CanAge Conversations #1:

Setting the Stage for Advocacy in Long-Term Care and Beyond for People With Dementia

July 28, 2020

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CanAge Conversations #1 with Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEO of CanAge, debuted with this vital live webinar, the first in a series of Advocacy focused sessions: 

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"Setting the Stage for Advocacy in Long-Term Care and Beyond for People With Dementia"

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Grier Dementia Training, Dementia Advocacy Canada, The Alzheimer Society of Ontario, and Dementia Alliance International join CanAge, Canada’s National Seniors’ Advocacy Organization, to host a live online webinar to discuss:

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1) What is advocacy?
2) Different types of advocacy
3) The role of numbers in advocacy
4) Roadblocks people encounter on the advocacy journey

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Whether you are a novice regarding advocacy or have been working in the field for years, this session with industry experts has valuable information for everyone.

Expert Panel:
1) Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEO CanAge
2) Kim Grier, Founder & Managing Director, Grier Dementia Training and CanAge Fellow
3) Lisa Poole, Co-Chair, Dementia Advocacy Canada
4) Christine Thelker, Dementia Advocate, Member of Dementia Alliance International
5) Cathy Barrick, CEO, The Alzheimer Society of Ontario and CanAge Fellow

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RESOURCES

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(1) RECORDING of the event is available at canage.ca/youtube.

(2) PRESENTATION of the event

(3) RESOURCES  OVERVIEW mentioned during the event 

(4) ASO MPP Meeting Toolkit (Alzheimer Society of Ontario)

(5) THREE ABOUT ME - Resource for caregivers (Grier Dementia Training)

(6) DEMENTIA CONNECTIONS Magazine 

(7) BOOK: "For This I am Gateful" (Christine Thelker)

(8) BIOGRAPHIES of the experts

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