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Annual Caregiving Conference 2025- From Story to Strategy: Empowering Caregivers, Shaping Policy
December 2 @ 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Benjamin Rose invites you to join us for our Annual Caregiving Conference, From Story to Strategy: Empowering Caregivers, Shaping Policy, on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This year’s full-day conference will explore two central themes: the caregiver experience and the policies that can better support caregivers, such as paid family caregiver leave.
The morning session will open with remarks from Regina Brett, bestselling author, Cleveland Jewish News journalist, and a caregiver with her own experiences of navigating the often difficult world of dementia care. These remarks will be followed by keynote speaker and esteemed author Dasha Kiper. Kiper will share insights on why caregiving can feel so overwhelming, drawing from brain science to explain the challenges of adapting to illness—and how caregivers can navigate these struggles.
Attendees will also hear firsthand experiences from a panel of local caregivers, moderated by Tiffany Tarpley of Good Morning Cleveland.
In the afternoon, the focus will turn to current and emerging caregiver policies, with perspectives from organizations such as Collaborate Cleveland, the Alzheimer’s Association and the Ohio AARP chapter.
Tickets are $60 for professionals, with continuing education credits available for social workers. Registration and breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m., and conference activities will kick off at 9:00 a.m. All sales are final.
If you wish to register a group, please contact Megan Huth at [email protected].
Agenda
| 8:30 AM | Registration |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Housekeeping Orion H. Bell IV |
| 9:05 AM | Caregiving That Starts From the Heart Makes Every Heart Stronger Regina Brett |
| 9:35 AM | Your Brain on Caregiving – Keynote Presentation Dasha Kiper |
| 10:50 AM | Break |
| 11:00 AM | Caregiver Panel Moderated by Tiffany Tarpley |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch – Tabling and Popup Bookshop with Mac’s Backs |
| 12:45 PM | Bradley Cooper Film Snippet |
| 1:15 PM | Golden Buckeye Center for Dementia Caregiving – What’s New for 2026! Morgan Fitzgerald – Golden State Buckeye Center for Dementia Caregiving Research and Advocacy at Benjamin Rose David Bass |
| 2:00 PM | Policy Roundtable Moderated by Orion Bell Abby Westbrook, CEO of Collaborate Cleveland Jenny Carlson, OH AARP Trey Addison, Alzheimer’s Association OH Chapter Orion Bell, Benjamin Rose, moderator |
| 3:00 PM | Conclusion |
Apply for a Scholarship
Are you a student or caregiver interested in the conference topics? Apply for a scholarship to the Caregiving Conference for the opportunity to attend this year’s event free of charge. The scholarship is open to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as family caregivers who want to deepen their understanding of caregiver experiences and policy solutions that support them. Apply here: https://benrose.wufoo.com/forms/z187nhpa1b20j24/.
Keynote Speaker
Dasha Kiper
After receiving her MA in clinical psychology from Columbia University, Dasha Kiper became a live-in caregiver for a holocaust survivor suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. For the past fifteen years, she has supported family and professional caregivers and mental health professionals. She was the clinical director of support groups at an Alzheimer’s organization and is currently the director of caregiver support at Renewal Memory Partners. Her book Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain, published to wide acclaim both in the U.S. and abroad, interweaves case histories and brain science to illuminate the neurological challenges facing family caregivers.
Sponsor the Caregiving Conference
By joining us as a sponsor, your organization will demonstrate its leadership in supporting the caregiving community while gaining visibility among a diverse and engaged audience. For more information on sponsorship opportunities, contact Jen Cosma at (216) 373-1688 or [email protected]. Download the sponsorship prospectus here.
Individual vendor tables are sold out! You can still be a vendor by purchasing a Bronze level sponsorship or higher.
To be added to the vendor only waitlist, please email [email protected].
Online sponsor payments can be made here.
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