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November 17, 2020
Seniors and Cannabis: Everything You Wanted To Know But Were Afraid to Ask!
Presentation 1: 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM Alain Deschamps: Your Legal Responsibilities and Rights
Mr Deschamps is a former defense lawyer working as a Plain Language Specialist and Translator with the legal information centre Éducaloi. Mr. Deschamps will be addressing the following: Cannabis and driving: what are the limits?; What powers do the police have with regards to cannabis?; Possession of cannabis: how much can you have and where can you have it?; and What are the laws around travelling with cannabis?
Presentation 2: 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM Anne Millette: Learn About the Different Types of Cannabis and the Potential Medical Benefits of Cannabis for Seniors
Anne Millette, a microbiologist and industry specialist, will be focusing on the following topics and questions: The differences between THC & CBD, how cannabis affects the body, who can benefit from cannabis as a medical treatment and different ways to consume cannabis.
Co-presented by Éducaloi and Seniors Action Quebec
October 20, 2020
Tools for Planning Ahead: Power of Attorney, Protection Mandates, Advance Medical Directives, and Wills
This online workshop will explain the various legal tools available for planning ahead. After a brief refresher on power of attorney, protection mandates, and advance medical directives, the workshop will focus primarily on wills.
We will cover such topics as the three different types of wills that are legal in Quebec, the advantages and disadvantages of each type, how to make a will, the conditions to respect to ensure that a will is valid, and how to update a will you have already.
This will be an excellent opportunity for seniors who need to modify their current Will or wishes to understand the requirements regarding Mandates and the relatively new law “Advanced Medical Directives”.
Co-presented by Éducaloi and Seniors Action Quebec
September 22, 2020
The Safe Use of Medication. Do I Still Need This Medication?
Camille Gagnon, PharmD, Assistant Director of the Canadian Deprescribing Network will be presenting on: How to make sure your medications are helping and not harming. Why does aging make us more sensitive to the effects of medication? and how can seniors, caregivers and healthcare professionals work together to prevent harmful medication effects?
Co-presented by the Canadian Deprescribing Network and Seniors Action Quebec
September 9, 2020
Cultural Change in Long Term Care
The current health crisis has taken a terrible toll in Quebec’s long-term care homes with thousands of Canada’s elders dying alone, neglected, and isolated from their families. Not surprisingly, the elder care crisis started long before the coronavirus pandemic. As highlighted in a ten-year international project on promising practices in long-term residential care, the biggest obstacles to quality care are inappropriate staffing levels, lack of training and the perception of elder care as unskilled work. This pandemic has provided an opportunity to think about how long-term care homes can be transformed from restrictive institutions into vibrant caring communities, full of dignity and respect, where older adults can flourish and prosper, not just survive.
Join us for this poignant event where you will hear from some of Canada’s leading researchers on Culture Change in Long Term Care, and participate in an interactive discussion where we will examine the challenges and opportunities as well as create a report and recommendations for the provincial government.
This will be co-sponsored by Recreotherapy and Seniors Action Quebec.