Join us for upcoming caregiver events hosted by Caregiver Action Network (CAN) and our partners. Events include webinars, workshops, and sessions designed to empower caregivers, provide valuable resources, and build a supportive community. Whether seeking practical advice, emotional support, or opportunities to connect with other caregivers, our events help you navigate your caregiving journey effectively. Stay informed and engaged with CAN’s caregiver events to enhance your caregiving skills and support network.
Hosted by Caregiver Action Network
Benchmarks of Care: Unique Challenges Caring for Your Loved One with Cognitive Issues
June 25, 2026 [Virtual]
2 p.m. ET
No two caregiving journeys are the same, particularly when cognitive changes are involved. This session explores common challenges caregivers face when supporting someone with Alzheimer’s or other cognitive impairments and provides strategies to improve communication, safety, and meaningful engagement.
LIVE: Real Talk with Caregiver Action Network
Real Talk is a bi-weekly Facebook Live session exclusively for Caregiver Action Network Community members. Real Talk sessions offer valuable insights on caregiving topics. If you’re not yet a member, search ‘Caregiver Action Network Community’ in Facebook groups to join. https://www.facebook.com/groups/caregiveraction
Care Connections: The Plug-In to Care Webinar Series
Care Connections: The Plug-in to Care Webinar Series brings caregivers practical tools, peer insights, and expert guidance — now available on demand. Each session spotlights a key area of caregiving to help you stay connected to the resources and support you need.
Whether you’re new to caregiving or balancing care with work, family, and daily life, these conversations are here for you — whenever you’re ready to plug-in to care.
Hosted by our Partners
Online Caregiver Support Groups - Spring Sessions
These online caregiver Support Groups are a judgement free and confidential space for you to connect with other family caregivers. Guided by professionally trained facilitators, these sessions happen weekly online.
Sessions are organized into four seasonal blocks. The spring session runs from April through June on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. ET, Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET and Fridays at 1:30 p.m. ET.
Click the Register button to select your preferred session day and time.
Sandwich Club
The Sandwich Club is a free digital membership designed to help caregivers lighten their load. The Sandwich Club answers care-related questions by pairing specialized AI responses with a community of caregivers to provide tips and ideas from their lived experiences. The Sandwich Club brings caregivers together with support on topics important to you and a membership that offers support, community, discounts, and advocacy.
Baltimore County Department of Aging (BCDA) Caregivers Program | Caregiver Connection Support Series
June 18, 2026 | July 16, 2026
1-2 p.m. ET [Virtual]
Are you looking to connect with the BCDA Caregiver Support Team and fellow caregivers in Baltimore County?
Would you like to connect in the comfort of your own home without having to leave your care partner?
Join to share experiences, resources and concerns with fellow caregivers. Drop in for a few minutes or stay for the whole session.
Sessions occur every third Thursday from 1-2pm. Facilitators will vary.
Ask Nurse Linda
Virtual sessions available: May 27 | June 24
Chat live with Linda Schultz, Ph.D., CRRN, a leader and provider of rehabilitation nursing for over 30 years, and a friend of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation for close to two decades. She blogs about health and wellness living with paralysis and answers your SCI-related healthcare questions.
This is designed not a one-sided lecture or a simple Q&A, but rather a discussion among community members to connect and get the information they need, The conversation may shift, as we leave the option open to talking about whatever YOU want and need to hear. This event is FREE for everyone to attend. Live captioning and ASL interpretation will be available.
FIRESIDE CHAT | What is Decision Fatigue and How Can You Beat It?
Jun. 25, 2026 [Virtual]
12 p.m. ET
Join us for this Caregiver Conversation by Carallel
If you’re a family caregiver, you’ve probably experienced decision fatigue. Even if this is the first time you’re hearing the term, still, you probably battled it at some point. So the question is…
What is decision fatigue? Why does it happen? And how can we beat it as family caregivers? Those are the questions we’ll be tackling in this Caregiver Conversation by Carallel.
FIRESIDE CHAT | Tools for the Long Haul: Caregiving & Chronic Illness
Jul. 30, 2026 [Virtual]
12 p.m. ET
What do heart disease, diabetes, asthma, cancer, dementia, kidney disease, and hypertension have in common? On the surface, not much. But from a family caregiver’s point of view? Quite a bit actually. Because they’re all chronic conditions meaning that they’re long-lasting health problems that require ongoing medical attention.
And often, ongoing care from you.
That’s why we’re focusing on chronic conditions in this Caregiver Conversation by Carallel. Join us as we talk through the day-to-day realities of supporting someone with a long-term illness, the challenges that can sneak up over time, and simple, practical tips that can make caregiving feel more manageable.
