The Alzheimer's Association has joined a three-year partnership (2026-2028) with Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging and Family Caregiver Alliance to expand the Best Programs for Caregiving (BPC) database, a free directory of evidence-based dementia care programs. For working dementia caregivers, the expansion means a bigger, more visible list of vetted support programs — but it does not create any new workplace benefit or employer policy on its own. The partnership connects three organizations that already work in caregiver support, pooling their reach to get more families to proven programs earlier. Below is what the expansion actually changes, what it means if you're juggling a job and caregiving duties, and where the database's limits are.
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Table of Contents
- What the partnership actually does
- What the BPC database is and who it reaches
- Does this help with workplace caregiving specifically?
- What a working caregiver can do with this now
What the partnership actually does
The Alzheimer's Association announced the three-year agreement on Aug. 17, 2026, committing to work alongside Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging and Family Caregiver Alliance on the BPC database through 2028, according to the Alzheimer's Association's announcement. Family Caregiver Alliance confirmed the same scope three days later, welcoming the Alzheimer's Association as a new partner in the collaboration, per Family Caregiver Alliance's post.
Under the agreement, the Alzheimer's Association will sit on BPC's working groups, co-author research on caregiving programs, and may add its own programs to the shared database, according to Family Caregiver Alliance. The stated goals are raising awareness of proven caregiver resources, getting families connected to support earlier in the caregiving journey, and pushing health systems and community organizations to adopt program models with demonstrated results, per the Alzheimer's Association. In practice, this is an institutional expansion of an existing tool rather than a new program. The partnership adds a major national organization's resources and visibility to a database that already existed.
What the BPC database is and who it reaches
BPC is a free public directory listing nearly 50 top-rated dementia support programs across the country, maintained by Family Caregiver Alliance and Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, according to the BPC site. Families can search by zip code and filter results by delivery method — in-person, online, or phone — and each listing includes program outcomes and enrollment details. The caregiver-facing version of BPC launched in October 2024, extending a professional-facing database of the same evidence-based programs that Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging and Family Caregiver Alliance first built in 2020, per a PR Newswire release.
The 2026 partnership builds on that two-year-old caregiver tool rather than replacing it. The expansion targets family caregivers of people with dementia broadly across the U.S. No source in the 2026 announcement describes a separate track or dedicated resources for caregivers who are also employed, according to the Alzheimer's Association and Family Caregiver Alliance announcements from Aug. 17-20, 2026.
Does this help with workplace caregiving specifically?
Not directly. BPC is a caregiver-facing resource finder — it helps you locate a support program near you — not an employer benefit or workplace accommodation. A 2025 peer-reviewed analysis found that BPC-listed programs mostly address deficit-focused, medical, and well-being outcomes, with few programs covering positive caregiving aspects or service-use outcomes, meaning workplace supports aren't a focus of the database's current program mix, according to the study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions.
If you need something your employer offers — flexible scheduling, caregiver leave, or an on-the-job support group — that's a separate category of resource. Sinai Health's "Working CARERS" is one example of an employer-offered program built specifically for staff balancing a job with caring for someone with dementia, per Sinai Health. Programs like that come from your employer or health system, not from the BPC listing.
- BPC database: helps you find community or clinical caregiver-support programs by location.
- Employer-based programs (e.g., Working CARERS): helps you balance a job with caregiving duties, offered through your workplace or its health system partner.
- These two categories don't overlap in the current BPC listings, so check with your employer or HR department separately for workplace-specific support.
What a working caregiver can do with this now
Start by searching BPC by zip code to see what programs are near you, filtering for phone or online delivery if an in-person program doesn't fit your work schedule, per the BPC directory. Each listing shows program outcomes and how to enroll, so you can compare a few options before committing time you don't have to spare. Separately, ask your employer or HR department whether it offers a dementia-specific caregiver program, since those arrangements exist outside BPC and aren't searchable through the directory.
If your workplace doesn't have one, a program like Working CARERS shows what that kind of support can look like, and you can point your employer to it as a model, per Sinai Health. Expect the BPC database itself to grow over the next three years as the Alzheimer's Association contributes programs and co-authors research with its new partners, according to Family Caregiver Alliance. That growth is likely to add more geographic coverage and program variety, even though the current evidence base skews toward medical and well-being outcomes rather than employment-related ones.
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