McGill Cares: Lorenzo’s House – a beacon of light for young onset patients and their families

Join us on December 4th at noon for the next McGill Cares webcast to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.   Lorenzo’s House – a beacon of light for young onset patients and their families Lorenzo’s House is a non-profit social impact organization designed to empower youth and families living with young onset dementia. Lorenzo’s House aims to shift the narrative and cure isolation, build community and drive forward dementia justice. Diana Cose and Jessica Eggert will share their journeys as care partners to young onset patients and discuss the ongoing role of Lorenzo’s House in their healing.  Diana Cose is the Founding Executive Director of Lorenzo’s House, which she founded after her husband was diagnosed with young onset Alzheimer’s disease. She experienced firsthand the massive gap in the memory care space for young patients and decided to make meaning from the isolating diagnosis in her family by creating a place that builds community, delivers on innovation and brings light. Jessica Eggert is the former caregiver of her mother who was diagnosed with young onset dementia in 2014 and a former full-time high-school math and social-emotional learning teacher.  As a young caregiver, she found Lorenzo’s House to be a place of healing in community, and now she is involved in running the youth programming to honour her mother. This free webcast is in English. ______________________________________________   McGill Cares is supported by the Amelia Saputo Community Outreach for Dementia Care. McGill Cares is an initiative of the McGill Dementia Education Program, which is funded by private donations. To contribute or for more information about our program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/dementia.  This page also contains a link to trusted resources specific to dementia.         If you have any topics or questions that you would like us to address during our weekly webcasts, please email us at [email protected].