Conversations in Caregiving
When the Person You Love Is Experiencing Brain Changes
Join us for an engaging conversation about caring for a loved one experiencing brain changes. The panel will discuss navigating the caregiving journey, experiencing grief, communicating through change, and maintaining connection with the person you love.
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A Conversation About Caregiving Through Brain Changes
Brain changes can affect memory, communication, behavior, decision-making, and relationships. For caregivers, these changes can bring new responsibilities alongside grief, uncertainty, and the need to find different ways to connect. This live conversation offers informed perspectives from professionals whose work centers on dementia care, grief support, and family connection.
Who Should Attend?
This webinar is designed for family caregivers, care partners, professionals, and anyone supporting a loved one living with brain changes. This may include changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, brain cancer, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and other neurological conditions.
Navigating Change
Consider how changes in memory, communication, behavior, and ability can shape daily caregiving and family relationships.
Grief During Caregiving
Explore the grief that can accompany diagnosis, changing roles, uncertainty, and the gradual losses caregivers may experience over time.
Connection Over Correction
Learn about a communication approach that prioritizes relationship, dignity, and connection when a loved one experiences dementia-related changes.
Caregiver Support
Hear perspectives on seeking support, making space for difficult emotions, and staying connected to your loved one throughout the caregiving journey.
Meet the Panelists
Sheli Monacchio and Holly Gainsboro bring professional knowledge and personal experience to a conversation about dementia care, grief, communication, and connection.
Sheli Monacchio
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, The Dementia Center
Sheli Monacchio is a Certified Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Care Trainer with 27 years of experience in non-clinical dementia care. She specializes in connection in dementia and teaches Connection Over Correction, a communication approach that helps families remain in a positive relationship with the person they love.
Holly Gainsboro
Founder, Golden Heart Grief Support & Education
Holly Gainsboro is a Grief Coach, Grief Support Specialist, and Grief Educator. Her late husband, Steven, died from glioblastoma in December 2010. For more than 12 years, Holly has supported people navigating grief, including women who have lost a loved one to a brain tumor or are caring for someone diagnosed with one. She provides individual support, facilitates groups, leads workshops, speaks on grief, contributed to Own Thy Stuff, and hosts the podcast Creating Space for Grief & Hope.
Part of the Conversations in Caregiving Series
This is the second webinar in Family Resource Network’s Conversations in Caregiving series leading up to the National Caregivers Conference. The series explores the caregiving journey across diagnoses and topics, including caregiver wellbeing, grief, brain health, financial literacy, new tools and innovations, and more.
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View the Recorded WebinarFrequently Asked Questions
What is this caregiver webinar about?
This live webinar focuses on caring for a loved one experiencing brain changes. The conversation will address the caregiving journey, grief, changing relationships, communication, and ways to maintain connection with the person you love.
Who should attend this webinar?
The session is designed for family caregivers, care partners, professionals, and anyone supporting a person living with brain changes. Participants from New Jersey and across the United States are welcome because the webinar is held online.
What conditions may involve brain changes?
Brain changes may occur with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, brain cancer, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and other neurological conditions. Experiences vary by person and diagnosis, and the webinar will address caregiving themes that can apply across conditions.
When is the live webinar?
The webinar takes place Monday, September 28, 2026, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. It is a live online event.
Who are the featured panelists?
The panel features Sheli Monacchio, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of The Dementia Center, and Holly Gainsboro, founder of Golden Heart Grief Support & Education.
What is Connection Over Correction?
Connection Over Correction is a communication approach taught by Sheli Monacchio. It helps families prioritize dignity, relationship, and positive connection when communicating with a person experiencing dementia-related changes.
How do I register?
Register online through GoToWebinar. After submitting the registration form, look for a confirmation email with information about joining the live session.
Does this webinar provide medical advice?
This webinar provides general educational information and caregiving perspectives. Speak with a qualified healthcare professional about symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, safety concerns, or decisions related to an individual’s care.
How is this webinar connected to the National Caregivers Conference?
This is the second webinar in the Conversations in Caregiving series leading up to the 2026 National Caregivers Conference. Pre-conference programming takes place Sunday, November 1, from 4:45 to 8:00 p.m. The full-day conference takes place Monday, November 2, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Register for a thoughtful discussion about brain changes, grief, communication, and maintaining connection throughout the caregiving journey.
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