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Do people who support someone who is grieving recognize themselves as caregivers? A study explored the role that individuals assign themselves when supporting someone close to them who is grieving. Our data show that they do not systematically consider themselves to be caregivers, but associate themselves with this role by describing it as complex and essential. Understanding the reality of grief can be a way to positively influence the recognition of caregiving. Here we present the results of research on this topic, drawing heavily on the comments of respondents.

Is recognizing family caregivers important for meeting their needs? This question arose from our participation in the 2025 summer school on organizational ethics, which focused on family caregiving. The summer school was organized by the Institute of Applied Ethics at Laval University and was held from August 26 to 28, 2025, in Quebec City, Canada. This article presents the main lessons learned from this event, reviewing the content presented by experts, CARs, and stakeholders in order to discuss the issues surrounding the recognition and support of CARs.

In recent years, the concepts of caregiver, burden, and respite have emerged in France. The development of home hospitalization, increasingly shorter hospital stays, advances in treatment, and longer life expectancy have led to rapid growth in the number of caregivers. Their number is estimated at over 9 million. Driven by these various observations, the Maison de répit de Tassin-la-Demi-Lune respite care facility was created in 2018. Six years after it opened, an assessment of the burden of care was carried out using the Zarit scale in order to measure the impact of the actions proposed and implemented within the facility and to share best practices in supporting caregivers.

The transition of seniors from long-term care facilities to emergency care has many shortcomings, including the integration of family caregivers (FCs). This article presents the results of a mixed-methods study aimed at describing FCs' perceptions in this context. The study highlights the need to recognize the expertise of FCs and consider their needs in order to ensure smooth transitions.

Therapy using dolls has been shown to be beneficial in numerous international studies, but remains under-researched in France. The Melun mobile geriatric team conducted a study in nursing homes within its network to assess its impact on psychological and behavioral symptoms. An average reduction of 28.4% in the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI-ES) score was observed after one week of using the empathy doll. These results confirm the data in the literature and provide local leverage to promote the use of empathy dolls in nursing homes.

Family caregivers of elderly cancer patients sometimes report emotional, physical, or financial strain, commonly referred to as burden. In a literature review conducted between 2012 and 2022, no study specifically evaluated support measures dedicated to caregivers. However, once the burden had been identified, all articles proposed integrating family members into multi-professional care programs, taking into account the associated factors.

Malnutrition in elderly patients with malignant blood disorders is a major public health issue. Despite significant therapeutic advances in oncohematology, nutritional care remains inadequate, even though it affects treatment tolerance, quality of life, and prognosis. In older people, nutritional status is often already compromised by physiological, psychological, and social factors, compounded by the deleterious effects of cancer and its treatments. This review details the mechanisms of malnutrition in this context, its clinical consequences, assessment tools, and management strategies, based on current recommendations and the results of major clinical studies.