Trualta

Trualta is an online learning platform that equips family caregivers with practical, hands-on skills through personalized lessons they can complete at their own pace. Offered to caregivers across Michigan through Area Agencies on Aging and partner organizations — usually at no cost to the caregiver — it puts professional-quality caregiver education within easy reach.

Rather than long lectures, Trualta delivers short, interactive modules focused on the skills caregivers actually need day to day: safely helping a loved one move and transfer, preventing falls, managing medications, understanding and responding to dementia-related behaviors, communicating effectively, and caring for one’s own physical and emotional health. The content personalizes to each caregiver’s circumstances, and many implementations pair the lessons with access to virtual support groups, blending learning with peer connection. Everything is available on demand, so caregivers can learn whenever they have a few minutes — including during the late-night hours when other support is unavailable.

This resource matters because hands-on caregiving skills directly affect safety (preventing injuries from unsafe transfers, for example) and reduce caregiver stress, yet most caregivers receive no formal training. An accessible, free online platform changes that. Because access is commonly provided through local aging-services organizations, the simplest path is to ask your Area Agency on Aging for a complimentary login. Learn more about Trualta at trualta.com, or contact your local Area Agency on Aging to get started.