Advanced Gerontological Education Inc.
#403 286 Sanford Avenue North L8L 6A1 Hamilton, ON, Canada

AGE has launched virtual GPA Certified Coach Workshops in 2 x full day or 4 x half-day formats. To learn more, watch our video: https://lnkd.in/gDU6TnRj or download the flyer: https://bit.ly/3xnG7Yv.

Advanced Gerontological Education Inc. announced that NC has added Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA) dementia care education to its curriculum for students in both the Practical Nursing and Community Mental Health programs. Read the full story

AGE has launched virtual GPA Certified Coach Workshops in 2 x full day or 4 x half-day formats. To learn more, watch our video: https://lnkd.in/gDU6TnRj or download the flyer: https://bit.ly/3xnG7Yv.

#HappyThanksgiving Much to be #thankful for at AGE, including recently crossing the 500,000 mark for number of care providers who have participated in GPA. #Gratitude & #Love to all who helped us get there!

#HappyThanksgiving Much to be #thankful for at AGE, including recently crossing the 500,000 mark for number of care providers who have participated in GPA. #Gratitude & #Love to all who helped us get there!

Thank you @NiagaraCollege; this is such awesome news!

We are excited to announce that Niagara College Canada has just added GPA eLearning to the curriculum in its RPN Program & Mental Health Programs. GPA Basics has long been part of the College's PSW Program & Gerontology Grad-Certification program. Read the Media Release to learn more: https://bit.ly/3iEJ1m9 #dementia #education

#TeachersDay2021 Although we call them GPA Certified Coaches, they teach dementia care education, so today we pay tribute to all 1,524 across Canada, including 40 GPA Master Coaches. Thank you for being GPA Champions (Photo:pre-Covid Coach Workshop @lakeheaduniversity)

We are excited to announce that Niagara College Canada has just added GPA eLearning to the curriculum in its RPN Program & Mental Health Programs. GPA Basics has long been part of the College's PSW Program & Gerontology Grad-Certification program. Read the Media Release to learn more: https://bit.ly/3iEJ1m9 #dementia #education

#MondayMemories Snapped at last Friday's Staff Appreciation Luncheon at Spencers on the Waterfront #BurlON Thanks April & Paula. We lucked out on the day - gorgeous patio weather for Oct. 1st. (Always a few #Foodies in the group taking pics.)

It's International Day of Older Persons today! Did you know that 1 in 2 people are ageist toward older people? Are YOU ageist? Take some time to think about that question today? What are our words and actions saying to older persons around us? Read the latest global report on ageism from the World Health Organization (WHO) here: bit.ly/combatageism

#TeachersDay2021 Although we call them GPA Certified Coaches, they teach dementia care education, so today we pay tribute to all 1,524 across Canada, including 40 GPA Master Coaches. Thank you for being GPA Champions (Photo:pre-Covid Coach Workshop @lakeheaduniversity)

#MondayMemories Snapped at last Friday's Staff Appreciation Luncheon at Spencers on the Waterfront #BurlON Thanks April & Paula. We lucked out on the day - gorgeous patio weather for Oct. 1st. (Always a few #Foodies in the group taking pics.)

#NDTR Sharing a presentation by Dr. Jennifer Dobbelsteyn who spoke at our AGM this week. We thank her, her team & members of the Elsipogtog First Nation Band in #NB for enhancing our understanding of Indigenous peoples & the special needs of their elders. View the presentation here: https://bit.ly/3ii5tRW #NationalDayofTruthandReconciliation #dementia #education

" ... UCSF study shows that depression in early adulthood may lead to lower cognition 10 years later and to cognitive decline in old age."

Dr. Dobbelsteyn, RN, BN, MBA, PhD, President of Dobbelsteyn Consulting Group International Inc. will present at our #AGM tonight: "Practicing #Reconciliation: Conducting Culturally Safe Research and Program Development with Indigenous Peoples." #dementia #education #GPA

#NDTR Sharing a presentation by Dr. Jennifer Dobbelsteyn who spoke at our AGM this week. We thank her, her team & members of the Elsipogtog First Nation Band in #NB for enhancing our understanding of Indigenous peoples & the special needs of their elders. View the presentation here: https://bit.ly/3ii5tRW #NationalDayofTruthandReconciliation #dementia #education

Thought this was a great general interest piece for everyone at the moment ...

Dr. Dobbelsteyn, RN, BN, MBA, PhD, President of Dobbelsteyn Consulting Group International Inc. will present at our #AGM tonight: "Practicing #Reconciliation: Conducting Culturally Safe Research and Program Development with Indigenous Peoples." #dementia #education #GPA

Dementia education is critical here! Latest World Alzheimers Report released by @alzdisint last week says "around 75 per cent of all dementia cases are undiagnosed and due to advancements in treatments and testing, there could be a tsunami of demand for diagnosis in the next few years." #GPA

Staff at Moira Place Long-Term Care Home in Tweed, Ontario are currently participating in #GPA eLearning @southeastLHIN

In 2018, the Chinook Arch Regional Library System began working with the Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories to develop a connection that could bring high-quality tools to the surrounding communities.

#Throwback Thursday .. we thought this news was a fun throwback ...

#ThrowbackThursday Classroom feedback tells us Master Coaches Lisa W & Bob S @nbrhc got rave reviews for their recent facilitation of the first VIRTUAL GPA Certified Coach Workshop. Welcome to the GPA Family new Coaches.

Just an interesting share for a time when we are socially distanced, going into winter, with time to read more and/or thinking about gift giving ...

Thank you to all #GPA Certified Coaches who participated in this week's virtual discussion and Kate Ducak (GPA CC), a very warm welcome to the AGE team. #DigitalHealthWeek

Big thank you to all GPA Certified Coaches who contributed! #Bettertogether #teamwork #dementia #education

April Morganti, our Executive Director, commented on the terrific keynote by Dr. Rubin, "Delirium Prevention in Older Adults" at the 10th Annual Update in Geriatrics Virtual CPD Conference this. morning. "It set the stage perfectly for a great day of education."

Acknowledgement! We to share GPA CC Workshop photos with you. And we Lisa Wauchope, GPA Master Coach, facilitating at the Workshop in Hamilton again today, for helping us out. She found time to share some truly marvellous pics of workshop happenings and highlights. Thank you, Lisa.

The learning continues ... Day Two of the GPA Certified Coach Workshop in Hamilton ON. Practicing GPA's Personal Space Exercise.

"THE ACTOR AND ACTIVIST WHO HAS PARKINSON’S ON HIS NEWFOUND, UNIQUELY UPBEAT PESSIMISM" ...

What a lovely idea for a memory wall the Forget-Me-Not Garden grows on the wall at Aurora location. It consists of forget-me-not flowers of various sizes and colours with people's names either in memory or in honour etched on.

"What we found in this study is a pattern we've never seen before, together with a mutation that's never been described before ...

AGE Exec Director, April Morganti (right) with GPA MC facilitator Lisa Wauchope. April is attending the Workshop in Hamilton today to connect with #GPA family and experience the learning environment during the pandemic. April's background in adult learning DipAdult Ed certificate enriches our dementia education programming.

HappeningNow GPA 4th edition is on the table today for masked & physically distanced Coach Candidates at a workshop in Hamilton ON. Master Coaches Lisa W and Barb M facilitating.

Today 450 nursing students @ryersonu & 100 BSO LTC staff @Miss.HaltonLHIN are trialling two eLearning units from the new #GPA Bathing Curriculum. AGE will assess how they impact self efficacy in a variety of person-centred bathing competencies.

YEP! IT'S TRUE! GPA eLearning is 40% off. $54/person plus tax (Reg. $90). Register here: https://gpaelearn.com/learning. (Email us for groups: [email protected].) Sale ends midnight October 11th.

Please join us in congratulating Julian Quinton as the new AGE Board Chair. Julian has volunteered on our Board for the past 5 years. In this new role, his knowledge & expertise will be invaluable as we grow and adapt for the future. Learn more about Julian here: https://bit.ly/30verCq Scotiabank

Important 4-minute read form @AlzheimerCanada and RBC

Interesting aspect of this piece: "Despite the pressures, 22 per cent also said the pandemic has given them the chance to better understand their relative's condition, according to findings from a new study."

#GPA outdoors. Practicing technique last month. New Brunswick Continuing Care Safety Association. #NationalSeniorsDay #internationaldayofOlderPersons2020