b"DEMENTIA CAREOptimizing dementia care through online educationFree, accessible dementia care training available across CanadaI n collaboration with more than 30 partners acrossmore vulnerable than ever, our health care system needs Canada, Conestoga College's Canadian Institute forsupport, and we need better education to help our care Seniors Care, based in Kitchener, developed Canadianproviders support our seniors.Remote Access for Dementia Learning Experiences (CRADLE). The free dementia care training program hasFunded by the Government of Canadas Future Skills been made available in English, French, Mandarin andCentre, the online interactive training course is accessible, Tagalog for up to 50,000 personal support workers andshort and focused. CRADLE includes five 20-minute other unregulated care providers across the country.modules that share stories of people living with dementia, inspired by different seniors living across Canada.The pandemic has highlighted that many seniors are living with complex care conditions, explains Conestogas500,000 Canadians are living with dementia, but that Michelle Heyer, Chair, Seniors Care. Now that theyrenumber is expected to reach 900,000 by 2030, which will The remote CRADLE dementia care training program is a free training program available in four languages to PSWs and other care providers across Canada40 LONG TERM CARE TODAY Spring/Summer 2022"