McGill Cares
113 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDuring candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the McGill University Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
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McGill Cares: Talking to children about dementia and death
March 06, 2024 17:00 - 28 minutes - 32.2 MBAndrea Warnick, RN, MA, is a Registered Psychotherapist and Registered Nurse who supports individuals, families and communities who are grieving illness or death in their lives. She co-owns AWC Grief Support, a group practice of over 30 therapists who provide grief therapy across Ontario and grief consultation and education across Canada. Ms. Warnick developed the five-day Children's grief and bereavement certificate program at SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute....
McGill Cares: Caregiver support in Quebec - L’Appui pour les proches aidants
February 07, 2024 16:45 - 28 minutes - 32.9 MBJulie Bickerstaff, MSW, is Director of Caregiver Support & Knowledge Transfer at l’Appui pour les proches aidants, a caregiver support organization. Over the past 20 years of working in the health and social services network, public health, territorial organization and community sectors, she has developed a rich and varied expertise in consultation and mobilization, social development and program management. Ms. Bickerstaff will speak about the services offered by l’Appui pour les proches...
McGill Cares: Strategies to improve participation in activities for people living with dementia
January 24, 2024 17:00 - 45 minutes - 85.3 MBMarie-Eve Bolduc, PhD, is Assistant Professor (professional) at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University. Her research interests are directed toward brain-based disabilities, pediatric outcome research and simulation education. Using her experience as an occupational therapist, curriculum lead and simulation educator, she has been involved in developing material for the McGill Dementia Education Program since 2019. During the pandemic, Prof. Bolduc supervised t...
McGill à vos côtés : Stratégies visant à améliorer la participation aux activités pour les personnes atteintes de troubles neurocognitifs
January 24, 2024 17:00 - 48 minutes - 90.9 MBMarie-Eve Bolduc, Ph. D., est professeure adjointe à l’École de physiothérapie et d’ergothérapie de l’Université McGill. Ses intérêts de recherche touchent particulièrement les troubles d’origine cérébraux, les troubles développementaux et l’enseignement par simulation. Forte de son expérience d’ergothérapeute, de responsable de programme et d’éducatrice en simulation, elle participe depuis 2019 à l’élaboration de matériel de formation sur les troubles neurocognitifs majeurs au sein du progr...
McGill Cares: Medical aid in dying (MAiD) in the context of dementia
December 13, 2023 16:45 - 38 minutes - 44.2 MBJocelyn Downie is a Professor Emerita in the Faculties of Law and Medicine at Dalhousie University with a particular interest in end-of-life care. She served as Special Advisor to the Canadian Senate Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide and was involved in several national and provincial expert panels that address end-of-life decision-making and physician-assisted dying. Professor Downie is the author of Dying Justice: A Case for the Decriminalizing Euthanasia and Assisted Suic...
McGill Cares: Join us as we celebrate the 100th episode of McGill Cares
December 12, 2023 17:45 - 59 minutes - 68.2 MBMcGill Cares was launched by the Dementia Education Program during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, on May 13, 2020, while many of us were isolating at home. Claire Webster, Founder of the Program, had the idea to record short interviews with different experts on topics of interest to care partners of people living with neurocognitive disorders to help educate and support them during this difficult time. On November 15, 2023, we aired the 100th episode of McGill Cares! Dr. José Mor...
McGill Cares: Hygiene and dementia
November 29, 2023 16:45 - 32 minutes - 37.3 MBLucy Barylak, MSW, is a social gerontology consultant for the CIUSSS-West-Central Montreal and a graduate of the McGill University School of Social Work, where she is also a liaison supervisor. Ms. Barylak has developed evidence-based training for seniors and caregivers, and she lectures in the field of social gerontology and knowledge transfer. She facilitates “Dear Lucy,” an online show about caregiving funded by the WellMed Foundation in the U.S. She founded and, for many years, managed...
McGill Cares: Coping with Ambiguous Loss in Caregiving
November 01, 2023 15:45 - 33 minutes - 38.9 MBCorrie Sirota is a clinical social worker and sessional lecturer at the McGill School of Social Work who specializes in loss, bereavement. Corrie is also a TEDx speaker, the Clinical Director at Myra's Kids Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports bereaved children and their families and the author of Someone Died...Now What? A Personal and Professional Perspective on Coping with Loss and Grief. Ms. Sirota will speak about the types of loss triggered by a diagnosis of dementia...
McGill Cares: Planning for a Transition of Care
October 18, 2023 16:00 - 45 minutes - 52 MBMr. Matt Del Vecchio is a Certified Professional Consultant on Aging (CPCA). He is the owner of Lianas Senior Transition Support, which provides families with guidance and support in navigating home care and senior living communities. Mr. Del Vecchio is also co-host of a popular weekly radio show, “Life Unrehearsed” on CJAD800 in Montreal and writes for The Suburban newspaper as their "Seniors and Aging" columnist. There will come a point in time when one needs to consider a transition...
McGill Cares: Let's Talk About Walking
October 04, 2023 16:00 - 40 minutes - 75.6 MBNancy Mayo, PhD, is a Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Medicine and the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University. She is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, where she leads a research program on Function, Disability and Quality of Life for vulnerable populations. She is Co-Founder and CEO of PhysioBiometrics Inc., a McGill spin...
McGill à vos côtés : Le point sur les nouveaux médicaments pour traiter la maladie d’Alzheimer
September 20, 2023 16:00 - 33 minutes - 38.1 MBSerge Gauthier, MD, est neurologue clinicien spécialisé dans le développement de nouveaux outils de diagnostic et de traitement pour les personnes souffrant de la maladie d’Alzheimer. Il est coresponsable universitaire du Programme de formation sur la démence et professeur émérite au Département de neurologie et neurochirurgie et au Département de psychiatrie de l’Université McGill. Le Dr Gauthier a été directeur du Centre de recherche et d’études sur le vieillissement de l’Université McGill...
McGill Cares: Update on New Medications to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
September 20, 2023 16:00 - 32 minutes - 37.6 MBSerge Gauthier, MD, is a clinical neurologist specializing in the development of new tools for diagnosis and treatments for people living with Alzheimer’s disease. He is the Academic Co-Lead for the Dementia Education Program and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery and the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University. Dr. Gauthier was the Director of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging from 1986 to 1997. His accomplishments led to him bein...
McGill Cares: Exploring the Experience of Stress in Formal and Informal Dementia Care Partners
September 06, 2023 15:45 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBZahinoor Ismail, MD, is a clinician scientist and Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Epidemiology, and Pathology at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and O’Brien Institute for Public Health at the University of Calgary. He is also Chair of the Canadian Conference on Dementia, and Chair of the Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia, which generates Canadian dementia guidelines, the most recent iteration of which were published in 2020. Dr Ismail was also recent...
McGill Cares: Participating in Dementia Research
July 12, 2023 15:50 - 35 minutes - 41 MBPedro Rosa-Neto, MD, is Director of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA). He is a Professor of Neurology at McGill University and a clinical neurologist with expertise in the quantification of dementia pathophysiology and preclinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease using biomarkers. He is also affiliated with the Douglas Research Institute, the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, the Department of Neurol...
McGill Cares: Divine Dementia – Diaries of an Accidental Caregiver
June 28, 2023 16:00 - 45 minutes - 51.6 MBMarie Moliner is a full-time caregiver for Kevin Whitaker, her true love who has Parkinson’s disease and dementia. She participated in the making of Still Headroom: Parkinson’s and the Power of Care, a short documentary about her life with Kevin. She is writing a book about her experience and volunteers as Assistant Editor for the Townships Sun. Before she retired at 55 to look after Kevin, she was a lawyer and public servant who volunteered extensively. In this special edition of McGil...
McGill Cares: Sex and Gender Differences in Brain Aging and Memory
June 14, 2023 16:00 - 38 minutes - 44.4 MBMaria Natasha Rajah, PhD, is Full Professor and Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs at the McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Douglas Research Centre. She conducts sex and gender research in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, aging and dementia prevention. She also studies how biological sex assigned at birth, gender, and social determinants of health affect brain health and memory over the adult lifespan. Prof. Rajah will talk about the differences between how m...
McGill Cares: Exercise and Cognitive Health
May 31, 2023 16:00 - 48 minutes - 55 MBLouis Bherer, PhD, is Full Professor at the Department of Medicine at the Université de Montréal and the Director of the Centre ÉPIC at the Montreal Heart Institute, where he holds the Mirella and Lino Saputo Chair in Cardiovascular Health and Prevention of Cognitive Disorders. He is also a researcher at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal. Prof. Bherer’s research examines how cognitive health can be improved and maintained as we age. In particular, he is looking at the impac...
McGill Cares: Healthy Brain Aging
May 17, 2023 16:00 - 41 minutes - 47.7 MBSerge Gauthier, MD, is a clinical neurologist specializing in the development of new tools for diagnosis and treatments for people living with Alzheimer’s disease. He is the Academic Co-Lead for the Dementia Education Program and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery and the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University. Dr. Gauthier was the Director of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging from 1986 to 1997. His accomplishments led to him bein...
McGill à vos côtés : Vieillir avec un cerveau en sante
May 17, 2023 16:00 - 45 minutes - 51.7 MBSerge Gauthier, MD, est neurologue clinicien spécialisé dans le développement de nouveaux outils de diagnostic et de traitement pour les personnes souffrant de la maladie d’Alzheimer. Il est coresponsable universitaire du Programme de formation sur la démence et professeur émérite au Département de neurologie et neurochirurgie et au Département de psychiatrie de l’Université McGill. Le Dr Gauthier a été directeur du Centre de recherche et d’études sur le vieillissement de l'Université McGil...
McGill Cares: Authentic Healing in Patients with Advanced Dementia
May 03, 2023 16:00 - 37 minutes - 43.2 MBJustin Sanders, MD, is the Kappy and Eric M. Flanders Chair of Palliative Care, Director of the Division of Palliative Care, and Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University. Dr. Sanders' work focuses on the promotion of authentic healing relationships in serious illness through social-science informed and equity-focused communication and implementation research. Dr. Sanders will talk about authentic healing relationships and palliative care for people with...
McGill Cares: How Alcohol Affects Cognitive and Cardiovascular Health
April 19, 2023 16:01 - 32 minutes - 37.7 MBChristopher Labos, MD, MSc, is a cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology and an Associate at the McGill University Office for Science and Society. He is a freelance contributor for the Montreal Gazette and CJAD Radio, and has also appeared on CBC Radio and CBC Television. Dr. Labos will talk about the impact of alcohol on cognitive and cardiovascular health. Air date: April 19, 2023 ____________________________________________ McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Communit...
McGill à vos côtés : Nutrition et démence (présentation en français)
April 05, 2023 16:00 - 56 minutes - 64.4 MBGuylaine Ferland, Ph. D., est professeure de nutrition à l’Université de Montréal et scientifique au Centre de recherche de l’Institut de cardiologie de Montréal. La Pre Ferland mène des recherches sur le rôle général de la nutrition dans la santé cognitive pendant le vieillissement. Elle est une experte du métabolisme de la vitamine K, et son équipe a grandement contribué à comprendre le rôle de ce nutriment dans la fonction cérébrale et la cognition. Elle parlera de la nutrition et de ...
McGill Cares: Fall Prevention in Normal Aging and Dementia
March 22, 2023 16:00 - 27 minutes - 31.9 MBGustavo Duque, MD, PhD, is a geriatrician and a clinical and biomedical researcher at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. He is the Director of the RIUSSS McGill Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health of Seniors at McGill University and the Dr. Joseph Kaufmann Chair in Geriatric Medicine. Dr. Duque's primary research interests include elucidating the mechanisms and potential new treatments for age-related bone loss, osteoporosis, sarcopenia, osteosarcopenia, ...
McGill Cares - Cultural implications of dementia around the world
March 08, 2023 17:00 - 31 minutes - 36.5 MBWendy Weidner is Head of Research and Publications for Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI). She leads the development and growth of ADI’s global research portfolio in partnership with academic institutions and Alzheimer associations for many projects including diagnosis, dementia care pathways, interventions, clinical trials, epidemiology, and inclusion and diversity. Ms Weidner also leads ADI publications, including the World Alzheimer Report and From Plan to Impact – a yearly report th...
McGill Cares: Driving and Dementia
February 22, 2023 17:00 - 50 minutes - 57.4 MBIsabelle Gélinas, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University. She is also a researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation in Montreal and a member of the Candrive Research Team, interested in driving in the elderly. She developed the Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD), a measure of functional abilities in activities of daily living, which is used clinically and in clinic...
McGill à vos côtés : La conduite automobile et démence
February 22, 2023 17:00 - 47 minutes - 54.2 MBIsabelle Gélinas, Ph. D., est professeure agrégée et directrice des programmes d’études supérieures à l’École de physiothérapie et d’ergothérapie de l’Université McGill. Elle est aussi chercheuse au Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation de Montréal et membre de l’équipe de recherche Candrive, qui s’intéresse à la conduite automobile chez les personnes âgées. Elle a développé l’Échelle d’évaluation de l’incapacité fonctionnelle dans la démence (DAD), un outil d’appréciation d...
McGill Cares: Understanding Vascular Dementia
February 08, 2023 17:00 - 48 minutes - 55.7 MBSandra E. Black, MD, FRCPC, is Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at the University of Toronto. She is an internationally known cognitive and stroke neurologist. She was the inaugural Executive Director of the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance (2012-20), and in April 2020, she became Scientific Director of the Dr. Sandra Black Centre for Brain Resilience and Recovery. Her research bridges dementia and stroke, using standardized, quantitative neuroimaging, cognitive, functional and neuropsych...
McGill Cares: Interview with the Founder of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
January 25, 2023 17:00 - 47 minutes - 54.7 MBZiad Nasreddine, MD, founder and Director of the MoCA Clinic and Institute, is a graduate of the University of Sherbrooke Medical School and is actively involved in clinical research on Alzheimer’s disease. He created and developed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, the MoCA test, available in 100 languages and dialects and used in 200 countries around the world. Dr. Nasreddine discusses how he developed the MoCA test and the process of diagnosing dementia. He also provides an overview of s...
McGill Cares: Canada's National Dementia Strategy
January 11, 2023 17:00 - 33 minutes - 38.6 MBSaskia Sivananthan, PhD, is Chief Science and Knowledge Translation Officer at the Alzheimer Society of Canada, where she oversees the Alzheimer Society Research Program. She is a neuroscientist and health data scientist focusing on dementia care. In 2020, the Federal Minister of Health (Canada) appointed her to the Ministerial Advisory Board on Dementia. She also served as a senior strategy and policy advisor on the global dementia strategy for the World Health Organization (WHO) and co-dr...
McGill Cares: Nutrition and Dementia
December 14, 2022 17:00 - 46 minutes - 53.2 MBNutrition and Dementia Guylaine Ferland, PhD, is a professor of nutrition at Université de Montréal and a scientist at the Research Centre of the Montreal Heart Institute. Dr. Ferland conducts research on the general role of nutrition in cognitive health during aging. She is an expert in vitamin K metabolism and her team has made significant contributions to understanding the role of this nutrient in brain function and cognition. She will speak about nutrition and dementia, including how t...
McGill Cares: Life, Love, Strength: A Doctor’s Journey of Caring for his Wife
November 30, 2022 17:00 - 37 minutes - 42.5 MBRobert W. Francis, MDCM, graduated from the McGill Faculty of Medicine in 1968. He is founder and former Chairman Emeritus of Medcan Health Management Inc. and most recently the founder and CEO of ReGen Scientific Inc., both of which are medical services clinics focused on preventative medicine. While caring for his wife, Sharon, who passed away from Alzheimer’s disease in 2019, he searched relentlessly around the world for a cure. He has since set up the Sharon Francis Institute for Rege...
McGill Cares: Mindfulness and Compassion to Reduce Stress and Anxiety
November 16, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBBassam Khoury, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology at McGill University. He is a clinical psychologist specializing in mindfulness-based treatments. He and his team at the McGill Mindfulness Research Lab conduct research on advancing the theory, research, and applications of mindfulness and compassion. Prof. Khoury will speak about mindfulness and compassion, and how those practices can help reduce stress and anxiety for caregivers. Air ...
McGill Cares: Oral Health and Dementia
November 02, 2022 16:00 - 24 minutes - 28.3 MBMichael Wiseman, DDS, is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at McGill University who has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on geriatric dentistry. He has a private practice in Côte Saint-Luc and is on staff at several Montreal hospitals, including Mount Sinai, St. Mary’s and Ste. Anne’s. Dr. Wiseman will speak about the importance of maintaining oral health throughout life, including for those living with dementia and other terminal diseases. Original Air D...
McGill Cares: Understanding and Dealing with Family Conflict
October 19, 2022 16:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBJoanne Besner, BSW, MBA, PPCC, and caregiver, received her Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Business Administration from McGill University, and a Professional Coaching designation from the John Molson Executive Centre at Concordia University. Ms. Besner coaches and facilitates workshops for health care professionals and community organizations, including the McGill University School of Social Work, where she is also an internship liaison supervisor. Her 35-year career in Quebec communit...
McGill Cares: Lessons from a Double-Duty Caregiver
October 05, 2022 16:00 - 31 minutes - 36.3 MBZelda Freitas, MSW, is a graduate of the McGill University School of Social Work with 30 years of experience in the delivery of services to older adults, their caregivers and their families. She is currently Clinical Advisor, Professional Practice at the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal. Previously, Ms. Freitas was the Coordinator of Developing Practices in Support of Caregivers at the Center for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology of the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal and a clinical supe...
McGill Cares: A Storied Path from Broadcaster to Chair of Alzheimer’s Disease International
September 21, 2022 16:00 - 27 minutes - 31.5 MBDale Goldhawk is a media specialist who has worked in print, radio and television for almost five decades. He was named Chair of Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) in 2021 after acting as Vice Chair for six years and serving as a Board member since 2006. He is past President of the Alzheimer Society of Canada and was awarded both the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his work with charities. Mr. Goldhawk talks about his career as a jo...
McGill à vos côtés : Stades de la démence et de la maladie d’Alzheimer
September 07, 2022 16:00 - 38 minutes - 88.5 MBSerge Gauthier, MD, est un neurologue clinicien spécialisé dans le développement de nouveaux outils de diagnostic et de traitement pour les personnes souffrant de la maladie d’Alzheimer. Il est coresponsable universitaire du programme de formation sur la démence et professeur émérite en neurologie et psychiatrie à l’Université McGill. Le Dr Gauthier a été directeur du Centre de recherche et d’études sur le vieillissement de l'Université McGill de 1986 à 1997. Ses travaux lui ont valu d’êtr...
McGill Cares: Staging of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
September 07, 2022 16:00 - 32 minutes - 75.3 MBSerge Gauthier, MD, is a clinical neurologist specializing in the development of new tools for diagnosis and treatments for people living with Alzheimer’s disease. He is the Academic Co-Lead for the Dementia Education Program and Professor Emeritus, Neurology and Psychiatry at McGill University. Dr. Gauthier was the Director of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging from 1986 to 1997. His accomplishments led to him being appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 and the Na...
McGill Cares: What Role Does Genetics Play in Dementia?
July 06, 2022 16:00 - 28 minutes - 32.1 MBLaura Robb, MSc, CGC is a certified genetic counselor at the McGill Research Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA), where she contacts families to assess their risk of hereditary types of dementia, informs them of implications and guides them towards appropriate medical follow-up. She is also involved in recruiting people from identified families into the Registry on Early Onset Alzheimer Disease in Canada and into the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN). Pedro Rosa-Neto, MD is Direct...
McGill Cares: Language Difficulties in Normal Aging and Dementia
June 22, 2022 16:00 - 22 minutes - 25.4 MBPaolo Vitali, MD is a board-certified neurologist and neuropsychologist and an Assistant Professor at McGill University’s Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is a neurologist at the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging and at the CIUSSS Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal. His research focuses on atypical dementia patients who present with language disorders (Primary Progressive Aphasia). Dr. Vitali will speak about language d...
McGill à vos côtés : Difficultés de langage dans le vieillissement normal et la démence
June 22, 2022 16:00 - 40 minutes - 46.8 MBPaolo Vitali, MD est neurologue et neuropsychologue certifié et professeur adjoint au département de neurologie et de neurochirurgie de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l'Université McGill. Il occupe un poste de neurologue au Centre de recherche pour les études sur le vieillissement de l’Université McGill et au CIUSSS Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal. Ses recherches portent sur les patients atteints de démence atypique qui présentent des troubles du langage (aphasie progressi...
McGill Cares - Managing Sexual Behaviour in Dementia
June 08, 2022 16:00 - 31 minutes - 36.6 MBLucy Barylak, MSW, is a social gerontology consultant for the CIUSSS-West-Central Montreal and a graduate of the McGill University School of Social Work, where she is also a liaison supervisor. Ms. Barylak has developed evidence-based training for seniors and caregivers, and she lectures in the field of social gerontology and knowledge transfer. She facilitates “Dear Lucy,” an online show funded by the WellMed Foundation in the U.S. that listeners can call in to seek support and ask questi...
McGill Cares - A Wife’s Journey of Love, Devotion and Caregiving Challenges
June 01, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes - 54.3 MBLinda Grossman graduated from the University of Toronto in 1961 as a registered dental hygienist. She is the author of six children’s books that she wrote for the Toronto Child Abuse Centre. She became a passionate advocate for people living with dementia while caring for her husband, Dr. S. William “Mickey” Grossman. She serves on several boards and councils related to aging, including the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging’s (CCNA) Engagement of People with Lived Experience ...
McGill Cares: Having Conversations about Advance Care Planning
May 25, 2022 12:50 - 26 minutes - 30 MBTamara Sussman, PhD, is Associate Professor at the McGill School of Social Work. She has worked with adults and families to manage health-related issues in both hospital and community settings for more than 10 years. Professor Sussman’s research focuses on how health services and systems impact older adults and their family members. Professor Sussman will speak about how to broach the sensitive topic of end-of-life planning with someone in the early stages of dementia. She will discuss res...
McGill à vos côtés : Un entretien avec Chloé Sainte-Marie, célèbre proche aidante
May 11, 2022 16:00 - 35 minutes - 40.8 MBThis episode is in French L'actrice et chanteuse Chloé Sainte-Marie a été l'aidante de son compagnon de vie, Gilles Carle, et elle milite pour les aidants au Québec. Son nouvel album, Maudit Silence, sortira en septembre 2022. Chloé Sainte-Marie parlera de son propre parcours de proche aidante et de la façon dont il l'a conduite à fonder La Fondation Maison Gilles-Carle. Elle répondra aux questions sur les services offerts dans les différents établissements de la Maison Gilles-Carle situés...
McGill Cares - Optimizing Brain Health Throughout Life and after a Diagnosis of Dementia
May 11, 2022 12:43 - 38 minutes - 44.2 MBDr. Lesley Fellows is a neurologist and Professor in the Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital). Her clinic at The Neuro provides care to people living with a range of cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, as well as young-onset and other less common forms of dementia. She is head of the Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group at The Neuro, a theme leader for the Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives initiative at McGill, and serves...
McGill Cares: A Natural History of Aging and Alzheimer’s
April 20, 2022 16:00 - 37 minutes - 42.6 MBJay Ingram is a science broadcaster and writer. He has hosted two national science programs, Quirks and Quarks on CBC Radio and Daily Planet on Discovery Channel Canada, and has written nineteen books, three of which have won Canadian Science Writers' Awards. Mr. Ingram has six honorary degrees and is a member of the Order of Canada. From 2005-2015, he chaired the Science Communications Program at the Banff Centre. He is currently one of the hosts of the podcast Anthropomania. His book, T...
McGill Cares: Insights from the Founder of Positive Approach to Care®
April 13, 2022 16:00 - 37 minutes - 42.4 MBMs. Teepa Snow is an occupational therapist with over forty years of rich and varied clinical and academic experience. Her company, Positive Approach to Care® provides online and in-person education and products. Ms. Snow presents extraordinary expertise and humour to audiences throughout the world. Ms. Snow speaks about how her experiences as an occupational therapist led her to the development of Positive Approach to Care®, including the principles behind it and why she developed it. Sh...
McGill à vos côtés - Comprendre les comportements réactifs chez les personnes atteintes de démence
March 30, 2022 16:00 - 43 minutes - 49.3 MBCatherine Talbot-Hamon, MDCM, est médecin traitant en gériatrie à l'Hôpital général de Montréal du Centre universitaire de santé McGill. Ses recherches portent sur l'évaluation préopératoire et l'optimisation des soins pour les patients âgés qui subissent des chirurgies cardiaques ou autres. La Dre Talbot-Hamon parlera des problèmes de comportement causés par la démence, expliquera les raisons pour lesquelles ils peuvent survenir et fournira des pistes de solution pour mieux les aborder. Ce...
McGill Cares: Rethinking Long-Term Care for Older Adults
March 16, 2022 16:00 - 29 minutes - 33.3 MBMoira Welsh is an award-winning investigative reporter with the Toronto Star who has written extensively on issues facing seniors, with a focus on long-term care, as well as on issues related to social justice, health and the environment. Ms. Welsh is the author of Happily Ever Older: Revolutionary Approaches to Long-Term Care, about evolving ways to live in our later years. Ms. Welsh will share information about what she’s learned from her years of investigating retirement homes and long-...