National Family Caregivers Month 2026
Each November, National Family Caregivers Month recognizes and honors family and friend caregivers. JAHF joins the Caregiver Action Network, the Administration for Community Living, our grantees and other partners in the month-long campaign to raise awareness of caregiving issues, educate communities, show recent progress and increase support for the more than 63 million caregivers across the country.
The Caregiver Action Network (CAN) leads this annual observance and has selected the 2026 theme, Care Connects Us. Across every condition, every stage and every journey, care connects us to our loved ones, to vital information and to one another.
Upcoming Family Caregiving Events
- November 1-2: Family Resource Network National Caregivers Conference 2026, "Connected in Caregiving," Princeton, NJ
- November 3: CAN webinar, In the Middle of It All - Work, Family & Caregiving
- November 4 & 18: Northwell Institute for Healthy Aging two-part webinar series, The Heart of Care - Empowering Family Caregivers
- November 9: CAN webinar, Caregiving Hill Briefing & Town Hall
- November 10: National Dementia Care Collaborative 2026 Virtual Autumn Summit, "GUIDE and Beyond: Building a Multi-Payer Future for Comprehensive Dementia Care"
- November 17-18: National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) 2026 Caregiver Nation Summit, Washington, D.C., and virtual
- November 17: CAN webinar, Through Every Stage - Navigating Long-Term Caregiving
- November 18: AARP webinar, Caregiving in Rural America - The Heart of Community
- November 19: Age-Friendly Public Health Systems webinar, Supporting Family Caregivers
- November 19: AARP webinar, Holiday Caregiving Conversation - The Cost of Care
- November 24: CAN webinar, Care Connects Us: National Caregiving Marathon
- November 30: AARP webinar, Rising Costs and Caregiving Challenges
- December 3: Benjamin Rose Annual Caregiving Conference 2026, "Co-Create: Partnering with Caregivers and Communities to Shape Programs, Services and Supports," Cleveland, OH
Caregiving in the US Data
In 2025, NAC and AARP released the latest report from Caregiving in the US (CGUS), the nation’s leading ongoing data project on family caregiving. This year, they continued to release new insights from the project:
- Valuing the Invaluable 2026: Family Caregivers’ Contribution Reaches $1 Trillion
- Family Caregivers of Adults Age 50+
- Caught in the Middle - The Crucial Role of Sandwich Generation Caregivers
Advocacy and Implementation Resources for the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers
Implementation of the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers continues through the work of national, state and nonprofit advocacy partners. Stay tuned for more information on the 2026 update of the National Strategy later this month.
- ACL Report: Mapping Caregiver Navigation Services - An Environmental Scan of Current Practices
- NASHP webinar recording: How States Are Implementing the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers
- The Caregiver Nation Coalition (formerly Act on RAISE), led by NAC in solidarity with the aging, disability rights and patient advocacy communities, is bringing together stakeholders across the caregiving continuum to strengthen the National Strategy.
- NAC's Federal Funding Tracker enables advocates to track and understand federal funding allocations for critical programs that support family caregivers.
- SupportCaregiving.org, from NASHP, offers resources that employers, funders, managed care plans and states can use to implement the National Strategy.
- Grantmakers in Aging created an Action Guide For Philanthropy for SupportCaregiving.org and as part of its Family Caregiving Funders Community.
JAHF Grantee Resources
Supporting family caregivers is one of JAHF's three priority areas, and our grantees produce resources to better serve caregivers nationwide. Use and share the following resources in November and throughout the year:
Policy resources
- JAHF policy briefing recording: How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Implementation Affects Older Adults and Family Caregivers
- CARE Fund and JAHF webinar recording: Care and Work - Improving the Livelihoods of Family Caregivers and Care Workers
- National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) webinar recording: How States Are Advancing Caregiver Support through Multisector Plans on Aging
- NASHP brief: How States Are Leveraging Multisector Plans for Aging to Support Caregivers
- International City/County Management Association and NASHP 2026 Survey Results: Local Government Support for Family Caregiving
- NAC analysis: FY26 Federal Funding Snapshot for Family Caregivers
- Caregiver Nation Coalition advocacy resource: Work Requirements Exemption Toolkit for Family Caregivers
- Bipartisan Policy Center issue brief: AI's Impact on the Direct Care Workforce
For clinicians and other professionals
- Age-Friendly Health Systems Resources on Identifying and Documenting Caregivers of Older Adults, resources from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
- Resource Guide for Health Care Teams, a fact sheet from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and NASHP offering tools to help providers include family caregivers in care.
- Supporting Family Caregiver Engagement in Behavioral Health Systems and Treatment, a resource guide from NASHP.
- Caring for Those Who Care, a training curriculum developed by the Diverse Elders Coalition and hosted on the SAGECare platform to educate health, social service and aging professionals about the unique needs of diverse family caregivers.
- The Caring for Caregivers (C4C) model, developed by the RUSH Center for Excellence in Aging to incorporate family caregivers into the age-friendly care of older adults.
- Foundational Skills for Engaging Caregivers in Health Care course for health care teams from Caregivers As Partners in Care Teams (CAP-CT) at UCSF.
- Best Programs for Caregiving, an online resource for health care and social service organizations to select proven dementia caregiving programs for their patients and clients.
- The Caregiver Support Initiative from the Center to Advance Palliative Care, with guidance and learning opportunities to help health care organizations provide meaningful support to family caregivers.
For family caregivers
- My Health Checklist, a guide from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement designed to help older adults and their caregivers get the most out of their medical appointments. The guide is available in nine languages.
- Best Programs for Caregiving, an online resource for family caregivers to find proven dementia caregiving programs.
- FAIR Health offers actionable tools with healthcare cost information for older adults and family caregivers.
- Caregiver resources from the Family Caregiver Alliance.
Visit CAN's National Family Caregivers Month page.
Read about the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.
Learn more about JAHF's support of Family Caregiving.
