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Family Caregiver Alliance

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

CLASSES & EVENTS

• Getting a Good Night's Sleep Without Medication — Oct 28. This webinar reviews the various factors that can contribute to sleep disturbance among older adults and provides recommendations on ways to improve sleep quality. Full info and registration here. 
• Let's Get Away, Together! — Tuesday, Oct 29. Join us for our last session of this popular virtual travel series as we explore the history of astronomy and legends of the night sky! (If you can make tonight's session on flower festivals and botanical gardens, please join!) Full info and registration here.
• Ten Things You Need to Know About Hospice — Nov 21. This expert-led session is aimed at educating caregivers who are involved in or considering hospice for their loved ones. Participants will be empowered to make informed decisions and advocate for the best care possible, while receiving essential resources and support for navigating this important phase of care. Full info and registration here. 
• There Must Be a Better Way Than This! — Dec 5. This 2-hour class helps caregivers understand dementia and the challenging behaviors that can accompany it. Participants will come away with strategies to cope with these behaviors and better communicate with their care recipient. Full info and registration here. 

All classes are free. Bookmark our calendar to stay up to date on upcoming classes, webinars and events.

We are happy to share a new video tutorial that introduces family caregivers to Best Programs for Caregiving (BPC), a free online directory of top-rated programs that support family and friend caregivers of individuals living with dementia.

This short video provides a guided walkthrough of the database, taking caregivers step by step through the process of finding BPC programs that address their specific caregiving needs or challenges. In just under 7 minutes, caregivers will learn what BPC is, what kind of programs it contains, as well as how to navigate the site to find what they need.

Please share this video with your caregiver clients today! Please also consider sharing the BPC site more widely in your networks. We’ve made it easy with a toolkit of ready-to-use materials for posting BPC on your website, sharing flyers with caregivers and peer professionals, and including a blurb in your newsletter.

Our new series, "Smart Caregiving by FCA," addresses common questions we hear from family caregivers across the country. The newest article provides expert guidance, resources and answers to the question:

"Can I get paid for caregiving?"



Read our answers and the full article here. And be sure to bookmark the series home page here.

For the second year in a row, California grappled with a state budget deficit, affecting what policies lawmakers chose to introduce, and leading to cost being the number one reason for Governor Newsom to veto a bill.

Despite these constraints, elected officials and advocates (including FCA) were able to make some important changes to improve the lives of California family caregivers and their care recipients. These changes include ...

>>> Read the full article here >>>

If you missed the Caregivers Count Conference in September and October, you can now watch the recordings online! Or feel free to pass this onto your caregiver clients as a free resource. This popular annual event supports families and friends who care for a loved one, and features expert speakers as well as senior service agencies sharing information about local supportive services. Watch the recordings for 2024 and download the conference packet here. Here's a recap of the sessions:

• Safe & Sound: Creating a Safe Home for Your Loved One. Presented by Daniel Sego.
• End-of-Life Support for Family Caregivers. Presented by Gabby Jimenez
• Navigating Trauma in Caregiving. Presented by Jennifer Burton Flier and Christina Keys
• From Stress to Serenity: Self Care & Resiliency. Presented by Ann Peterson, Jenn Chan, Vivian Silva and Mythri Jegathesan

Family Caregiver Alliance is helping spread the word among professionals and peer organizations that USAging is launching a Caregiver Services and Supports Innovations Hub! The Hub will facilitate the exchange of programs that aim to foster the development of innovative caregiver services and supports in the Aging Network. The Hub will also include helpful resources and materials to assist organizations in replicating programs in their communities. Click here to learn more and submit your program by December 6^th! 

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.

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