Virtual Caregiver Forum

In 2020, Penn Memory Center began holding virtual caregiver forums in response to the uncertainty and tension caregivers faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

These forums are a place for caregivers with a loved one in facility care and caregivers with a loved one at home to connect and gather. Our goal is to provide you with a virtual place to meet, share stories, gain new perspectives, and share coping strategies with others going through a similar experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We may not have all the answers, but we hope you will take this as an opportunity to feel a little bit more connected.

Forums for caregivers with a loved one at home

Upcoming forums for caregivers with a loved one at home are listed below. Click on the date to register.

• Friday, September 24, 2021 from 10 to 11 a.m. (Facilitated by Leah Fein)
• Friday, October 22, 2021 from 10 to 11 a.m. (Facilitated by Leah Fein)
• Friday, November 19, 2021 from 10 to 11 a.m. (Facilitated by Leah Fein)
• Friday, December 17, 2021 from 10 to 11 a.m. (Facilitated by Leah Fein)

Registration will close at 9 a.m. on the day of each forum. Contact PMC social worker Leah Fein at leah.fein@pennmedicine.upenn.edu with any questions.

Forums for caregivers with a loved one in facility care

Forums for caregivers with loved ones in facility care are facilitated by social worker Cynthia Clyburn via the BlueJeans meeting platform.

The forums are hosted on the second Thursday of every month from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m and the fourth Tuesday of every month from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Please email Cynthia at cynthia.clyburn@pennmedicine.upenn.edu to receive information about joining this forum.

Information regarding future forums will be sent out in Weekly InSight, a weekly newsletter highlighting the people and efforts that bring the knowledge we seek on Alzheimer’s disease and lifelong brain health ever closer insight. Click here to subscribe to InSight.

This class/program is free to patients/families seen at the Penn Memory Center and made possible from the philanthropic Caring Difference fund. Please consider making a donation so that we are able to continue offering support programs such as this.

If you are not affiliated with the Penn Memory Center, you are welcome to join this class/program if you make a donation of any amount to the Caring Difference fund.

Click here to donate. 

If you have questions about the forums, contact Felicia Greenfield, Alison Lynn, or Cynthia Clyburn.