It's Here! National Family Caregivers Month at National Alliance for Caregiving in Bethesda, Maryland, United States for Monday, 2 November 2015

It's Here! National Family Caregivers Month at National Alliance for Caregiving in Bethesda, Maryland, United States for Monday, 2 November 2015
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Links from the National Alliance for Caregiving
Happy National Family Caregivers Month! There are several great events happening in our national and local communities. Here are some links to help you get involved:
At the Alliance
#TalkBrainHealth Join the Alliance and the Alzheimer's Foundation of America in a month-long social media conversation on how family caregivers can talk about brain health and memory screenings with their loved ones. Download our Conversation Kit, save the date for our November 16th webinar, and learn more at caregiving.org/talkbrainhealth.
Events Calendar We're hosting an events calendar for all things related to the National Family Caregivers Month here: caregiving.org/caregiversmonth. Please submit your events to our calendar at this link: caregiving.org/submit-your-event.
Military Caregivers Webinar - Caregiving as an Older Adult Join Easter Seals and CEO Gail Gibson Hunt for a free webinar for military families on caring for an older adult. The webinar is this Thursday, 11/5 at 2pm ET and you can register here.
Additional Resources
National Proclamation and Media Kit Caregiver Action Network has the details on this year's theme: "Respite: Care for Caregiver." Learn more and download the Media Kit here.
ARCH National Respite Network & Resource Center has respite-specific fact sheets for this month's theme here and a respite-specific event calendar here.
30 Days of Caregiving Blog Family Caregiver Alliance is hosting a 30 Days of Caregiving Blog with new posts on caregiving-related issues each day this month. Check it out here.
#Take1Moment for Alzheimer's Campaign Former restaurateur, author and TV host B. Smith has partnered with leaders in the caregiving community including Allergan and Caregiving Action Network to launch a campaign to #Take1Moment to recognize the family caregivers of those with Alzheimer's disease. For each of the first 1,000 hashtags, the campaign will provide a thank you meal to a caregiver, through Chef'd.
Random Acts of Kindness for Caregivers AARP is encouraging families and friends to surprise caregivers in their lives with a "random act of kindness" - just a small gesture that makes him or her feel appreciated and loved. Afterwards, share the story (in 150 words or less) here. AARP will select 12 winners next March to share a $10,000 prize.
Virtual Caregiving Fair Participate in a national, virtual caregiving fair hosted by AARP on November 19th from 12pm - 4pm ET. Caregivers can connect with others on issues related to health, finances, and legal planning. Learn more here or register here.
Do you have family caregiving news to share? Send to Grace at gracewhiting@caregiving.org.
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