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McGill CaresMcGill Cares: Let’s talk about aging parentsJoin us on October 15, 2025 at noon for our next episode of McGill Cares, a webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Founder of the McGill Dementia Education Program, explores topics related to caring for a loved one who is living with dementia. McGill Cares: Let’s talk about aging parentsLaura Tamblyn Watts is the CEO of CanAge, Canada’s national seniors’ advocacy organization. A lawyer and internationally recognized expert on aging, she teaches law and aging at the University of Toronto. Her #1 international bestselling book, Let’s Talk...
2025-10-1550 minMcGill CaresMcGill à vos côtés : Parlons du vieillissement des parentsSoyez des nôtres le 15 octobre 2025 à midi pour notre prochain épisode de McGill à vos côtés, une série de webémissions qui a pour but de soutenir les proches aidants. Lors d’entretiens sans artifice de 30 minutes avec des experts de premier plan, Claire Webster, fondatrice du Programme de formation sur les troubles neurocognitifs de McGill, explore des sujets liés aux soins d’un proche atteint d’un trouble neurocognitif. McGill à vos côtés : Parlons du vieillissement des parentsLaura Tamblyn Watts est cheffe de la direction de CanAge, l’organisme national de défense des dro...
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DelveIs AI a public good?Follow us on LinkedIn at McGill Delve!-With businesses everywhere looking to AI to enhance their work, it’s no surprise that the public sector is considering it, too. But is this a good idea? For Professor Renee Sieber, it’s complicated. AI has a lot of potential for public good by improving public transport systems or balancing electrical grids. But she’s concerned that, if we’re not careful, we might lose humanity in our government services.Renee Sieber is an Associate Professor in the department of geography at McGil...
2025-09-3024 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Aging gracefully: Understanding the science of the aging body and brainJoin us on July 9th at noon for the next McGill Cares webcast to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.Aging gracefully: Understanding the science of the aging body and brainJosé A. Morais, MD, FRCPC, is Full Professor of Medicine at McGill University and Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University, as well as of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Dr. Morais is Academic Lead of the Dementia Education Program within the McGill Faculty of M...
2025-07-0945 minMcGill CaresMcGill à vos côtés : Vieillir avec élégance : comprendre la science du vieillissement du corps et du cerveauSoyez des nôtres le 9 juillet à midi pour la prochaine webémission de la série McGill à vos côtés. Lors d’entretiens sans artifice de 30 minutes avec des experts de premier plan, Claire Webster, conseillère en soins de l’Alzheimer et fondatrice du programme de formation sur la démence de McGill, explorera des sujets liés aux soins d’un proche atteint de démence.Vieillir avec élégance : comprendre la science du vieillissement du corps et du cerveauJosé A. Morais, MD, FRCPC, est professeur titulaire de médecine à l’Université McGill ainsi que dir...
2025-07-0941 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Protecting vulnerable seniors: Dementia and the risk of financial fraudProtecting Vulnerable Seniors: Dementia and the Risk of Financial FraudJoin us for an insightful webcast exploring how individuals living with dementia can become targets of financial fraud. We’ll discuss common scams, warning signs to watch for, and practical steps caregivers and families can take to safeguard their loved ones’ assets. Claire Webster will be joined by Kimberley Colquhoun, Assistant Director of the City of Westmount’s Public Safety where, throughout her 25-year career, she has been involved in projects directed at improving public safety and community engagement. In 2017, she helped create two new seniors’ programs to suppor...
2025-06-1129 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Building your team for unplanned life transitionsMcGill alumnus Marc Séguin, MBA, is the author of Advocacy in Aging, a book about estate and healthcare planning. It was influenced by his personal experience helping families plan and deal with inevitable changes in life that are triggered by aging, including dementia. These experiences enabled him to develop the PACT (Plan-Activate-Communicate-Transition) framework, an approach to maintaining continuity in financial affairs and personal care. Mr. Séguin will share the PACT framework, explaining the value of adopting this approach. McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care. McGill C...
2025-05-0749 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: From survivor to leader: A journey of resilience and advocacyDuring candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.From survivor to leader: A journey of resilience and advocacyJoin us for an inspiring webcast featuring a courageous cancer survivor who turned her personal battle into a powerful mission. Laurel Gillespie, MBA, CHE, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA). Her journey into this field was inspired by her own health challenges which motivated her to advocate for enhanced support for those living with a life-limiting illness. Since a...
2025-04-1644 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementiaCarmen Desjardins, BSc(N) is Program Manager of the Dementia and Psychiatric Comorbidities Program at the Douglas Research Institute. She was the chief and founder of the Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) ambulatory team of the Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre (CIUSSS l'Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal). She has been involved in implementing their Alzheimer’s plan and is a member of the panel of experts who develop MSSS guidelines for treating BPSD and for the Centre of Excellence on Longevity.
Ms. Desjardins will talk about her work at the Moe Levin Centre at...
2025-03-0554 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Exploring the relationship between diabetes and dementiaChristopher Labos, MD, MSc, is a cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology, an Associate at the McGill University Office for Science and Society and co-host of the award-winning podcast The Body of Evidence. He is a columnist with the Montreal Gazette and Medscape, featured on the Sunday Morning House Call on CJAD 800 Montreal, and has a regular TV segment with CTV Montreal and CBC Morning Live. He is the author of Does Coffee Cause Cancer?: And 8 More Myths about the Food We Eat, a book about food epidemiology and why food headlines are usually wrong.
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2025-02-051h 00McGill CaresMcGill Cares: Strategies to minimize financial stress of aging parents Sarah Widmeyer is Senior Vice-President, Wealth Strategies and Chief Marketing Officer at Richardson Wealth Limited. Ms. Widmeyer currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Society of Toronto and has served for 8 years as a Director of the Women’s Brain Health Initiative, a charitable organization focused on funding research and creating education programs to combat brain-aging diseases that primarily affect women.
She will discuss some financial planning best practices and offer simple tips to minimize financial stresses felt among family members caring for aging parents.
This free webcast is in English.
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2025-01-0843 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Lorenzo’s House – a beacon of light for young onset patients and their familiesJoin us on December 4th at noon for the next McGill Cares webcast to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
Lorenzo’s House – a beacon of light for young onset patients and their families
Lorenzo’s House is a non-profit social impact organization designed to empower youth and families living with young onset dementia. Lorenzo’s House aims to shift the narrative and cure isolation, build community and drive forward dementia justice. Diana Cose and Jessica Eggert will sh...
2024-12-0439 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Hope for the Best, Plan for the RestHope for the Best, Plan for the Rest is a road map for navigating a life-changing diagnosis. The book’s authors, Dr. Hsien Seow and Dr. Sammy Winemaker, have identified seven keys to unlock a better illness experience. They will discuss those keys and how they apply to a diagnosis of dementia.
Hsien Seow, MD is the Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care and Health System Innovation and a Professor in the Department of Oncology at McMaster University. He publishes healthcare and policy research focused on improving care for patients with serious illness.
Sammy Winemaker, MD is...
2024-10-0932 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Modifiable risk factors for developing Alzheimer’s and related dementiasIn July, the Lancet Commission launched its 2024 report on dementia prevention, intervention, and care. Dr. Gauthier will explain the new findings on modifiable risk factors for dementia, and how addressing them can prevent or delay disease progression.
Serge 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 Univ...
2024-09-1827 minMcGill CaresMcGill à vos côtés : Facteurs de risque modifiables associés à la maladie d’Alzheimer et aux troubles neurocognitifs apparentésEn juillet, la Commission Lancet a publié son rapport 2024 sur la prévention, les interventions et les soins associés aux troubles neurocognitifs. Le Dr Gauthier expliquera en quoi consistent les découvertes sur les facteurs de risque modifiables des troubles neurocognitifs, et comment leur prise en compte peut prévenir ou retarder la progression de la maladie.
Serge 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 pr...
2024-09-1827 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: A heart-to-heart with the Mayor of Westmount on her caregiving journeyChristina Smith has been involved in municipal politics with the City of Westmount for over ten years. She was first elected as City Councillor in 2013, then as Mayor in 2017.
Mayor Smith will share her experience as a caregiver to her late father who recently passed away from Alzheimer’s disease. She will talk about the impact this disease has had on her and her family, and discuss both the challenges and positive encounters she faced with the healthcare system.
McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for...
2024-06-2650 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Applying the Positive Intelligence Approach to CaregivingJoanne Besner, BSW, MBA, ACC, 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 community health care spans many roles including frontline social work, clinical supervisor, manager, researcher and trainer.
Ms. Besner will explain how negative emotions can interfere with our ability t...
2024-06-1246 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: The Grief Connexion ProjectPam Orzeck, MSW, PhD, is Associate Professor in the McGill School of Social Work and part of the coordination team at the Caregiver Grief Connexion project. Her latest research focuses on women's bereavement experiences after caregiving. She has published several articles and co-edited a book on professional interventions with caregivers.
Zelda Freitas, BA, BSW, MSW, is Adjunct Professor at the McGill School of Social Work and part of the coordination team of the Caregiver Grief Connexion project. Ms Freitas’ expertise involves caregivers and caregiving, psychosocial practice, including palliative care and end-of-life care, countering adult mistreatment and older adul...
2024-05-1531 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Understanding the legal, psychosocial and medical assessments required to make decisions on behalf of another personStephanie Geller, MSW, is the Team Lead, Clinical Social Worker, at Lianas Senior Transition Support. She has been working with seniors for the last 25 years, helping them and their families with caregiving issues, including navigating social services, work-life balance issues, stress, anxiety, burnout and coping through major life decisions.
Anna Kamateros, Notary, TEP, is Department Head, Wills Estates and Planning at KRB Lawyers. Me Kamateros provides estate and later-life planning services that optimize wealth transfer and reduce estate conflicts. Her work with respect to estate planning, including the preparation of final wills and testaments and protection mandates, incl...
2024-04-1046 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Talking to children about dementia and deathAndrea 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. She also hosts Kids Grief Q&A, a free monthly webinar offered by Canadian Virtual Hospice, where she responds to questions from families and professionals from across the country a...
2024-03-0628 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Caregiver support in Quebec - L’Appui pour les proches aidantsJulie 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 aidants that are available throughout the province of Quebec in English and French.
This webcast is in English.
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2024-02-0728 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Strategies to improve participation in activities for people living with dementiaMarie-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 the creation of a Dementia Activity Booklet for caregivers of people living with dementia by four of her students. The booklet has been very popular and so, with her guidance, and funding from th...
2024-01-2445 minMcGill CaresMcGill à vos côtés : Stratégies visant à améliorer la participation aux activités pour les personnes atteintes de troubles neurocognitifsMarie-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 programme de formation sur les troubles neurocognitifs de l’Université McGill.
Pendant la pandémie, la Pre Bolduc a supervisé la création, par qu...
2024-01-2448 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Medical aid in dying (MAiD) in the context of dementiaJocelyn 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 Suicide in Canada, which was awarded the Abbyann D. Lynch Medal in Bioethics from the Royal Society of Canada. She was named a Fellow of both the R...
2023-12-1338 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Join us as we celebrate the 100th episode of McGill CaresMcGill 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 Morais, Dr. Serge Gauthier, Dr. Pedro Rosa-Neto and Claire Webster looked at highlights from the past three years and an...
2023-12-1259 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Hygiene and dementiaLucy 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 the Caregiver Support Centre at the CLSC Rene-Cassin, a multi-service respite centre for family and informal caregivers. Ms. Barylak received the Queen’s Jubile...
2023-11-2932 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Coping with Ambiguous Loss in CaregivingCorrie 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, the varied emotions that accompany it and ways to cope with anticipatory grief.
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2023-11-0133 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Planning for a Transition of CareMr. 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 from home into a senior-living community. These decisions can be filled with emotion, guilt and anxiety. What can be don...
2023-10-1845 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Let's Talk About WalkingNancy 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-off company dedicated to developing accessible wearable technologies targeting vulnerable populations so people can move better to move more.
Prof. Mayo wil...
2023-10-0440 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Update on New Medications to Treat Alzheimer’s DiseaseSerge 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 being appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 and the National Order of Québec in 2017.
Dr. Gauthier will provide an overview of new...
2023-09-2032 minMcGill CaresMcGill à vos côtés : Le point sur les nouveaux médicaments pour traiter la maladie d’AlzheimerSerge 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 de 1986 à 1997. Ses travaux lui ont valu d’être décoré de l’Ordre national du Canada en 2014 et de l’Ordre national du Qué...
2023-09-2033 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Exploring the Experience of Stress in Formal and Informal Dementia Care PartnersZahinoor 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 recently appointed as Co-Chair of the Government of Canada Ministerial Advisory Board on Dementia.
Dr. Ismail will provide a novel approach for reviewing the...
2023-09-061h 04McGill CaresMcGill Cares: Participating in Dementia ResearchPedro 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 Neurology and Neurosurgery, the Department of Psychiatry, and the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at McGill University.
Dr. Rosa-Neto will talk about the type of resear...
2023-07-1235 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Divine Dementia – Diaries of an Accidental CaregiverMarie 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 McGill Cares, we will present Still Headroom: Parkinson’s and the Power of Care and Ms. Moline...
2023-06-2845 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Sex and Gender Differences in Brain Aging and MemoryMaria 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 men and women’s brains age, and the implications in terms of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
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2023-06-1438 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Exercise and Cognitive HealthLouis 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 impact of physical fitness on cognitive vitality in late adulthood.
Prof. Bherer will talk abo...
2023-05-3148 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Healthy Brain AgingSerge 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 being appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 and the National Order of Québec in 2017.
Dr. Gauthier will provide an overview of the...
2023-05-1741 minMcGill CaresMcGill à vos côtés : Vieillir avec un cerveau en santeSerge 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 de 1986 à 1997. Ses travaux lui ont valu d’être décoré de l’Ordre national du Canada en 2014 et de l’Ordre national du Québec...
2023-05-1745 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Authentic Healing in Patients with Advanced DementiaJustin 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 advanced dementia.
Original air date: May 3, 2023
McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care.
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2023-05-0337 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: How Alcohol Affects Cognitive and Cardiovascular HealthChristopher 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
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McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is fund...
2023-04-1932 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Fall Prevention in Normal Aging and DementiaGustavo 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, and frailty.
Dr. Duque will speak about the risk of falls in seniors with dementia, and how best to prevent them.
Original air date: Mar...
2023-03-2227 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Cultural implications of dementia around the worldWendy 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 that tracks the progress of the Global Action Plan on Dementia. She also coordinates and works alongside ADI’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel, a diverse group of dementia specialists who prov...
2023-03-0831 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Driving and DementiaIsabelle 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 clinical trials internationally. She is also interested in issues related to different forms of transportation mobility, including driving, to enable community participation for adults wi...
2023-02-2250 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Understanding Vascular DementiaSandra 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 neuropsychiatric measures, genetics, and neuropathology to study brain-behavior relationships in the common dementias. Dr. Black was appointed Member of the Order of Ontario in 2011 and Officer of the Order of Canada i...
2023-02-0848 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Interview with the Founder of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)Ziad 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 some of his new initiatives.
Air date: January 25, 2023
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2023-01-2547 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Canada's National Dementia StrategySaskia 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-drafted their Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to Dementia.
Ms. Sivananthan will discuss highlights from Canada’s National Dementia Strategy and Na...
2023-01-1133 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Nutrition and DementiaNutrition 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 to ensure proper nutrition for people living with dementia, and what we know about the benefits of...
2022-12-1446 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Life, Love, Strength: A Doctor’s Journey of Caring for his WifeRobert 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 Regenerative Medicine in her memory.
Dr. Francis will talk about his experience caring for his wife, and...
2022-11-3037 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Mindfulness and Compassion to Reduce Stress and AnxietyBassam 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 date: November 16, 2022
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2022-11-161h 06McGill CaresMcGill Cares: Oral Health and DementiaMichael 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 Date: November 2, 2022
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McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Demen...
2022-11-0224 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Understanding and Dealing with Family ConflictJoanne 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 community health care spans many roles including frontline social work, clinical supervisor, manager, researcher and trainer.
Ms. Besner will talk about conflicts that can occur between caregivers and...
2022-10-1937 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Lessons from a Double-Duty CaregiverZelda 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 supervisor for the Elder Mistreatment Helpline.
Ms. Freitas is also a caregiver to her mother and father who both require around-the-clock monitoring and...
2022-10-0531 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: A Storied Path from Broadcaster to Chair of Alzheimer’s Disease InternationalDale 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 journalist and reveals what led him to become a passionate advocate in the...
2022-09-2127 min
McGill CaresMcGill à vos côtés : Stades de la démence et de la maladie d’AlzheimerSerge 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’être décoré de l’Ordre national du Québec en 2017 et de l’Ordre national du Canada en 2014.
Le Dr Gauthier décrira les st...
2022-09-0738 min
McGill CaresMcGill Cares: Staging of Dementia and Alzheimer’s DiseaseSerge 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 National Order of Québec in 2017.
Dr. Gauthier will describe the stages of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and explain why they...
2022-09-0732 min
McGill CaresMcGill Cares: Language Difficulties in Normal Aging and DementiaPaolo 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 difficulties in normal aging and in dementia, explaining how they differ and why they occur. He will also discuss the potential impact of current research on trea...
2022-06-2222 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: Understanding the Impact of Atrial FibrillationIn recognition of Heart Month, Claire Webster aims to raise awareness about one of the most common cardiac diseases, atrial fibrillation – its symptoms, causes and treatment. She will be joined by Dr. Jacqueline Joza, Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the McGill University Health Centre, to celebrate an issue very close to her own heart. Despite many years of challenging cardiac health issues, Claire has led a very fulfilling and active life. She is a long-term patient of the Montreal General Hospital and is extremely grateful for the attention and care that she receives from the Cardiac Ele...
2022-02-1629 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: End-of-Life Care in DementiaDr. Catherine Ferrier will speak about the end-of-life for people living with dementia. She will describe how the medical system cares for them at that time, and how care partners can make this time more comfortable. She will also talk about the options for palliative care for those with dementia and when and how it can be accessed.
Dr. Ferrier is a family physician and holds a Certificate of Special Competence in Care of the Elderly from the College of Family Physicians of Canada. She works in the Division of Geriatric Medicine of the McGill University Health...
2022-02-0244 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Pharmacologic Management of DementiaDr. Serge Gauthier is a clinical neurologist specializing in the development of new tools for diagnosis and treatments for people living with Alzheimer’s disease. He was the Director of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging from 1986 to 1997 and became a senior scientist of the CIHR-Rx&D program (Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies) in 1997. Dr. Gauthier is the Academic Co-Lead for the Dementia Education Program and Professor Emeritus, Neurology and Psychiatry at McGill University. His accomplishments led to him being appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 and the National Orde...
2022-01-1932 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: How the Alzheimer's Society of Montreal Supports People Living with Dementia and Care PartnersMcGill Cares is recognizing Alzheimer’s Awareness Month 2022 by inviting the Alzheimer Society of Montreal to share information about their services.
Jeane Day has been the Executive Director of the Alzheimer Society of Montreal (ASM) since January 2021. She has a strong background in the health care and non-profit sectors. Marie Christine Le Bourdais is Director of Programs and Services at the ASM. She has a degree in gerontology and nearly 20 years of experience working with seniors. For the past decade, her work has focused on clients with neurocognitive disorders, family care partners and professionals in the health and s...
2022-01-0525 min
Voices from the FootnotesGenerations Part 2What has changed since the 1940s for Black students and staff at McGill? In part 2 of the Generations episode, we shift to more contemporary perspectives. We hear mostly from the daughters and learn about their experiences as former students and current staff at McGill. They discuss community, belonging, and safe spaces on campus. The episode also focuses on the fight for equity, and the institutional challenges/obstacles that come with it.Explore More Furthering Equity and Inclusivity at McGill Adrienne speaking about her work at McGill Find out more about Black Grad at McGill During her...
2021-12-171h 01McGill CaresMcGill Cares - Anticipatory Grief in DementiaCorrie Sirota is a clinical social worker and sessional lecturer at the McGill School of Social Work who specializes in loss, bereavement and stress management. She is the co-host of the weekly radio show “Life Unrehearsed” on CJAD and the author of Someone Died...Now What? A Personal and Professional Perspective on Coping with Loss and Grief.
Ms. Sirota will explain anticipatory grief, how it can manifest, why it occurs frequently with dementia and how to cope with it.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by a donation from the Zeller Family Foundation.
2021-12-1528 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares: New Series of Exercise Videos Promotes Healthy AgingThe senior adult fitness exercises (safe) program is designed to improve the health, mobility and independence of seniors. Safe is a series of exercise videos to help older adults gain strength, balance and flexibility to prevent falling and increase confidence to keep moving.
Dr. José A. Morais is the Director of Geriatric Medicine at the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the McGill University Health Centre and the Jewish General Hospital. He is also the Academic Lead of the Dementia Education Program. Dr. Morais is the creator of the safe program. He will talk about the impo...
2021-12-0128 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Keeping your Brain Engaged with the McGill Community for Lifelong LearningAna Milic is a Montreal-based educator, community organizer and lifelong learner. She is responsible for all aspects of programming, administration and development at the McGill Community for Lifelong Learning (MCLL), an initiative of the McGill School of Continuing Education for mature learners who wish to continue learning simply for the joy of it.
Ms. Milic shares information on the peer-moderated study groups and lectures offered by the MCLL.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by the Zeller Family Foundation.
Original Air Date: November 3, 2021.
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2021-11-0434 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Launch of a New Educational Guide for People Living with Dementia and their Care PartnersWe are thrilled to announce the launch a free new McGill educational resource: Dementia, Your Companion Guide. With engaging illustrations and a friendly writing style, this approachable guide covers a wide array of topics to assist both the person living with dementia and their care partners. It includes information on the science and progression of dementia as well as practical advice on safety and self-care.
The guide was created by the multidisciplinary McGill Dementia Education Program (DEP) team, with content provided by former caregiver Ms. Claire Webster, geriatrician Dr. José A. Morais and neurologist Dr. Serge Gauthier. Th...
2021-10-2036 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Understanding Responsive Behaviours in People with DementiaDr. Donald Doell practices geriatric medicine at the McGill University Health Centre and is an Assistant Professor in the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He was recently appointed Medical Director, Advanced Practice Nursing / Nurse Practitioner – Adult Care Programs at the Ingram School of Nursing. Dr. Doell is particularly interested in dementia care and has worked with many of the leading experts in neurology, psychiatry and geriatrics in Canada.
He will explain challenging behaviours caused by dementia and provide insight on how to address these behaviours.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible by t...
2021-10-0656 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Understanding Early Onset DementiaDr. Pedro Rosa-Neto is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and Psychiatry at McGill University and the Director of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging. He was recently named Adjunct Professor at the Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology. He is a Clinical Neurologist with expertise in the quantification of dementia pathophysiology and preclinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease using biomarkers. He has been recognized by the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ) as a Senior Scholar and has a leadership role in t...
2021-09-2927 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - McGill team delivers World Alzheimer Report 2021: Journey through the diagnosis of dementiaDiagnosis of dementia is still a major challenge globally, with an estimated 75 % of cases still going undiagnosed and long wait times.
A team of McGill experts, led by Drs. Serge Gauthier, Pedro Rosa-Neto, José A. Morais and Ms. Claire Webster, were commissioned by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) to deliver the World Alzheimer Report 2021, Journey through the diagnosis of dementia.
The McGill team’s combined experience and expertise in research, care, education and lived experience in dementia-related illnesses has resulted in a tangible, meaningful and inclusive report on the diagnosis of dementia. It includes over 50 essays...
2021-09-2249 minMcGill CaresMcGill à vos côtés - Une prescription de soins après un diagnostic de démenceUn diagnostic de démence est une dure réalité à affronter, tant pour le patient que pour son partenaire de soins, et le manque de connaissances sur la démence peut avoir un impact important sur la qualité des soins et la sécurité.
Pour cette édition spéciale de 60 minutes de McGill à vos côtés, Claire Webster est accompagnée du Dr José Morais. Elle parle de son parcours de proche aidante auprès de sa mère et partagera avec vous certaines leçons très importantes qu’elle a apprises en cours de route. Elle décrit les...
2021-06-2259 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - A Prescription of Care Following a Diagnosis of DementiaReceiving a diagnosis of dementia is a difficult reality for both the patient and their care partner, and a lack of knowledge about dementia can have a significant impact on the quality of care and safety.
In this special 60-minute edition of McGill Cares, Claire Webster is joined by Dr. José Morais as she describes her journey as a caregiver to her mother and shares some very important lessons that she learned along the way. She describes the ripple effect that being a caregiver had on her own health, family and career, and talk about the resilience r...
2021-06-2257 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Care of the Older Person -- An Invaluable Resource for Care ProvidersThanks to extraordinary advances in technology and medicine, humans are living longer than ever before, and are shifting the demographic makeup on a worldwide scale. As a result, more of us are living and engaging with an aging population in both our personal and professional lives, and there is a heightened demand for concrete research and advice for how to best provide care for this growing demographic.
The Care of the Older Person brings together some of today’s most experienced professionals to provide concrete answers to care providers of all kinds, from the administrators and health care...
2021-06-2240 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Frontotemporal Dementia and Managing Challenging BehaviourDr. Simon Ducharme is a neuropsychiatrist and a clinician-scientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital). He specializes in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and the interface between psychiatric disorders and dementia. His research program uses advanced neuroimaging techniques to develop diagnostic biomarkers for FTD. Dr. Ducharme is the Director of the McGill Division of Geriatric Psychiatry & Neuropsychiatry and the Director of the American Neuropsychiatric Association Committee on Research.
Dr. Ducharme will speak about FTD and how it differs from other forms of dementia. He will address the types of behavioral changes caused...
2021-05-1928 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - A Journey through the Diagnosis of DementiaDr. Serge Gauthier is the Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Unit of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging, and Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Psychiatry and Medicine at McGill University. He is leading the initiative to produce the next two editions of the World Alzheimer Reports on the crucial and inter-related topics of Diagnosis (2021) and Post-Diagnostic Support (2022). Dr. Gauthier was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 and the Ordre National du Québec in 2017 in recognition of his contributions to advancing our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease and dement...
2021-05-1940 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - What to Expect from your Telemedicine AppointmentDr. Maiya Geddes is a clinician-scientist at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) and Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University. She sees patients at the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging. The goal of Dr. Geddes’ research is to determine the brain mechanisms underlying the interaction between motivation and cognition in aging.
Dr. Geddes will explain how to prepare for a telemedicine appointment and provide insight on what to expect.
This episode of McGill Cares is made possible thanks to a donation from Ryan and Dominique Lynam in memory...
2021-05-1323 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Celebrating a Lifetime of Heart ResilienceIn this special edition of McGill Cares, Claire Webster aims to raise awareness about the impact of cardiovascular disease during Heart Month. She will be joined by Dr. Jacqueline Joza, Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Assistant Professor of medicine at the McGill University Health Centre, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of her sixth pacemaker surgery, which took place on February 6, 2020. Claire has suffered from a variety of cardiac issues since she was 16 years old, and had her first pacemaker surgery at the age of 19. Despite many years of challenging cardiac health issues, she has led a very fulfilling and active life, incl...
2021-05-1329 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Recognizing when Coping Mechanisms become AddictionsDr. David Luckow is a family physician at the Montreal West Island CIUSSS in their youth mental health clinic, and a clinical lecturer at the McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is the head physician at the Centre de réadaptation en dépendance de Montréal, a public drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre. As a certified Medical Review Officer, he provides drug-test reviewing services and independent medical evaluations.
Dr. Luckow will address issues related to the use of alcohol or drugs as a coping mechanism. He will discuss how to recognize when this is b...
2021-05-1334 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Living with and Supporting a Loved One with ALSDr. Angela Genge is Director of the Clinical Research Unit at the Montreal Neurological Institute. She is a neuromuscular neurologist and leads the Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) clinical program and multidisciplinary clinic. Dr. Genge has received numerous awards, most recently the 2018 Forbes Norris Award, the DIVA of Distinction Award, and the Governor General Diamond Jubilee Award.
Ms. Leigh Stephens is a social worker and a psychosocial counsellor at the ALS Society of Quebec. She supports people living with ALS and their caregivers at every stage of the disease, from diagnosis through end of life and bereavement. Her...
2021-05-0534 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - The Latest Research on Alzheimer’s DiseaseDr. Serge Gauthier is the Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Unit of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging. He is also a Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, and Medicine at the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Dr. Gauthier will provide an update on the latest and most promising research on the detection and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
We would like to thank the Zeller Family Foundation for sponsoring this episode of McGill Cares.
Original Air Date: November 18, 2020
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2021-05-0532 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Resilience: Finding Courage in the Face of HardshipSusan Wener is a TEDx alum, bestselling author, educator and therapist. At the age of 36, she was diagnosed with colon cancer. She began treatment with one goal – to see her children finish high school. She successfully underwent chemotherapy and dedicated her career to helping Montreal’s cancer community.
She pursued studies in natural health, recognizing the importance of holistic treatment methods. On the cusp of graduating as a natural health consultant, she was diagnosed with lung cancer. The prognosis was grim and required life-altering surgery to remove her right lung. Susan shocked her doctors by recovering over 90% of he...
2021-05-0535 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Healthy Aging to Stay Strong and Prevent DementiaDr. José Morais is Professor and Director of Geriatric Medicine at the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the McGill University Health Centre and the Jewish General Hospital. In addition to being Academic Lead of the McGill Dementia Education Program, he is Co-Director of the Quebec Network for Research on Aging and past President of the Canadian Geriatrics Society. He conducts research on the organization of services for older adults, and on nutrition and metabolism as they pertain to healthy and fragile aging.
Dr. Morais will discuss how to increase the odds of aging well to ma...
2021-05-0536 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Navigating the Journey of Parkinson’s DiseaseDr. Ronald Postuma, Professor of Neurology at McGill University, is a clinical researcher and movement disorders neurologist who treats patients with Parkinson's disease and related disorders at The Neuro. His research interest focuses upon Parkinson's disease, particularly on detecting early stages of disease, examining the impact of non-motor symptoms on disease subtype and prognosis, and testing new treatments for non-motor manifestations such as sleep disorders. Dr. Postuma co-developed Parkinson’s Disease – An Introductory Guide, with the McGill University Health Centre Patient Education Office.
Dr. Postuma will talk about the symptoms and evolution of Parkinson’s disease and the imp...
2021-05-0536 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Former Caregivers become Advocates for Alzheimer’s ResearchMrs. Dorothy Reitman is a respected lifelong activist and community volunteer who was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1997. She cared for her late husband who died of Alzheimer’s Disease in 2014. Mrs. Reitman currently serves as a board member for several organizations, including the Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors Foundation, and serves as Co-chair, Alzheimer’s Research for a Cure at the Montreal Jewish General Hospital Foundation.
Mr. André Charron is a vice-president and portfolio manager at an investment management firm who lost his father to Alzheimer's Disease in 2011. He and his family have given generou...
2021-05-0540 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - The Relationship between Concussions and Neurocognitive DisordersDr. Alain Ptito is Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University and Director of the Psychology Department at the McGill University Health Centre. His research involves the investigation of the mechanisms involved in cerebral reorganization and plasticity in various patient populations. In recent years, Dr. Ptito has explored new methods of using functional MRI (fMRI) for examining brain trauma.
Dr. Ptito will address how brain injuries change the brain, the relationship between concussions and dementia, and potential treatments to restore brain health after a concussion.
We would like to thank the Zeller Family Foundation f...
2021-05-0536 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Accessing Resources from the Quebec Health and Social Services NetworkZelda Freitas 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 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.
Ms. Freitas will explain how to access services for seniors and their caregivers within the Quebec health care system, providing answers to many frequently asked questions.
We would like to thank the Zeller Family Foundation for sponsoring this e...
2021-05-0538 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - The Correlation between Cardiovascular Disease, Stress and DementiaDr. Nadia Giannetti is Associate Professor in Experimental Medicine at McGill University, and Chief of Cardiology and Medical Director of the Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Centre at the McGill University Health Centre. Dr. Giannetti’s specialties include advanced heart failure, heart transplant, and mechanical hearts.
Dr. Giannetti will discuss the correlation between heart disease, stress and dementia, and provide advice on how to keep the cardiovascular system healthy. Claire Webster will share her personal story of cardiac issues in order to help create awareness about the impact of stress on heart health.
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2021-05-0535 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Planning for the Future and Protecting a Loved One’s FinancesMtre. Rhonda Rudick is a partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg. Her practice includes a strong emphasis on estate planning. Mtre. Janet Michelin is a partner at IMK who regularly represents and advises mandataries, estate liquidators and trustees on their legal obligations. She is currently co-lecturer at McGill University, where she teaches Trial Advocacy. Both graduated from the McGill Faculty of Law in 1996.
Mtres. Rudick and Michelin will describe what needs to be done to ensure the safe management of your loved one’s financial health after a diagnosis of dementia, explain what happens if diagnosis happens after...
2021-05-0539 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Cancer Survivor Provides Support to OthersGwen Nacos founded Cedars CanSupport after recovering from cancer in 1988. While undergoing treatment, she noticed that many people receiving cancer therapy did not have personal or family connections to provide the practical and emotional support that she found so essential to her own recovery.
Ms. Nacos will share the story behind why she founded Cedars CanSupport, a program at the McGill University Health Centre that works in collaboration with the health care team to improve the quality of life of cancer patients and their families. This dedicated team of professional staff and volunteers provides free emotional support, educa...
2021-05-0534 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Encouraging Leisure Activities for Persons Living with DementiaWhen the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it became necessary for the McGill School of Physical and Occupational Therapy to offer alternative clinical learning experiences for their students. This challenge became an unexpected opportunity to help meet the needs of community partners as the students turned to the online world with the goal of creating projects that would be relevant and useful for their clients.
For their final project in the new Health Innovator Student Incubator Engines clinical course, graduate occupational therapy students Nicole Drinkwater, Emma Vadot, Madde Macdougall and Chrissy MacDonald developed an activity booklet for caregivers and their l...
2021-05-0532 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Improving the Quality of Life and Care of Persons Living with Dementia and their CaregiversDr. Howard Bergman is Professor of Family Medicine, Medicine (Geriatrics), and Oncology, as well as Assistant Dean, International Affairs in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. Among numerous other accomplishments, Dr. Bergman co-founded and co-directed the Jewish General Hospital/McGill University Memory Clinic.
Dr. Bergman will discuss his work with respect to seniors and dementia, in light of the 2019 report by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Expert Panel for the Assessment of Evidence and Best Practices for the development of a Canadian Dementia Strategy, which he chaired.
Original Air Date: September 2, 2020
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2021-05-0539 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Transitioning a Loved One to a ResidenceMatt Del Vecchio is a Certified Professional Consultant on Aging (CPCA designation) and the host of “Life Unrehearsed” on CJAD800. He founded Lianas Senior Transition Support to help seniors and their families through decisions about where and how they wish to live out their golden years. Dr. José Morais is Professor and the Director of Geriatric Medicine at the McGill Faculty of Medicine, the McGill University Health Centre and Jewish General Hospital, in addition to being the Academic Lead of the McGill Dementia Education Program.
Mr. Del Vecchio and Dr. Morais will answer questions about moving a loved on...
2021-05-0540 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - The Realities of Caregiving within the LGBTQ+ CommunitiesThis week’s webcast features a panel discussion to recognize LGBTQ+ caregivers. Shari Brotman, PhD, is Associate Professor at the McGill School of Social Work. Her scholarly activities focus on access and equity in the design and delivery of health and social care services to older people from marginalized communities, and their informal caregivers. Julien Rougerie is the Program Manager for the Aging Gayfully and Chosen Family programs at Fondation Émergence. Chloé Viau is a trans woman who volunteers at Aging Gayfully. Since her transition at age 70, she struggles to be recognized as a caregiver to her mother.
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2021-05-0530 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Strategies for Coping with Challenging BehaviourDr. Wendy Chiu is an Assistant Professor of Geriatric Medicine at McGill University and a geriatrician at the Montreal General Hospital (MGH), McGill University Health Centre. Her work primarily involves multidisciplinary assessment and rehabilitation of the "frail elderly" at the MGH Geriatric Day Hospital.
Dr. Chiu will discuss strategies for coping with challenging behaviours in persons with dementia. She will also talk about how to deal with the overwhelming emotional and physical toll of caregiving based on her personal journey with her family.
Original Air Date: August 12, 2020
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2021-05-0542 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Supporting Healthy Communities through Innovative Educational TechnologyDr. Gerald Fried is the Director of the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, and Associate Dean, Education Technology & Innovation in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. Professor of Surgery and previous Surgeon-in-Chief of the McGill University Health Centre, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross in 2019 by the Governor General of Canada in recognition for his leadership in the development of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Canada.
Dr. Fried will discuss innovative and interactive technologies being used at the Steinberg Centre–one of the most comprehensive medical skills simulation and learning facilities in Canada–to suppor...
2021-05-0531 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Nurses Advocating as End-of-Life CaregiversLouise Murray is the Director of Clinical Partnerships Office at the Ingram School of Nursing (ISON), McGill University and has held a variety of advanced practice nursing roles at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Catherine-Anne Miller is a full-time Faculty Lecturer at the ISON. In her former role as a clinical nurse specialist in the Neuro-Oncology Program at the MUHC, she was involved in end-of-life care, and supported patients and their families as they faced life-limiting diagnoses.
Ms. Murray and Ms. Miller will discuss how their professional backgrounds have helped them navigate their own personal experiences...
2021-05-0543 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Navigating Stress and Loss when Caring for a Loved one with DementiaTamara Sussman, PhD, is Associate Professor at the McGill School of Social Work. For over ten years, she has worked with adults and families to manage health-related issues in both hospital and community settings. Dr. Sussman’s research focuses on how health services and systems impact older adults and their family members. Dr. Sussman will respond to questions about how informal caregivers can take care of themselves in order to take better care of their loved one. She will talk about feelings that come up when caring for a loved one, such as sadness, worry and stress, and she wi...
2021-05-0537 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Responding to Challenging BehaviourDr. Donald Doell practices geriatrics at the McGill University Health Centre and is an Assistant Professor in the McGill Faculty of Medicine. He is particularly interested in dementia care and has worked with many of the leading experts in neurology, psychiatry and geriatrics in Canada. He will provide insight into some of the challenging behaviours caused by dementia and look at the ways they can be addressed.
Original Air Date: June 17, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly webcast series designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant...
2021-04-2234 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - How the Pandemic is Changing the Way We Teach Students and Provide CareDr. David Eidelman is Vice-Principal (Health Affairs) and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. A respirologist and clinician scientist, Dr. Eidelman previously served as Chair of McGill’s Department of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of the McGill University Health Centre. During this webinar, Dr. Eidelman will answer questions about how the pandemic has impacted medicine and all the health professions and sciences represented in the Faculty, and its influence on the way our teachers will teach and our students will learn in the future.
Original Air Date: June 10, 2020
McGill Cares is a weekly we...
2021-04-2232 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Support and Safety during the COVID-19 CrisisDr. José Morais is Professor and the Director of Geriatric Medicine at the McGill Faculty of Medicine, the McGill University Health Centre and Jewish General Hospital. In addition to being Academic Lead of the McGill Dementia Education Program, he is Co-Director of the Quebec Network for Research on Aging and past President of the Canadian Geriatrics Society. He conducts research on the organization of services for older adults, and on nutrition and metabolism as they pertain to healthy and fragile aging. Dr. Morais will speak about how seniors are being affected by the COVID-19 crisis, and how they can st...
2021-04-2237 minMcGill CaresMcGill Cares - Understanding DementiaDr. Serge Gauthier is the Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Unit of the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging and a Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, and Medicine at McGill University. He will answer questions about dementia: what it is, how it differs from normal aging and how it progresses. He will focus on what caregivers need to know about dementia and its associated behavioural and psychological symptoms to help them keep their loved one safe and to minimize distress during the pandemic.
Original Air Date: May 20, 2020
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2021-04-2230 minMcGill Podcasts » About McGillMcGill Up CloseThis 2009 recruitment video features ‘students talking to students’ – undergraduate and graduate students share their reasons for choosing McGill and speak to the impact the McGill experience has had on them.
2009-04-2211 min