The Primary Health Care Centre is hosting a telehealth session next Tuesday presented by the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba. Their Program Director Norma Kirkby says this session will be Understanding Changing Behavior with Dementia. She explains Joyce Klassen their Dementia Educator will be talking about why behavior may change for a person with dementia so what we need to do is think about what may be the cause of someone’s distress that might cause them to act differently then Joyce will also be talking about strategies families can use to calm a person.
The session will be held at the Primary Health Care Centre from 6:30 to 8 next Tuesday. To register online go to www.alzheimer.mb.ca, email alzmb@alzheimer.mb.ca or call 1-800-378-6699.