Trends suggest an increasing share of family caregivers will be in the labor force, facing the dual demands of employment and caregiving responsibilities for relatives or close friends with a serious illness or disability.

On September 24, FSRTC conducted a webinar hosted by The Arc on a strategic plan for family caregiving support research … the plan identifies research topics related to exploration and discovery, services and interventions, and policy.

The aim is to understand the experiences of families who provide supports to a family member with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD).

With input from people with disabilities, family caregivers, health and service providers, the plan identifies research topics related to exploration and discovery, services and interventions, and policy…

On June 11, 2018, family support researchers, policymakers, program specialists and advocates met in Washington, D.C. to attend the State of the Science Conference on Family Support Research.

The BOLD Act would recognize Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias as public health issues and develop the infrastructure necessary to combat these diseases.

The Families Special Interest Group will plan some meaningful presentations and activities for the World Congress in Glasgow August 6-9, 2019. Please keep this conference in mind for presenting your future research on family support and IDD.

The Family Support Research and Training Center (FSRTC) aims to learn more about families’ needs in supporting family members with all types of disabilities across the lifespan, as well as current promising family support practices around the country.

FSRTC and partner The Arc have just released two new research briefs/infographics on the gaps in caregiver research related to children and older adults with disabilities and findings in the literature.