Kristina Kokorelias is a PhD Candidate in the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute at the University of Toronto. Her primary research interest is to understand how family caregivers use services to support their caregiving role across the disease trajectory. Kristina’s PhD research includes a study of family caregivers to individuals with Alzheimer ’s disease to understand caregiving phases and caregivers’ corresponding needs for support across the disease trajectory. Kristina’s other interests include issues around home care, palliative care, dementia and caregivers’ experiences of care transitions.