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Sustainable Caregiving for Care Partners of People with Primary Brain Tumors

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 9:30am to 11am

+ 3 dates

  • Wednesday, October 21, 2026 9:30am to 11am
  • Wednesday, October 28, 2026 9:30am to 11am
  • Wednesday, November 4, 2026 9:30am to 11am

An 8-week Online Course Learn evidence-based skills to help make your caregiving sustainable. Each class has its own theme and the opportunity to practice new skills in a safe place, so they’re more available during the days ahead. Themes include:
• Attentional balance and grounding
• Stress responses and meeting difficult emotions
• Positive intention setting
• Self-compassion
• Challenging relationships and patients’ concerns around “being a burden”
• Re-framing chronic sorrow and ambiguous loss
• Finding balance and growth in adversity
• ‘What works for me?’ -- wellness practice - journals to cultivate a positive mindset

Wednesdays, 9/16/26 - 11/4/26
9:30 – 11:00 AM PST
Cost: Free - Registration required by 9/19
Limited to 23 participants, minimum of 5

To Register: https://scno2026.eventbrite.com
Or contact: Gayle.Kojimoto@ucsf.edu | 415.509.8645

About the Facilitator
Judy Long is a palliative care chaplain and 
educator at UCSF with a deep commitment to care 
for caregivers, both family members and clinicians, 
based on her experience in hospital and hospice 
chaplaincy and facilitating grief and family caregiver 
support groups. 

The UCSF Neuro-Oncology Gordon Murray Caregiver Program in partnership with the UCSF MERI Center for Education in Palliative Care.

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