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Alzheimer Society of NS Family Caregiver Education Series
The Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia presents an Alzheimer Disease Family Educations Series for family/friend caregivers.
Registration is at no cost. Pre-registration is required and space is limited.
Who: Family members who are providing care and support to someone recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia (ADRD).
When: May 12- June 16, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m .
Where: Penthouse, 2615 Northwood TerraceTo Register: Call Patricia Howe at Northwood Client Services at 454-3356
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Northwood Conference – mark your calendar!
The Northwood Foundation announces their 12th annual Spring Conference and Research Symposium: We Have A Choice - Responding to Diversity in Continuing Care. Understanding Cultural Competency.
Date is June 13, 2011
Time: 8 am-4pm
Location: Holiday Inn Harbourview, Dartmouth, NS
For more information, call 902-454-3069
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GANS online forum project receives funding from NS Dept of Seniors
GANS is pleased and excited to announce that our application to the Nova Scotia Department of Seniors Positive Aging Fund was successful!
The GANS proposal involves development of an online forum section to this website. We aim to create an online forum that is a discussion place fo
r Seniors in Nova Scotia, and anyone who works with or for them. To accomplish this, we are partnering with the Community Access Program (C@P).
C@P will help us deliver not only a useful and engaging online hub for discussions and information sharing, but will assist us in one of the key components to this: two tiers of learning for Seniors – how to use the forum, and how to teach other seniors to us it as well.
With much of Nova Scotia soon to have access to broadband internet service, we think this online forum can be a great way for Seniors to reach out to each other and create online communities for socializing and helping each other.
The GANS board will meet soon to work out the details of implementing this project – so watch this space!
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Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia hosts annual corporate luncheon.
The Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia (ASNS) will host its annual corporate luncheon on December 3. 2009 at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront. This year’s guest speaker is Micheal Decter.
“Mr. Decter is President and Chief Executive Officer of the investment management firm, LDIC Inc. where his primary focus is value investing in individual companies. He is a Harvard trained economist and author of three financial books, Michael Decter’s Million Dollar Strategy, The DRIP Strategy and his latest, Ten Good Reasons to Invest in Canada.
As a former Deputy Minister of Health for Ontario, Michael is a leading Canadian expert on health systems and has a wealth of experience speaking around the world. He is a highly acclaimed negotiator and facilitator and has represented governments, corporations and hospitals.”
For more information on the Corporate Luncheon please call Beth Jackson, Coordinator, Community Giving for the ASNS at 422-7961 ext 228.
Intimacy and dementia a topic at upcoming Alzheimer’s Society conference
The Alzheimer’s Society of Nova Scotia will be hosting its 20th annual conference next week, October 19-20th at the Harbourview Holiday Inn In Dartmouth, NS.It will be two days of updates and information on the latest research, adult day programs, challenging behaviours, adults at risk and more. 
One session not to miss is John O’Keefe, senior social worker from Northwood, who will be speaking on intimacy and dementia:
“The need for intimacy and human closeness does not disappear with cognitive decline. The challenges to
have ones’ intimacy needs met within this context are many and varied. From privacy to competency issues, to staff and family attitudes; caregivers are confronted with many challenges to providing an environment which supports
and promotes the appropriate expression of intimacy.”
You can see the full conference program here. There will also be a free public discussion the evening of the 19th of October. Details on this can be found here.
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New mental health site launched for Nova Scotia
A new site called One in Five has been launched in Nova Scotia. Its aim is to reduce the stigma of mental health issues, and to educate peopleon the need for Nova Scotia to have a comprehensive mental health strategy.
The site had personal stories from those affected by mental health problems, as well as many facts, news items and link about mental health.
You can visit the site here.
Local researchers use listening skills to better understand Alzheimer’s
Researchers at the Geriatric Medicine Research Unit, here in Halifax, believe that listening to patients and their families is the key to garnering new insights into problems like Alzheimer’s disease. 
Because research is often viewed with some skepticism, or seen as something impractical or difficult to understand, they are busy making a series of short videos, describing the purpose, methods, results and possible applications of some of their recent published work - in plain English. By making their work engaging to watch and easy to understand, they hope to break down some of the traditional barriers between researchers and those who could benefit from their work.
Their first effort, explaining recent insights into how and why Alzheimer’s patients repeat themselves, is available for viewing here.
Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting
The Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) 62nd annual meeting is taking place this year November 18-22, in Atlanta, Georgia.
“This year we welcome our meeting-goers to Atlanta, Georgia. The theme for GSA’s 62nd Annual Meeting is “Creative Approaches to Healthy Aging”. This topic reaches across all of GSA’s professional sections and embraces the interdisciplinary nature of its membership – challenging each of us to look at the goals of our work somewhat differently.
GSA’s Annual Scientific Meeting brings together more than 3,500 of the brightest minds in the field of aging. This meeting is the premier gathering of gerontologists from both the United States and around the world. They participate in over 400 scientific sessions including symposia, paper, and poster presentations.”
Visit their site here for more information and registration details.
Register for Ocean View Conference and have your say.
The Ocean View Manor Foundation’s annual education conference for continuing care workers is set to go on October 2nd. Register by the end of this weekend and you can give your two cents on what one of the topics should be. 
Just drop by their site and click on ‘foundation’ and ‘events’ to get the brochure/registration form.
Topics this year include fractures in long term care and the new physician-per-floor program in Nova Scotia nursing homes. There will also be great door prizes and a live demonstration of social media (Twitter, Facebook) and how to use these to promote continuing care or any other cause or group you are interested in.
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Ocean View Manor hosts educational conference.
The Ocean View Manor Foundation will be hosting its 7th annual educational conference on Issues in Continuing Care on October 02, 2009, at the Harbourview Holiday Inn, Dartmouth Nova Scotia. The conference is open to anyone with an interest in continuing/long term care and has a full day of sessions and activities. 
The conference will have sessions on fractures in long term care, dermatological issues, incontinence in long term care and the new physician-per-floor program in Nova Scotian long term care facilities. There will also be exhibitors and a technology booth where participants can see live demos of twitter and facebook, with tips on how to use social media for your continuing care group or organization.
For more information or to register, contact Petrea Leslie at the OVM Foundation office (pleslie@ovm.ca) and check out the conference’s facebook page here.
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