Alison “Ali” Cada (Alberta, Canada) is Director of Creative and Adult Day Programs for the Alzheimer Society of Calgary (ASC). In 2014, Ali received certification as an OMA facilitator and brought OMA to the two adult day programs he manages and to several long- term care facilities in Calgary. Through this program he has exposed more than 200 people with dementia to OMA and mentored over 100 novice nursing students in the process. Through ASC, in 2017 Ali spearheaded the initiative to expand OMA throughout Alberta with a grant from Alberta Health Services to train more people in the province to become certified facilitators.
