Programme name: Alzheimer's and Related Dementia Care and the Family Dynamic

Dates: November 28th & December 5th, 2022

Overview: This six-hour workshop, delivered over two, three-hour sessions, is designed to increase participants' understanding and knowledge of caring for someone living with dementia, including Alzheimer's dementia, and the importance of family involvement in dementia care. Topics discussed are as follows: Understanding Dementia (dementia explained; a caregiver's journey); Caring for Someone with Dementia (common behavioural and mood changes; involving the rest of the family).

Objectives:

At the end of this workshop participants will be able to

1. Demonstrate an understanding of Alzheimer's disease and five other related dementias, their similarities and differences, and how they impact on cognitive functioning and communication.
2. Explain the differences between and among six types of dementia, including Alzheimer's, the most common of the six.
3. Identify how relationships change for both the caregiver and the person living with dementia, and how changing roles hinge on our attitudes about them.
4. Describe the make-up of a dementia care team as a means to ensuring the well-being of the person living with dementia.
5. Discuss six most common and bevioural mood changes.
6. Explore various aspects of family involvement so as to gain an understanding of why family support matters.

Audience: Informal and professional caregivers and healthcare workers who work with Alzheimer's/dementia patients, as well as the wider general audience.

Facilitator: Mrs. Michele Clavery, President, Alzheimer's Association of Trinidad & Tobago

 

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Meet the Facilitator:

Michele Clavery

Michele Saunders Clavery is a lifelong educator with almost 40 years experience in the field of education, first at the secondary, and now at the tertiary level. She holds a Master's Degree in Education; a post-grad professional Diploma in Education; a Diploma in Marketing and Advertising, and a Bachelor's degree in English and Political Science.

She currently serves as Head of the Continuing Studies department at the Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies, CCLCS. She has served as Senior Lecturer and Head of the General Education department. She is Former Head, Developmental Education department and serves as Head of the Writing and Editing Committee Self Study for accreditation at CCLCS. An Anglican by choice, and a columnist for the Anglican Outlook, Ms. Clavery's involvement with AzATT spans 16 years. Her interest was, and still remains, as a result of her father who lived with Alzheimer's for many years before his passing. She is a former Board member and VP of the Alzheimer's Association of Trinidad and Tobago and has represented AzATT at home and abroad at conferences. Ms. Clavery has had training in the Dementia Capable Care Foundation Course, CPI, which qualifies her to deliver introductory level courses in dementia care.

 

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UWI-ROYEC in collaboration with the Alzheimer's Association of Trinidad and Tobago   is pleased to present: Communicating with and Caring for Persons with Alzheimer's and other Dementias.

Dates: Saturday 14th May, 2022

Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
There will be a one-hour lunch break from 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Facilitator: Dr Joyanne De Four-Babb

Venue: Zoom Online Platform

Cost: TT$500

 

This one-day skills building workshop is designed to enhance participants' knowledge about types and impact of dementia, specifically Alzheimer's disease. Topics include:

• Types of dementia;
• Ten warning signs of dementia;
• Stages of progression associated with Alzheimer's Disease; and
• Strategies for communicating and providing physical, emotional, and medical care for persons with dementia.

After attending this workshop, participants should have the knowledge and understanding to use various strategies to better care for and communicate with people with dementia, specifically Alzheimer's disease.

Meet the Facilitator:

Joyanne De Four-Babb

Dr. Joyanne De Four-Babb, is a life-long educator, who currently serves as an independent service provider in the post of Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Arts at the University of Belize. In 2006, Joyanne joined the Alzheimer's Association of Trinidad and Tobago (AzATT) and is a lifetime member of that association. She served on the AzATT board, between 2006 and 2011 as Vice-Chair. During that time she represented the AZATT at several ADI conferences and co-authored and presented a paper at ADI Toronto in 2011. Joyanne also served on the AzATT  board between 2016 and 2018. She was the co-chair of the 4th Alzheimer's Disease International Non-Latin Caribbean Regional Conference On Alzheimer's & Other Dementias (8th to 10th June 2017).

Joyanne continues to work to raise awareness about Alzheimer's Disease. Through her work, she honours the legacy of her mom, Mrs. Phyllis De Four, who was a person with Alzheimer’s disease for the last 12 years of her life. Joyanne draws upon her own experiences and her experience as an educator, to design and conduct talks, seminars and workshops targeted at various audiences and organisations. This has included appearances on television, radio, high school classrooms, university classrooms, Lions clubs, Rotary clubs, and local and international conferences. Joyanne also attended the Alzheimer's Disease International Advocacy Alzheimer University in London (9 & 10 May 2018). In Belize, Joyanne has worked alongside the Outreach Committee of the St. Ann's Anglican Church, in partnership with the National Council on Ageing Belize to host both face-to-face and online seminars to help raise awareness about dementia in Belize.