BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250627T030711EDT-6652W7AV4H@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250627T070711Z DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 21\, 2021 at noon for the next webcast in our biweekly series\, 51ԹCares\, designed to support informal caregivers. During candid\, 30-minute interviews with leading experts\, Claire Webster \, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the 51ԹDementia Education Program\, will explore topics related to caring for a loved one with demen tia.\n\nThe Care of the Older Person – An Invaluable Resource for Care Pro viders\n\nThanks to extraordinary advances in technology and medicine\, hu mans are living longer than ever before\, and are shifting the demographic makeup on a worldwide scale. As a result\, more of us are living and enga ging with an aging population in both our personal and professional lives\ , and there is a heightened demand for concrete research and advice for ho w to best provide care for this growing demographic.\n\nThe Care of the Ol der Person brings together some of today’s most experienced professionals to provide concrete answers to care providers of all kinds\, from the admi nistrators and health care professionals who operate and staff health care facilities and housing for seniors\, to the spouses\, friends and childre n who care for them informally. Most importantly\, this book is also for s eniors who want to feel empowered at this stage of their life.\n\nDrs. Jos é Morais\, Serge Gauthier\, Abraham Fuks and Ronald Caplan will join Clair e Webster to discuss the latest edition of The Care of the Older Person an d their contributions to the 4th edition of this book which is now availab le on Amazon.\n\n\n Dr. José Morais is a Professor in the 51ԹFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences\, Director of the Division of Geriatric Medi cine\, Lead of the Dementia Education Program at 51Թ\, and C o-Director of Quebec Network for Research on Aging.\n Dr. Abraham Fuks is a Professor of Medicine and a former Dean of in the 51ԹFaculty of Medic ine and Health Sciences.\n Dr. Serge Gauthier is the Director of the Alzhei mer Disease Research Unit at the 51ԹCentre for Studies in Aging\, and a Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery\, Psychiatry\, Medicine at 51Թ.\n Dr. Ronald Caplan is Clinical Associate Pr ofessor Emeritus Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Medical College of Cor nell University and a medical author.\n Claire Webster is a Certified Alzhe imer Care Consultant\, Certified Professional Consultant on Aging\, as wel l as a conference speaker and educator in the field of caring for an indiv idual with dementia. She contributed a chapter titled “Navigating the jour ney of dementia as a caregiver”.\n\n\nThis webcast is free and open to the public.\n\nThis episode of 51ԹCares is made possible thanks to a dona tion by the Lindsay Memorial Foundation.\n\nClick here beginning at 12:00 pm EDT on Wednesday\, April 21 to watch this webcast.\n DTSTART:20210421T160000Z DTEND:20210421T163000Z SUMMARY:51ԹCares: The Care of the Older Person URL:/medsimcentre/channels/event/mcgill-cares-care-old er-person-330343 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR