Identification, outreach, and assessment are critical to recognizing family caregivers and connecting them to available supports that meet their unique needs, strengths, and circumstances. This page features tools, promising practices, and webinars to help the aging network implement caregiver-centered approaches that strengthen engagement, inform service delivery, and improve access to supports.
Tools, Practices, and Events
- Assessment Checklist — Helps aging, tribal, and kinship networks identify opportunities to strengthen caregiver assessment practices in Older Americans Act caregiver programs (NCSC TACC, 2026)
- Desk Reference: Person-Centered Caregiver Assessment Techniques — Provides practical techniques and tools for conducting strengths-based, person-centered caregiver assessments (NCSC TACC, 2026)
- Profile Series: Caregiver Assessments — Highlights evidence-based, evidence-informed, and innovative practices for developing and conducting caregiver assessments (NCSC TACC, 2026)
- Caregiver Identification Tool — Provides simple prompts to identify a care recipient’s caregiving team and their support roles (UCSF, 2025)
- Strategies to Assess and Meet the Needs of Family Caregivers (YouTube)— Discusses strategies, tools, and resources for conducting caregiver assessments, including implementation, training, and reassessments (NCSC, 2024)