FCSC News

PERSEVERE is a national study funded by the National Institutes of Health, led by Dr. Jori Fleisher at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, testing an educational program for family caregivers of people with Parkinson’s Disease with cognitive impairment, Parkinson’s Disease Dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, or Lewy Body Dementia. PERSEVERE will test…

The USC Family Caregiver Support Center (FCSC) is offering a newly created, free caregiving training program to improve the skills and career opportunities for both paid and unpaid caregivers in Los Angeles County, especially for those who care for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The program is funded by…

University of California, Irvine; Alzheimer’s Orange County; and the Center for Caregiver Advancement are launching a free 8-week live virtual training course for informal (unpaid) caregivers of people living with dementia in southern California.

Alianza Latina is a study to support caregivers of Latinos with dementia through personalized phone calls and text messages at NO COST.

If you see an act of racial harassment, there is something you can do. Safely intervene as a bystander using the 5D’s: distract, delegate, delay, direct and document. Sign up for free bystander intervention trainings!

Masks continue to be required by everyone ages two and older, regardless of vaccination status, on public transit and within transportation hubs in Los Angeles County.

As California continues to promote home- and community-based care through the Master Plan for Aging and waiver programs, the importance and needs of family caregivers cannot be overlooked.

Older adults, families, and caregivers can now easily navigate and access a wide-range of age-friendly County services in our new centralized resource hub for older adults in LA County.