Dementia and Memory
Baycrest Memory Clinic
Cogniciti Resources
Cogniciti - Brain Health registry
Be first in line to connect with new brain health research studies
Ask the Experts
Experts from the Cogniciti team answer your questions on brain health and memory
Brain Health Assessment tool
Check your brain health with this easy assessment tool
Smart Tracker tool
Keep track of your overall health by monitoring sleep, diet and excer
Brain Health research
Your opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease
Brain training program
Memory and aging
Memory loss and Dementia
Is memory loss dementia?
Dr. Morris Freedman talks about how your provider finds out if memory loss is dementia
Baycrest Quick-Response Caregiver Tool ™
The Baycrest Quick-Response Caregiver Tool was created to help caregivers/care partners respond to challenging behaviours expressed by persons living with dementia.
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
Learning the ropes for living with mild cognitive impairment
A webinar
Learning the ropes for living with MCI program products
Resources for program participants
Living with MCI
How to order this comprehensive book on MCI; find helpful worksheets from the book
Neuropsychology and Cognitive health
Dementia
What is Dementia?
Dementia resources from around the world
International collection of resources for people with dementia
Reliable dementia associations
Informational links that explain dementia from around the world
What is dementia?
Dr. Freedman talks about dementia
Is memory loss dementia?
Dr. Freedman: Information on the connection between memory loss and dementia
Podcasts
Young-Onset Dementia (Early-Onset Dementia)
Prevention
Risk Factors
Types
Signs and symptoms, stages and diagnosis
Signs, symptoms and stages
Informational links: What to look for; How dementia is diagnosed: What to expect
Altered perception
Information about how a person with dementia may experience the world around them
Anosognosia
When someone with dementia does not know they have dementia
Aphasia
Communcation challenges and dementia: Aphasia
Dementia Diagnosis
Helpful information on how healthcare providers find out if a person has dementia
First steps after diagnosis
Resources to help individuals and caregivers after a dementia diagnosis
Dementia information in other languages
Dementia: Safety issues
Dementia Support Programs
Information for caregivers
Ambiguous loss
Information about dementia and feelings of personal loss.
BPSD (Responsive behaviours): Quick response caregiver tool
Help for caregivers managing responsive behaviours.
Caregivers: The challenges of dementia
Ways to deal with the challenges of dementia.
Caring at home
Support for families choosing to care for a person with dementia at home
Caring for yourself
Links to help you as a caregiver for a person with dementia
Cogniciti Caregiver Centre
Read tips and advice on how to be the most supportive care giver possible while also taking care of yourself.
Dementia: A caregiver's guide
Practical tips and strategies when caring for a person with dementia
Peter's story: BPSD (Responsive behaviours): A caregivers experience
A caregivers experience with responsive behaviours.
Providing care
Informational links about providing care to those living with dementia
Self-care helps you cope
Balancing care for yourself so you can care for another: Respite and group therapy
What are Responsive Behaviours?
Models for BPSD (Responsive behaviours)
Types of BPSD (Responsive behaviours)
Apathy
Dr. Robert Madan offers helpful information on apathy: Ways to manage it, with or without medication.
Sexual disinhibition
Dr. David Conn: Helpful information on how someone with dementia may act out sexually
Types of responsive behaviours
Dr. Robert Madan talks about the symptoms of dementia and responsive behaviours
BPSD (Responsive behaviours) in Long-term care
BPSD (Responsive behaviours): Assessment and treatment
ABC charting
Dr. David Conn speaks about the importance of understanding behaviours and ABC charting
Assessment and treatment
Dr. David Conn talks about the importance of assessment and dementia behaviours
The P.I.E.C.E.S. assessment tool
A way to help find out the causes for behaviours and psychological symptoms related to dementia
BPSD (Responsive behaviours): Medications
Medications
Dr. Sid Feldmann talks about the different types of medications and risks
Antidepressants
Medications used for responsive behaviours
Risk and benefits of anti-psychotic medications
Dr. Conn and Dr. Feldman talk about anti-psychotic medications for people living with dementia
BPSD (Responsive behaviours): Treatment and management
Antipsychotic medications
Important information on how dementia is treated and managed with medications
Medication treatment for behaviours
Dr. David Conn talks about medication for responsive behaviours
Treatment without medications
Information on dementia care options, such as music, dance and art therapy.
Treatment and Management options
Information about dementia care -medications and behaviour management