“Raise awareness of the important role family caregivers play in our healthcare system.”
“Educate communities about the challenges caregivers face and the support they need.”
“Connect caregivers with trusted resources that make their journey a little easier.”
“Honor caregivers for their commitment, resilience, and love.”
National Family Caregivers Month (NFCM) is a time to recognize and honor family caregivers across the country. It offers an opportunity to raise awareness of caregiving issues, educate communities, and increase support for caregivers. The national observance is spearheaded by CAN, a nonprofit that provides free education, peer support, and resources to family caregivers. CAN announced the 2025 theme, Plug-in to Care, “focusing on connection—helping caregivers Plug-in to Care and easily connect to vital support tools, networks, and educational resources.”
Families as Allies is grateful for this recognition of caregivers and the need for readily accessible, practical resources. We are family caregivers, and we know the toll caregiving can take on us and on all of you who are in those same shoes. We are committed as an organization to provide information and support to family caregivers and advocate for policies that help family caregivers, including those for more and different types of respite.
These are some national resources related to family caregiving:
Even if you are not a family caregiver, you likely know someone who is. We encourage you to consider ways you can support the family caregivers you know. We notice and appreciate your support.
Sometimes people encourage family caregivers like us to be sure and “take care of ourselves.” We understand that comes from a caring place, but we gently and respectfully ask you to think about this: It doesn’t always help us to hear those words. If it were easy—or, on some days, even possible—to take care of ourselves, we probably would have done that by now. We have become very good at figuring things out and being resourceful.
Please take some time to learn from us what it’s like to be in our shoes and then stand with us in the ways that matter the most to us. You are part of our village and mean the world to us.
