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DESCRIPTION:Join us on March 10\, 2021 at noon for the next webcast in our 
 biweekly series\, McGill Cares\, designed to support informal caregivers. 
 During candid\, 30-minute interviews with leading experts\, Claire Webster
 \, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill Dementia Education 
 Program\, will explore topics related to caring for a loved one with demen
 tia.\n\nActivities to Engage Persons with Advanced Dementia\n\nJoyce Simar
 d\, MSW\, is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Nursing\, Uni
 versity of Western Sydney Australia\, and the patron and founder of Namast
 e Care International. She has been involved in long-term care for over 40 
 years\, serving as Alzheimer’s specialist for many healthcare companies th
 at provide services in skilled nursing homes\, assisted living communities
  and hospice organizations throughout the world.\n\nMs. Simard will discus
 s Namaste Care\, a program of person-centered activities offered to people
  with advanced dementia or when a person is at the end of life. All intera
 ction is offered in a calm\, peaceful environment with an unhurried loving
  approach. It is offered in a small group setting or taken to the bedside 
 as an individual activity in a nursing home\, assisted living community or
  hospice organization. During the pandemic\, the Namaste Care Individual p
 rogram has helped to ease the isolation in care homes where groups have be
 en cancelled and visitors have not been allowed in the home.\n\nThis episo
 de of McGill Cares is made possible by the Lindsay Memorial Foundation.\n
 \nThis webcast is free and open to the public.\n\nClick here beginning at 
 12:00 pm EST on Wednesday\, March 10th at which time the webcast will beco
 me available.\n
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SUMMARY:McGill Cares: Activities to Engage Persons with Advanced Dementia
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/channels/event/mcgill-cares-activities-e
 ngage-persons-advanced-dementia-329152
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