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Family Caregiver Alliance

Introducing new classes and events for family caregivers, their care recipients and providers:

CLASSES & EVENTS

• Let's Get Away, Together! — 6 Tuesdays starting April 16. Join us in this popular virtual travel series as we explore the National Parks, Famous & Catchy Ads, Florence, flowers, the Olympics and a new twist on mothers. Full info and registration here; read all about the series in this blog post.

• Self-Care for Young Adult Caregivers — April 11. In this presentation, young caregivers will learn the power of discovering their caregiving purpose, the value of embracing their unique caregiving identity, and the benefits of creating self-care habits for their lifestyle. Full info and registration here.

• Training Series on Community Care Navigation (for providers and professionals) — April & onwards. We're happy to share this training series offered by peer community partner AC Care Alliance (ACCA). Thanks to generous grant funding, ACCA is offering free training and coaching sessions to individuals currently working or interested in a career as a community health worker. The sessions are designed to help them grow their skills and meet partnering organizations who are or will be hiring for these roles. Grab the flyer here. Read all about the program and see training dates here. Please bookmark the registration pages and check back for more/additional training dates in the future.

• Reframing FOMO: What to Do When Family Caregivers Feel Left Out of Life — April 18. Tips and strategies to help young caregivers reduce their FOMO (fear of missing out) when they are trying to balance a full, rich life with their role as a family caregiver. Full info and registration here.

• Caregiver: A Love Story (film screening and discussion for family caregivers) — April 18, 3-5pm in Redwood City. Join the San Mateo County Family Caregiver Collaborative for a short documentary film screening + discussion, which promises to be an interactive-learning experience for family caregivers, helping them prepare for common caregiving issues and connect with resources in the community. Full info and registration here.

• The Caregiver’s Journey: Roadmap to 2030 — April 30, 9:30-4 pm in Sacramento. Join us for an update on Goal 4 (Caregiving that Works) of the Master Plan for Aging, followed by a great panel, lunch and legislative visits to advocate for the California Coalition on Family Caregiving’s 2024 priority bills — AB 2428 to increase the Medi-Cal reimbursement for Adult Day Programs and AB 518 to expand paid family leave to cover chosen and extended family. Learn more and register here.

• Do’s and Don’ts: Tips for Meeting with Elected Officials — April 23, 12-1:15 pm via Zoom. In preparation for Advocacy Day, or any advocacy efforts your organization is taking on, join this virtual training with the Legislative Director for California Commission on Aging, Leza Coleman, and the California Commission on Aging Chair and former Assemblymember, Cheryl Brown, to learn tips and get comfortable talking to your representative about the issues that matter to you. Register here.

• All the Lonely People — May 13, 1-3pm at Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library. A film and panel discussion focusing on older adults and adults with disabilities developing resilience over loneliness and experts discovering solutions to isolation. Come away knowing about the latest research and interventions, and feeling empowered and reconnected. Download the flyer.

At the Innovations in Alzheimer’s Caregiving Awards reception on March 26, we celebrated the creativity, community, and compassion of our 2023 awardees. We started by thanking our partners The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation and Bader Philanthropies, Inc. for their support of these awards.

The uniting theme for the evening was “Think Different.”

The San Francisco Bay Area is a creative place. Science, technology, and the arts all loom large in our community. Creating services for formerly “invisible” populations is baked into the DNA of our region too. Many movements have gotten their start here and influenced the national thinking about rights and access, recognition and support, and combining health and social care services into one access point – all themes we take for granted today....

>>> Read the full article here ...

We're thrilled to let you know about the newly launched Best Programs for Caregiving (BPC). BPC is a free, first-of-its-kind directory that provides resources to family and friend caregivers of individuals living with dementia. It includes detailed information about nearly 50 top-rated support programs available to caregivers in their own communities.

The new Best Programs for Caregiving directory for caregivers is an extension of the database launched in 2020 for professionals and organizations serving dementia caregivers (then called Best Practice Caregiving). For the first time, it puts detailed information about vetted, proven programs for dementia caregiving directly into the hands of family and friend caregivers who need it the most.

>>> Read more about this free online directory here ...

We've made it easier for providers and professionals to find what you need on caregiver.org. A brand new page on our website called Professional Resources centralizes a wide range of tools, resources and materials to help you better serve family caregivers. Click on Professional Resources from the top navigation bar to access the page. There, you'll find:

• Professional Tools, such as referral sheets, trainings, assessments, clinical studies and more
• Resources including caregiver articles, webinars and videos (now in alphabetical order so are easier to find!)
• Advocacy and Legislation news and initiatives — policy at your fingertips!
• Research registry for registering surveys, studies and trials of interest to caregiving families
• Best Programs for Caregiving — a first-of-its kind online directory of top-rated dementia caregiving programs
• Professional eNewsletters

Please bookmark the Professional Resources page and visit often! We keep it updated with new and timely information.

We respect your inbox, so we send our Provider e-News Update out every 1-2 months. But between issues, we are still hosting and sharing plenty of activities, classes, webinars and new resources for caregivers.

Stay in the know by following us on any or all of our social media channels — and be sure to share them with others who can benefit!

... and while you're here — sign up for our Connections e-newsletter (designed for family and friend caregivers), ¿Que Pasa? boletin (our e-newsletter for Spanish-speaking caregivers), and our Caregiving Policy Digest newsletter (caregiving policy at the local, national and international levels).