Education at the Alzheimer Society of Ontario
The Alzheimer Society of Ontario's Education staff strive to provide continuous learning opportunities to staff of chapters across the province. Resources and information are developed and shared to build local chapter capacity to provide education services in the community.
As part of Ontario's Strategy for Alzheimer
Disease and Related Dementias, each of the
39 Alzheimer Society chapters in Ontario received five-year funding from the Ontario government for a public education coordinator. The funding for this position is now part of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care base funding.
The public education coordinators raise awareness and provide education, support services and volunteer training. To contact the public education coordinator in your area, please call your local Alzheimer Society chapter.
The Alzheimer Society of Ontario's staff provide ongoing support to public education coordinators in their roles. This support takes many shapes, such as providing information and clarification about programs, publishing monthly newsletters to keep them connected and up-to-date with education information and research developments, creating education resources for use by local education staff and offering opportunities for education and professional development.
The Alzheimer Society of Ontario continues to support the Dementia Studies/Working with Dementia Clients
program, a comprehensive training program in Dementia Care that is available at many community colleges across Ontario. Those who are currently, or wish to begin providing care for persons with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia in a health care setting should consider completing the program in order to improve existing skills in delivering the specialized care required by individuals with dementia. Also, family members, volunteers or interested community members may complete this program to learn more about dementia and how to provide quality care to a person living with it.
Becoming Our Best
Without standards, it's hard to measure progress
and success. That's the idea behind the Alzheimer Society of Ontario's
Ensuring Quality Standards Project, a five-year initiative, funded by an Ontario
Trillium grant.
Read Putting
Our Best Foot Forward (PDF), a report that details how the project
assisted Alzheimer Society Chapters to improve quality by determining areas that
needed most improvement and by developing useful resources. Contact education@alzheimeront.org,
to get your questions answered or obtain a print copy.
Helpful Links
The following websites may be helpful
if you're looking for more information on education or research-related issues.
Please note that the Alzheimer Society of Ontario is not able to
guarantee the accuracy of the information on these websites, or endorse products or
services offered through them.
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