<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/downstate-update/2026/february/02-20-caregiver-appreciation-day.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>Downstate Health</categories><pubDate>02/20/2026 12:00:00 PM</pubDate><title>National Caregiver Appreciation Day at Downstate</title><sub-title>Caregiving does not end when the workday does.</sub-title><description>At Downstate, many of our faculty and staff spend their days caring for patients, teaching students, advancing research, and sustaining our operations. Then they return home and continue caring for aging parents navigating dementia or frailty, children who rely on advocacy and reassurance, and loved ones facing illness or disability.</description><author>Office of Communications &amp; Marketing</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/news-events/downstate-update/2026/february/_images/caregivers_day_icon_purple_green.png" alt="Caregivers Pin"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/downstate-update/2026/february/02-20-caregiver-appreciation-day.xml</loc><tags><tag>Campus Events</tag><tag>Commemorative Months</tag><tag>University Hospital at Downstate</tag></tags><categories><category>Downstate Health</category></categories></item>