By Greg Link, Director of the Office of Supportive and Caregiver Services Grandparents play a special role in families. They pass along traditions, wisdom, and culture to future generations. Increasingly, they also provide loving and stable homes to their grandchildren. Nearly eight million children are raised in a family led by a grandparent. In a third of these families, there are no parents in the home—the grandparents are fulfilling that role.

The ACL-funded Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities National Training Center is launching a Fall 2019 ECHO virtual learning network. The MHDD ECHO gives participants the opportunity to take an active role in dialogue with subject matter experts and with their fellow participants.

Two new grants have been awarded for the

ACL has released a new Issue Brief on Assistive Technology.

The number of family caregivers, including grandparents who are raising grandchildren, is significant and growing. They are the backbone of our country’s caregiving system and supporting them is critical to making it possible for people of all ages and abilities to continue to live in their communities. Caregivers provide support, but they also need support.

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Daily Herald (August 25) Doctor’s Orders: Self-care for caregivers of individuals with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease

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