UB’s Employee Assistance Program is offering a free lunchtime workshop series designed to help faculty and staff members who are caring for aging or ailing family members.

The “Caring for Others Brown Bag Series” will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in Park Hall, North Campus, on five consecutive Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 16 and running through Oct. 14. Topics range from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease to palliative care to the basics of the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

For more details and to register, visit EAP’s program registration website.

EAP also offers a monthly support group for caregivers. Sessions are held on the third Tuesday of the month, beginning in October, from noon to 1 p.m. in the conference room of the HRD Building, located on Sprague Road between Crofts Hall and the Beane Center on the North Campus.

Those interested in attending should RSVP to Susan Bagdasarian at 645-8167.