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Join us on听May 12, 2021听at noon for the next webcast in our biweekly series,听麻豆AV Cares, designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the 麻豆AV Dementia Education Program, will explore topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.

A Prescription of Care following a Diagnosis of Dementia

Receiving a diagnosis of dementia is a difficult reality for both the patient and their care partner, and a lack of knowledge about dementia can have a significant impact on the quality of care and safety.

In this special 60-minute edition of听麻豆AV Cares, Claire Webster will be joined by Dr. Jos茅 Morais as she describes her journey as a caregiver to her mother and shares some very important lessons that she learned along the way. She will describe the ripple effect that being a caregiver had on her own health, family and career, and talk about the resilience required to recover from a severe burnout. Claire and Dr. Morais will share 鈥淎 Prescription of Care鈥� following a diagnosis of dementia.

Claire Webster听is a Certified Alzheimer Care Consultant (PAC), Certified Professional Consultant on Aging (CPCA), and conference speaker and educator in the field of caring for an individual with dementia. She is the founder of the 麻豆AV Dementia Program and host of听麻豆AV Cares.

Dr. Jos茅 Morais听is the Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at 麻豆AV, the 麻豆AV Health Centre and the Jewish General Hospital. He is also co-Director of the Quebec Network for Research on Aging and is the Academic Lead of the Dementia Education Program.

This episode of听麻豆AV Cares听is made possible thanks to a donation from听Ryan and Dominique Lynam in memory of their wonderful nanas, Stella Pearson and Muriel Wilson.

听beginning at听12:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, May 12听to watch this webcast in听ENGLISH.听 This webcast is also available in听.听