/channels/taxonomy/term/12339/all en /channels/channels/news/experts-world-alzheimer-report-2024-359775 <p><!-- x-tinymce/html -->A new edition of World Alzheimer Report, to be published Sept. 20, 2024, will take a deep dive into how perceptions of dementia have changed over the past five years. It builds on a <a href="https://www.alzint.org/resource/world-alzheimer-report-2019/">2019 report</a> that found one in four people believed nothing could be done to prevent dementia, while evidence suggests 40 per cent of cases could be delayed or prevented by addressing modifiable risk factors.</p> Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:48:58 +0000 webfull 202783 at /channels /channels/channels/event/understanding-and-navigating-challenges-person-living-dementia-342580 <p>Hay Doun, in collaboration with Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, is inviting you to a virtual presentation on:</p> Mon, 03 Oct 2022 20:33:49 +0000 webfull 183298 at /channels /channels/channels/event/mcgill-team-delivers-world-alzheimer-report-2022-life-after-diagnosis-navigating-treatment-care-and-342030 <p>Ï㽶ÊÓƵ was commissioned by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) to deliver both the 2021 and 2022 editions of the World Alzheimer Report on the crucial and inter-related topics of diagnosis and post-diagnostic support.<br /><br /></p> Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:22:53 +0000 webfull 182641 at /channels /channels/channels/event/canadas-readiness-new-alzheimers-disease-diagnostics-and-treatments-336077 <p>Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias are a growing concern in Canada, impacting people’s health and raising demands on the Canadian healthcare system.</p> Mon, 10 Jan 2022 13:37:13 +0000 webfull 176083 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-launches-free-new-educational-guide-people-living-dementia-and-their-care-partners-thanks-334298 <p>Montreal, October 20, 2021 - A person who receives a life-changing diagnosis of dementia has many questions. What changes can I expect to my daily routine? How long can I remain independent? How will this affect my relationship with my loved ones?</p> Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:33:36 +0000 webfull 174127 at /channels /channels/channels/event/comprendre-les-signes-et-les-symptomes-de-la-demence-et-soutenir-vos-proches-330595 <h4><strong>Special public lecture offered by the McGill Dementia Education Program in partnership with the Cummings Centre</strong><br /><em>(This lecture will take place in French)</em></h4> Fri, 23 Apr 2021 10:52:01 +0000 webfull 170072 at /channels /channels/channels/event/understanding-and-navigating-journey-dementia-hosted-uwcm-330413 <h3>Virtual presentation hosted by the University Women’s Club of Montreal</h3> <h3>Wednesday, April 21, 2021 from 6:30 pm to 8 pm</h3> Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:52:24 +0000 webfull 169868 at /channels /channels/channels/event/mcgill-cares-care-older-person-330343 <p>Join us on <strong>April 21, 2021</strong> at noon for the next webcast in our biweekly series, <em><strong><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/medsimcentre/community-outreach/dementia/mcgill-cares-webcasts">McGill Cares</a></strong></em>, designed to suppor</p> Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:05:50 +0000 webfull 169794 at /channels /channels/channels/event/mcgill-cares-journey-through-diagnosis-dementia-329704 <p>Join us on <strong>March 24, 2021</strong> at noon for the next webcast in our biweekly series, <em><strong><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/medsimcentre/community-outreach/dementia/mcgill-cares-webcasts">McGill Cares</a></strong></em>, designed to suppor</p> Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:29:49 +0000 webfull 169101 at /channels /channels/channels/event/understanding-and-navigating-challenges-dementia-during-covid-19-326268 <p>Join us as <strong>Claire Webster</strong> interviews <strong>Dr. Serge Gauthier</strong> and <strong>Dr. José Morais</strong>.</p> Mon, 16 Nov 2020 13:47:39 +0000 webfull 165305 at /channels /channels/channels/event/mcgill-cares-webcast-latest-research-alzheimers-disease-326161 <p>Join us on <strong>November 18 at noon</strong> for the next webcast in our weekly series, <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/medsimcentre/community-outreach/dementia/mcgill-cares-webcasts"><strong>McGill Cares</strong></a>, designed to support informal car</p> Tue, 10 Nov 2020 19:31:04 +0000 webfull 165170 at /channels /channels/channels/news/not-being-aware-memory-problems-predicts-onset-alzheimers-disease-285116 <p>Doctors who work with individuals at risk of developing dementia have long suspected that patients who do not realize they experience memory problems are at greater risk of seeing their condition worsen in a short time frame, a suspicion that now has been confirmed by a team of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ clinician scientists.</p> Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:07:12 +0000 webfull 135451 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-contribute-three-10-discoveries-year-selected-quebec-science-2017-283612 <p>Québec Science magazine has selected its <a href="http://www.quebecscience.qc.ca/10-decouvertes-2017/decouverte2017#votez_maintenant">10 Discoveries of the Year</a> for 2017, including three involving McGill researchers. The annual list has highlighted top scientific research from across Quebec for the past 25 years, and McGill has been cited more than any other institution during that quarter-century.</p> <p>Here are the selected discoveries involving McGill scientists for the past year:</p> Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:20:30 +0000 webfull 133801 at /channels /channels/event/automne-2012-s%C3%A9minaires-de-neuro%C3%A9thique-les-nouveaux-d%C3%A9fis-%C3%A9thiques-face-au-diagnostic-tr%C3%A8s-pr%C3%A9coce--218389 <p><i> </i></p> <p><i><strong>Serge Gauthier, MD</strong></i></p> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:05:51 +0000 webfull 87494 at /channels