Online Registration – Dementia Caregiver Webinars

Schedule for Dementia Caregiver Webinars

Learn how to become a dementia friend and turn your new understanding of dementia into a practical action that can help someone living in your community. AFTER PARTICIPATING IN A DEMENTIA FRIENDS SESSION, PARTICIPANTS CAN: • Describe dementia and know the most common type of dementia • State the five key messages about dementia • Explain one approach to effectively communicate with a person with dementia • Commit to an action as a Dementia Friend in your community

In this webinar presentation, hosted by the Fairfax Area Agency on Aging, Dr. Jennifer Pauldurai, Cognitive and Behavioral Neurologist Medical Director with the Inova Brain Health and Memory Disorders Program will discuss brain health. As we age, we are all at risk for dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. This isn't an inevitable fate, and there are proactive changes we can make to our health and lifestyle to keep our brains working well for longer. These brain healthy tactics can even help protect and lessen the distress in someone who already has a brain disease. In this webinar we explore a checklist of things we can work on today, to better our brains for tomorrow.

In this virtual webinar presentation, hosted by the Fairfax Area Agency on Aging, George Worthington, Dementia Services Director for Virginia's Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) will present on brain health across the lifespan. Knowledge about the impact of lifestyle and other factors on brain health has increased tremendously over the past fifteen years, with evidence now suggesting that up to half of dementias could be prevented or delayed.  A major study, US Pointer, reported encouraging results in 2025 and the session will look at ways of putting this knowledge into practice.  This session covers several risk factors for dementia, the science behind them, and things that you can do to help protect your brain.  The session will highlight small changes that can make a big difference, and that caregivers may be able to integrate into their busy days.

Learn how to become a dementia friend and turn your new understanding of dementia into a practical action that can help someone living in your community. AFTER PARTICIPATING IN A DEMENTIA FRIENDS SESSION, PARTICIPANTS CAN: • Describe dementia and know the most common type of dementia • State the five key messages about dementia • Explain one approach to effectively communicate with a person with dementia • Commit to an action as a Dementia Friend in your community

In this virtual webinar presentation, hosted by the Fairfax Area Agency on Aging, George Worthington, Dementia Services Director for Virginia's Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) will present on different dementias and innovative caregiving. Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia, but not the only one. This session examines other major diseases that cause dementia including vascular dementia, Lewy Body dementia and frontotemporal dementia.  The session will then look at innovative ways to provide care for people living with dementia such as using improvisation tools to support engagement and will build on the communication tips and strategies learned in the previous session.

Learn how to become a dementia friend and turn your new understanding of dementia into a practical action that can help someone living in your community. AFTER PARTICIPATING IN A DEMENTIA FRIENDS SESSION, PARTICIPANTS CAN: • Describe dementia and know the most common type of dementia • State the five key messages about dementia • Explain one approach to effectively communicate with a person with dementia • Commit to an action as a Dementia Friend in your community

In this virtual workshop presentation, hosted by the Fairfax Area Agency on Aging, and offered in collaboration with The International Spy Museum Access to Spy Program. SPY with Me is an interactive, hour-long virtual program for individuals living with dementia and their care partners. Join SPY as we use music and artifacts to explore some of our favorite spy stories and to get to know each other.