/23/2025

SOMMEIL ET ALZHEIMER 💤🧠 | Des chercheurs de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale Douglas mènent un essai clinique pour déterminer si le daridorexant, un nouveau médicament contre l’insomnie, pourrait prévenir la maladie d’Alzheimer.

Selon la Dre Sylvia Villeneuve et son équipe du Centre StoP-Alzheimer, l’effet nettoyant du médicament sur le cerveau pourrait être la clé de la prévention de la maladie.

Lisez l’article complet de TVA Nouvelles en cliquant sur le lien en commentaire! ⤵️

Vous voudriez participer à cette recherche? Le Centre StoP-Alzheimer cherche des participants de 50 à 90 ans pour cet essai clinique, sans problème de mémoire et en bonne santé. Écrivez à 👉 prevenir.alzheimer@douglas.mcgill.ca

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SLEEP AND ALZHEIMER’S 💤🧠 | Clinical trials by researchers at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute are studying whether daridorexant, a new medication for insomnia, could help prevent Alzheimer’s disease.

According to Dr. Sylvia Villeneuve and her team at the StoP-AD Centre, the medication’s cleaning effect in the brain could be the key to preventing this disease.

Read the whole report from TVA Nouvelles by clinking the link in the comments. ⤵️

Do you want to contribute to this research? The StoP-AD Centre is looking for participants aged 50 to 90 years old who do not have memory issues and are in good health for this clinical trial. Email prevenir.alzheimer@douglas.mcgill.ca.

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10/22/2025

If you're part of the McGill University family, stop by our booth today at the McGill Employee Health Fair to pick up your free copy of Dementia, Your Companion Guide! SSMU building, 3rd floor!

09/22/2025

09/22/2025

The Caregiver Grief Connexion Connexion team—led by Pam Orzeck (principal investigator & CREGÉS member) with the collaboration of CREGÉS members Patrick Durivage (co-investigator), Tamara Sussman, and Shari Brotman (collaborators)—invites practitioners to join a monthly space for sharing and learning about the challenges of supporting bereaved caregivers.

✨ First session of the season → A special collaboration with Grief Matters, as part of their Grief Gatherings series, focusing on anticipatory grief and caregiving.

📅 September 22
🌐 Online (Teams, in English)
🔗 More info: https://caregivergrief.com/communities-of-practice/

✅ Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/YkXZpjSxZ5

09/19/2025

Caring Conversations is an online forum where care partners of people living with dementia can learn from experts, share concerns and ask questions.

Our next Caring Conversation will take place on Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. EDT on the topic of The Compassionate Lie.

Social worker Lucy Barylak and professional coach and educator Joanne Besner will discuss the challenge of balancing one’s right to honesty with lying and deception to minimize distress and anxiety when caring for a person who is living with dementia. They will share advice on when, how and what justifies not telling the truth and will invite participants to share their own their tips and lived examples.

Information and Registration: https://mcgill.ca/x/iuG


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09/12/2025

McGill Cares is a free webcast series to support people living with and their .

On September 17 at noon, our guest will be Dr. Simon Ducharme, neuropsychiatrist and clinician-scientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and The Neuro. He will shed light on how dementia can lead to delusions, hallucinations and paranoia, and will share practical strategies to help families manage these often-distressing situations.

This webcast is offered in both English and French, and registration is not required. Visit the event page to access the links, which will go live on Wednesday, September 17 at noon!

https://mcgill.ca/x/iBN

Join us on September 17, 2025 at noon as we launch our sixth season of McGill Cares, a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring....