Innovations: Enhancing Ability in Dementia Care is published quarterly by MAREP. This newsletter reflects the goal of MAREP to enhance the ability of all involved in dementia care, including persons with dementia, their partners in care, and formal care providers, to respond to the needs of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and ultimately improve the quality of life of persons with dementia and their families. Innovations is available in hard copy and in PDF.

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	Spring 2013 Illuminating Resident Wellness through OLTCA Living Well with Dementia: Challenging the Myths and the Stigma May 31: Re-imagining Dementia through the Arts Playing on the Dementia Team
Holiday Issue 2012 Living with Dementia: Resources for Living Well Finding Joy in the Spirit of Giving Brenda Hounam Honoured for In-Kind Support Thanks to Our Donors Five MAREP Partners Recoginized

Fall 2012 First Link™: Informative, Supportive, Enabling PIDC Alliance Update: Village of Wentworth Heights New BUFU Guide: "Staying Safe" Addressing the Needs of the Young Carer Mary & Jim McKinlay: "Our Journey with Dementia"

Spring 2012 Incorporating the Philosophy of Responsive Behaviours into LTC PiDC Alliance - Update New Resources! "Food & Mealtime" BUFU Guide and "Living with Dementia" Website Kim Gellatly - Portrait of a Partner

Holiday Edition 2011 Building Relationships through the Arts Considerations for the Holidays Heartfelt Thanks to Our Supporters Bob & Jean Ann Norman - Fueling a Vision

Fall 2011 PiDC Team Pilots Newly Revised "CARE Profile" Tool PiDC Celebrates Launch of First Culture Change Coalition Welcoming Jessica Luh and Zara Rafferty The L.E.A.D.-MAREP Partnership

Spring 2011 "A Changing Melody"; Shining a Light on the World New in March! Two More BUFU Guides A Young Person's "Changing Melody" Experience

Holiday Edition 2010 Living and Celebrating Life Through Leisure "A Changing Melody" Goes International! Alzheimers Disease International Annual Conference Thank You to Our Donors Lindsay Sprague: Changing the Culture in Long-Term Care

Fall 2010 Age Friendly Communities - Launch of the Web-based Tool "A Changing Melody" International Forum - March 2011 "A Changing Melody" - Regional Forums Carl & Ann Marie Wilson: True MAREP Partners

Spring 2010 The PiDC Alliance: Bringing Culture Change to Long-Term Care, cont'd Rachel Morrison's Co-op Term at MAREP "A Changing Melody" International Forum - March 2010 Jack Henderson: Portrait of a Partner

Holiday Edition 2009 Volunteer Awards Honour Ken Murray Thank You To our Donors Mobilizing Authentic Partnerships A New BUFU Guide

Fall 2009 Age Friendly Communities: Tools for Supporting Older Adults A Changing Melody - One Year Later David Knight: Portrait of a Partner

Summer 2009 Coping Emotionally with Dementia: Grief and Loss Working Together to Enhance Meaningful Activities Re-Connecting and Re-Learning How to Communicate with Persons with Dementia Elaine Smith: Portrait of a Partner

Spring 2009 Living with Hope in the Midst of Change ... Hot off the Press! Two New BUFU Guides Lynn Jackson: Portrait of a Partner

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Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program
Schlegel - UW Research Institute for Aging
University of Waterloo, LHI
200 University Ave, West
Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 3G1

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