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SUMMARY:Caregiving with Purpose\, Hope\, and Humor
DESCRIPTION:Join AlzInColor on Thursday\, August 27\, 2026\, from 7 PM to 8 PM EDT for the fourth session of our monthly six-part Community Brain Health & Alzheimer’s Webinar Series\, “Caregiving with Purpose\, Hope\, and Humor.” \nCaring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia can be both challenging and deeply meaningful. While caregiving often demands emotional and physical strength\, it can also foster resilience\, purpose\, and deeper connections. \nThis inspiring and engaging session will explore the caregiving experience through the lens of hope\, authenticity\, and empowerment. You’ll hear personal stories\, practical strategies\, and moments of humor that show how creativity\, advocacy\, and passion can transform the caregiving experience. \nWhether you are a caregiver\, supporting one\, or simply want to better understand the journey\, you’ll leave with encouragement\, practical insights\, and resources to navigate caregiving with greater confidence and compassion. \nRegister
URL:https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/brain-health/event/1494/
LOCATION:Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="AlzInColor":MAILTO:AlzInColor@Links2Equity.com
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SUMMARY:Dementia Capable Care of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia
DESCRIPTION:Discover practical strategies and proven approaches for supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are at risk of or are living with dementia. The NTG’s highly regarded Dementia Capable Care of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia training – grounded in the NTG’s national model curriculum – is now available online\, making participation easier and more accessible than ever. \nThis evidence-informed workshop equips aging and disability professionals with actionable tools\, knowledge\, and real-world strategies to deliver high-quality\, dementia-capable care – while eliminating travel time and reducing costs. \nJoin colleagues from across the country and strengthen your ability to support individuals\, families\, and care teams with confidence. Download the workshop flyer. \n\nWorkshop sessions are recorded. Attendance at live sessions is not required.\nA certificate for 12 contact hours will be provided to all attendees.\nWant more information about our workshop?\nDiscounts:\n\nNTG Dues Paying Member discounts available (20%). Existing members: Please email education@the-ntg.org for the code. Not a member yet? An option to join and receive the discount is available on the workshop registration page.\nOrganizations enrolling mutliple staff may be eligible for a special discount. Email education@the-ntg.org before registering to receive a discount code.\n\n\n\nRegister \n\nImportant: When registering\, choose one option only: the 2-day Foundation Workshop or the 3 -day Trainer Workshop. Do not register for both. \n2 Day Foundation Workshop | $275\nTarget Audience: The workshop is appropriate for any staff with direct or ancillary care responsibilities of older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in both disability-related\, health care\, and aging-related agencies. \nDescription: This highly interactive and evidence-informed workshop covers the basic concepts of care of an adult with ID and dementia. \nTopics include: \n\nIntroduction to Aging & IDD\nDown Syndrome\, Accelerated Aging\, and Alzheimer’s Disease\nUnderstanding Dementia in Adults with IDD and How It May Present Differently.\nDementia is Not a Disease…Clearing Up a Common Misunderstanding\nUsing the NTG’s Early Detection Screen for Dementia in IDD (NTG-EDSD)\nCommon Medical Conditions That Look Like Alzheimer’s\, But Are Treatable\nSteps to a Comprehensive Differential Diagnosis\nHealth Care Advocacy for Adults with IDD and Dementia\n4 Most Common Triggers of Challenging Behaviors in Adults with IDD and Dementia\nNon-pharmacologic Interventions for Behavior\nUnderstanding Sensory Impairment in Dementia and How It Relates to Behaviors\nAdapting the Physical Environment for Maximum Functioning and Independence\nEnd-of-Life Considerations\n\n3 Day NTG Affiliated Regional Trainer Workshop | $475\nThe first two days of the workshop\, Wednesday and Thursday\, September 2 & 3\, cover the topics outlined above in the Foundation Workshop above. \nA final half-day\, Tuesday\, September 8\, is added and is devoted to understanding and delivering the full NTG Dementia Capable Care Curriculum. \nNTG Affiliated Trainers are authorized to use NTG branded and copyrighted training materials to train within their own organization or to conduct training for outside agencies and organizations. \nAffiliated trainers have access to greatly expanded topic modules\, trainer manual\, and free NTG continuing education webinars. \nFollowing completion of the workshop participants are required to successfully complete an online test of knowledge before they will be awarded a certificate of completion and receive NTG branded and copyrighted training materials. \nImportant Note for Residents of Canada. Canadians are able to register and take this training\, however\, in Canada the NTG Canadian Consortium has adapted the NTG curriculum to a Canadian context for Canadian-specific training. It offers both the 2-Day workshop and a 3rd Day training to become a NTG Canadian Consortium Affiliated Provincial Trainer. For more information\, please email Nancy Jokinen\, NTG Canadian Consortium trainer or visit our website: https://www.the-ntg.org/workshop-schedule-canada \nThis $475 fee covers all 3 workshop sessions. It is not necessary to also register for the 2 Day Foundation workshop when you are registering using this option. \n 
URL:https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/brain-health/event/dementia-capable-care-of-adults-with-intellectual-disabilities-and-dementia/
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SUMMARY:Caring with Confidence: Practical Skills for Caregivers
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a supportive\, hands-on workshop designed for family caregivers\, direct care professionals\, and others who provide day-to-day support with older adults and adults with disabilities. \n\nWalking and mobility\nBathing\nFeeding\nTransferring\nToileting\n\nThis four-hour skills training will build confidence and strengthen practical caregiving skills through demonstration\, discussion\, and hands-on practice. Participants will learn to assist with activities of daily living\, with an emphasis on person-centered\, trauma-informed approaches. \nINSTRUCTOR: Regina Foster\, Foster Senior Services \nOffered by the Thelma Bland Watson Personal Care Aide School\, a collaboration between The Span Center and VCU Gerontology. \nRegister \n(or email mcreasy@spancenter.org to register)
URL:https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/brain-health/event/caring-with-confidence-practical-skills-for-caregivers/
LOCATION:The Span Center\, 1300 Semmes Ave\, Richmond\, VA\, 23224\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="The Span Center":MAILTO:caregiversupport@spancenter.org
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SUMMARY:Pride and Care: Navigating Dementia in the LGBTQ+ Community
DESCRIPTION:In this webinar presentation\, hosted by the Fairfax Area Agency on Aging\, Dawn Jefferson\, Education and Support Coordinator with Insight Memory Care Center will present on navigating dementia in the LGBTQ+ community. Caring for a partner or loved one with dementia is hard enough — doing it while navigating a healthcare system that wasn’t built with LGBTQ+ families in mind adds another layer entirely. This session creates space for LGBTQ+ care partners to share what’s real: the fear of “re-closeting” a loved one in a new care setting\, the legal gray areas around chosen family\, and the exhaustion of educating providers again and again. Together we’ll talk through practical tools\, community resources\, and ways to advocate for dignity and recognition at every stage of the dementia journey. \nDawn Jefferson is the Education and Support Coordinator at Insight Memory Care Center in Fairfax\, VA. She is a native New Yorker who has nurtured a 20-year career as an educator\, having taught English and been an administrator at The Potomac School in McLean\, VA and The Urban School of San Francisco\, CA. \nRegister
URL:https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/brain-health/event/pride-and-care-navigating-dementia-in-the-lgbtq-community/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fairfax Area Agency on Aging%E2%80%99s Caregiver & Supportive Services Unit":MAILTO:Ayiguli.Saifuding@fairfaxcounty.gov
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