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Advance Care Planning Guide
The government of Ontario has produced the Guide to Advance Care Planning as part of Ontario's Strategy for Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias. It provides valuable information for seniors on making choices about personal care including health care (treatment and services), food, living arrangements and housing, clothing, hygiene and safety.
Source: Ontario Seniors Secretariat

Ontario Partnership on Aging & Developmental Disabilities
<abbr>OPADD</abbr> mission is to ensure that the general and special needs of persons with a developmental disability who are aging, are identified and addressed effectively. That older adults with a developmental disability have the same rights to support and services as all older Ontarians.
Source: Ontario Partnership on Aging and Developmental Disabilities

Ontario's Strategy for Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias
The Alzheimer strategy is a 10-point action plan designed to better meet the needs of Ontarians with Alzheimer Disease and related dementias, as well as the needs of their caregivers and families.

Seniors' Info
Seniors' Info has been created to provide ready access to information and services delivered by all levels of government and community-based agencies serving older adults. It is our pleasure to bring this first gateway to information and services to the citizens.
Source: Seniors' Info

Alzheimer Care
Caregiving information and support for caregivers of people with Alzheimer Disease and related dementias from the Alzheimer Society of Canada.
Source: Alzheimer Society of Canada

Alzheimer Society of Canada
The latest information on Alzheimer Disease, related dementias, caregiving, support, research, treatment, and Alzheimer Society of Canada programs and services.
Source: Alzheimer Society of Canada

Caregiving Strategies for Older Adults with Delirium,Dementia and Depression
This best practice guideline focuses on assisting all nurses (<abbr>RN</abbr>s and <abbr>RPN</abbr>s) who provide care to clients with delirium, dementia and depression in the acute, long-term and community care settings. This guideline incorporates best practices related to caregiving strategies of older adult aged 65 years and older with delirium, dementia and depression.
Source: Registered Nurses Association of Ontario

Dementia and Alzheimer Disease
This Veteran's Affairs site explains the difference between Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. As well as the top ten warning signs and how to help your loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia.

Driver Dementia a Growing Concern
The Canada Safety Council presents information about trends of drivers with dementia.
Source: Canada Safety Council

Elements of Mobility as Predictors of Survival in Elderly Patients with Dementia:
This research paper identifies elements of mobility that predict survival in elderly people with dementia in Canada. Poor mobility is postulated to affect survival both by increasing the risk of falls and through secondary diseases related to immobility.

Screening for Delirium, Dementia and Depression in the Older Adult
This guideline focuses on: (1) Practice recommendations: directed at the nurse to guide practice regarding assessment and screening for delirium, dementia and depression in older adults; (2) Education recommendations: directed at educational institutions and organizations in which nurses work to support its implementation; (3) Organization and policy recommendations: directed at practice settings and the environment to facilitate nurses? practice; (4) Evaluation and monitoring indicators.
Source: Registered Nurses Association of Ontario