A fall. A missed medication. A stove left on. None of these are a crisis alone, but each raises the same question: how do you keep someone safe without taking away what makes their life feel like theirs? This session, closing our What Matters Most series, uses the 4Ms framework to assess safety concerns and find language that protects both safety and independence.

If you're the one who remembers the appointments and notices when something's off before anyone else does, you're doing caregiving work, whether or not it's ever been called that. This session examines how gender shapes the caregiving experience, from the disproportionate load many women carry to the stigma many male caregivers face, and what a more equitable support system could look like.