Thank you,

Family Caregiver Alliance

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

CLASSES & EVENTS

• Let's Get Away, Together! — Tuesdays at 1pm from July 30 to August 6. Join us for the last two sessions of our 20th series of Let's Get Away, Together! — where we'll explore unusual and creative patents and Hawaii! Full info and registration here.

• Film Screening: Caregiver — A Love Story — Saturday, August 24 at 10:30am in Half Moon Bay. This short award-winning documentary film follows a woman's decision to take control of the end of her life and the unexpected challenges it creates for her caregiver husband. Join us to watch this touching and film and discuss the challenges and joys of caregiving with others. Download the flyer here.

• Powerful Tools for Caregivers — Six consecutive Fridays, 9:30am to 11am, September 13 to October 18. This six-part class series offers new skills and tools for family caregivers of those with a chronic health condition such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's or stroke. Participants will learn how to reduce stress, make difficult caregiving decisions, communicate more effectively during challenging situations, and prevent caregiver burnout. Open to family caregivers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Full info and registration here.

• Caregivers Count! 14th Annual Conference — September 14, 21, 28 and October 5. Designed for families and friends caring for their loved ones, Caregivers Count is an inspiring, engaging and resource-rich 4-part online conference featuring expert speakers covering a wide range of topics to support caregivers. Free to attend. Full event details and registration here.

In our more than 40 years serving family caregivers, we've developed a vast collection of resources to help improve the lives of caregivers and the people they care for. From articles, classes and video series to collaborative events, webinars, digital tools, support groups and more, FCA's resources are designed to educate, inform and support caregivers as they navigate the caregiving journey.

And because we partner with providers, community organizations, agencies and others who serve caregivers, our resources library includes materials for professionals as well.

Here are some of the resources that our caregiver clients and professional peers reference, download and access again and again. Be sure to bookmark them! (and bookmark our search-friendly website, which contains many more resources).

For Providers:

• FCA home page for professionals — This dedicated page of professional resources contains tools, trainings, a research registry, and information on advocacy and legislation.
• Family Caregiver Screening Toolkit — All it takes is two simple questions during your client or patient visits to identify family caregivers and connect them with needed resources.

For Caregivers:

• Top 17 Resources for Family Caregivers — The 17 most popular resources among hundreds of caregivers we’ve served over the years.
• CareNav — A personalized, private online dashboard, loaded with resources matching caregivers' specific caregiving needs.
• Connections Newsletter — Our monthly e-newsletter for family caregivers, full of tips, articles, resources and expert advice on a range of caregiving topics.
• Self-screening sheet — A handy resource that helps your patients or clients self-identify as a family caregiver and take next steps for assistance. (p.s. this is a great resource to put in your waiting room or lobby!)

For Providers and Caregivers:

• Services by State — An online resource to help family caregivers anywhere in the U.S. find the resources, information and contact info for caregiver support services in any state. Recently revamped with more resources and new filter and sort functions.
• Best Programs for Caregiving (BPC) — This is a free online directory of proven support programs for family and friend caregivers of individuals living with dementia. BPC provides detailed info on nearly 50 top-rated programs across the U.S. and is free and easy-to-use for both caregivers and professional providers.

We are looking for a few more family caregivers who are open to talking with reporters and others about their caregiving stories and experiences. You can help us by sharing this 1-page survey with your family caregiver clients!

By helping elevate the voice of family caregivers, we’re hoping to raise awareness about their experiences and help turn that awareness into stronger recognition and support for them.

Please give your caregiver clients the chance to make their voices heard by sharing this link with them today. FCA never sells caregiver contact information — our only goal is to elevate their voices to improve channels of support. Thank you for your help!

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).