Live Event

Supporting Clients As They Navigate the Caregiving Journey: Tools Tips Resources for Clinicians

Sat, Sep 27th, 2025

11:45am – 3:00pm US Eastern Time

Part of: Aging Summit: Knowledge for Care

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Conference Details

Aging Summit: Knowledge for Care

September 25 – 27, 2025 See agenda for times

Up to 17 CE hours available

10 Sessions

About the Event

Over 60 million people are living in the United States with a disability. For individuals with juvenile-onset conditions, as well as those with acquired disabilities across the lifespan family caregivers often provide some level of care and support. Recent reports estimate that over 53 million family caregivers provide care to a loved one (National Alliance for Caregiving, 2020). Due to increasing lifespans and other factors, the number of family caregivers is expected to increase. The recent pandemic has only exacerbated the challenges for care recipients and their family caregivers when considering the need for services, lack of providers, and service navigation challenges. In addition, compounding challenges and demands posed by the pandemic unveiled the complex realities associated with finding direct service providers and respite care for care recipients who are often at risk for being isolated and underserved. Family caregivers often face many challenges that may be compounding by their own aging, caring for multiple loved ones, and balancing their caregiving responsibilities with other roles (e.g., employment, family life). This training provides a current look a the state of family caregiving in the United States. An overview of the current realities of caregiving, caregiver outcomes, and policies and strategies to support caregivers will be discussed. Professionals working in all facets of health and human services will likely work with care recipients and caregivers in their career. This training will equip participants with the knowledge of trends and pragmatic strategies to support caregivers and care recipients in today's evolving world.

Live Event

This live online event will be held as a Zoom Webinar. Attendees will have the option to interact through features such as the Chat and Q&A, but cameras and microphones will not be enabled.

Live Event Instructor

Christina Marsack-Topolewski

Dr. Christina Marsack-Topolewski is an associate professor of Social Work in the College of Health and Human Services at Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Marsack-Topolewski received her PhD in Social Work with a dual title in Gerontology from Wayne State University. She has worked with individuals with various intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) for 20 years. Her research focuses on individuals with autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities, their caregivers, advance care planning, the service delivery model, and service utilization. She has over 90 publications in national and international journals and encyclopedias, mainly focusing on individuals with IDDs, caregiving, as well as services and supports. In addition, she has presented her work locally, nationally, and internationally.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for an interprofessional audience of healthcare providers, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT's, nurses, medical doctors, and dietitians.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

1 Describe the emotional, physical, financial, and social challenges commonly faced by family caregivers in the United States.
2 Summarize the short- and long-term consequences of caregiving on family caregivers, including stress, burnout, and health outcomes.
3 Identify the roles of formal and informal social support systems in assisting care recipients and family caregivers.
4 Identify innovative strategies that healthcare providers can use to support family caregivers.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). CDC: 1 in 4 US adults live with a disability. https://www.cdc.gov/ media/releases/2018/p0816-disability.html

Hazzan, A. A., Dauenhauer, J., Follansbee, P., Hazzan, J. O., Allen, K., & Omobepade, I. (2022). Family caregiver quality of life and the care provided to older people living with dementia: qualitative analyses of caregiver interviews. BMC geriatrics, 22(1), 86. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02787-0

Jika, B. M., Khan, H. T., & Lawal, M. (2021). Exploring experiences of family caregivers for older adults with chronic illness: a scoping review. Geriatric Nursing, 42(6), 1525-1532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.10.010

Marsack-Topolewski, C. N., & Graves, J. M. (2020). “I worry about his future!” Challenges to future planning for adult children with ASD. Journal of Family Social Work, 23(1), 71-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2019.1578714

Marsack-Topolewski, C. N. (2021). Receipt of social support among compound and noncompound caregivers of adults with autism. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 64(2), 175-189. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2020.1834045

National Alliance for Caregiving. (2020). 2020 report: Caregiving in the US. https://www.caregiving.org/wp=content/uploads/2020/06/AARP1316_RPT_CaregivingintheUS_WEB.pdf

Reinhard, S. C., Caldera, S., Houser, A., & Choula, R. B. (2023). Valuing the invaluable 2023 update: strengthening supports for family caregivers. AARP Public Policy Institute, 10. https://doi.org/10.26419/ppi.00082.006

Zhai, S., Chu, F., Tan, M., Chi, N. C., Ward, T., & Yuwen, W. (2023). Digital health interventions to support family caregivers: An updated systematic review. Digital health, 9, 20552076231171967. https://doi.org/10.1177/2055207623117196

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