Dementia Education Program Newsletter
The McGill University Dementia Education Program and the Alzheimer Society of Montreal (ASM) have partnered to offer The Sharing Room, a safe space for care partners to share about their experiences, to connect online with each other to break the isolation, and to engage and identify their own needs as care providers.
The Sharing Room offers different virtual support groups to care partners of people living with dementia (PLWD). There is a group for partners/spouses and another group for adult children of PLWD, and each group is offered in both French and English.
The group size is kept to a maximum of eight participants in order to give everyone ample time and opportunity to express their views.
The Sharing Room takes place online through Zoom and is facilitated by a trained moderator. Participants will have to commit to meeting with their group for 90 minutes over 6 sessions. Note that these sessions will take place every second week.
Dates and registration link for the Fall 2024 session of The Sharing Room
The groups this fall will be offered every two weeks as follows:
English group for spouses of a person living with dementia
Thursdays from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.: October 3 to December 12, 2024
English group for adult children of a person living with dementia
Mondays from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.: September 23 to December 2, 2024
French group for spouses of a person living with dementia
Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: September 26 to December 5, 2024
French group for adult children of a person living with dementia
Mondays from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.: October 7 to December 16, 2024
