Resources for Patients & Care Partners

Information is important when it comes to living with memory changes. We’ve compiled a number of helpful resources to support the patients and caregivers in our community.

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1. Living with Dementia

Information and practical support to help people living with dementia understand their diagnosis, navigate daily life, and stay connected with community and peer resources.

Research Institute for Aging

By Us For Us Guides

Created by people living with dementia, these guides share lived experiences, practical tips, and advice for navigating everyday life after diagnosis.

Dementia Connections Canada

Dementia Connections Magazine

A collection of dementia-related resources, tools, and educational materials designed to support both people living with dementia and care partners.

Alzheimer Society

I’m Living with Dementia

Offers information, resources, and support for people living with dementia, including tips for daily living, maintaining independence, and accessing services.

Research Institute for Aging

Forward with Dementia

Provides practical guidance and support for people recently diagnosed with dementia and their families, including information on planning, emotions, and living well after diagnosis.

2. Caregiving Support

Guidance and tools for care partners, family members, and caregivers, including communication strategies, day-to-day caregiving tips, and meaningful engagement activities.

Alzheimer Society of Ottawa

No Thanks, We're Fine: Supporting Families Living With Dementia

An educational video resource related to dementia awareness, caregiving, or living well with dementia.

Alzheimer Society of Ontario

My Mom Has Alzheimer's

A curated playlist featuring educational videos about dementia, caregiving, communication, and daily support strategies.

NAPA

Everyday Creativity

Offers simple, creative activity ideas for older adults and people living with dementia that encourage participation, expression, and enjoyment.

Ontario Centres for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care

Guide to Virtual Creative Engagement for Older Adults

Provides ideas and tools for engaging older adults in meaningful virtual activities that support social connection and emotional well-being.

Age & Opportunity

Toolkit for Arts and Creativity in Care Settings

Shares creative approaches and arts-based activities that can enhance quality of life and engagement in care settings.

Regional Geriatric Programs of Ontario

Caregiving Strategies Handbook

A practical handbook offering caregiving tips, communication strategies, and approaches to managing common dementia-related challenges.

3. Safety & Planning

Legal planning, driving safety, wandering prevention, emergency preparedness, and creating safer environments that support independence and well-being.

Ontario

Power of Attorney

Provides information to help individuals appoint someone to make financial or personal care decisions on their behalf if needed.

MedicAlert

MedicAlert Safely Home

A wandering prevention program that helps first responders identify and safely return people living with dementia who become lost.

Alzheimer Society Ontario

Finding Your Way Ontario

Provides practical strategies and resources to reduce the risk of going missing and support safer community navigation.

Driving & Dementia Roadmap

Support for the driving with dementia journey

Offers guidance on driving safety, assessment, and planning for driving retirement for people living with dementia and their families.

4. Health & Medications

Trusted information on medication safety, treatments, and dementia-related health care to support informed and effective care decisions.

Food and Drug Administration

FDA Consumer Drug Information

Shares trusted information about medications, drug safety, side effects, and updates for consumers and patients.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada

Organizing Medications Safely

Provides practical tips for organizing, storing, and managing medications to reduce the risk of medication errors.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada

Safe Medication Use Canada

Offers information and educational resources to help individuals and caregivers use medications safely and effectively.

5. Brain Health & Prevention

Evidence-based resources on nutrition, lifestyle, and healthy habits that support brain health and overall wellness.

CBC

Tips to Help Prevent Dementia

Explores lifestyle habits and research-backed strategies that may help reduce dementia risk and support healthy aging.

The Nutrition Source

Harvard Healthy Eating Pyramid

Introduces healthy eating principles and nutrition guidance that support overall health and brain wellness.

6. Activities & Creativity

Creative, social, and recreational activities that promote connection, self-expression, enjoyment, and meaningful engagement for people living with dementia and their care partners.

NAPA

Everyday Creativity

Offers simple, creative activity ideas for older adults and people living with dementia that encourage participation, expression, and enjoyment.

Ontario Centres for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care

Guide to Virtual Creative Engagement for Older Adults

Provides ideas and tools for engaging older adults in meaningful virtual activities that support social connection and emotional well-being.

Age & Opportunity

Toolkit for Arts and Creativity in Care Settings

Shares creative approaches and arts-based activities that can enhance quality of life and engagement in care settings.

Learn About Anti-Amyloid Therapies for Dementia

Anti-amyloid therapies are a new type of treatment for people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. These medicines are designed to remove a protein called amyloid, which builds up in the brain and is linked to memory loss and confusion. By clearing some of this buildup, the goal is to slow down how quickly the disease gets worse.

These treatments are not a cure, but they may help delay the progression of symptoms for some people. They are only used in the early stages of the disease and require special testing to confirm Alzheimer’s. Because they can cause side effects like swelling or bleeding in the brain, people who take them are carefully monitored by their doctors.

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