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title: Add relationships to Residents
description: "Create family relationships to residents. A relationship can be immediate family such as parents or siblings or cousins and aunts and uncles. Using relationships makes it easier when selecting multiple family members throughout lists in Empower Group Care. ## Create…"
url: "https://docs.empowercloudsolutions.com/docs/view-resident-information-in-resident-binder/"
updated: "2024-02-14"
category: Residents
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# Add relationships to Residents

Create family relationships to residents. A relationship can be immediate family such as parents or siblings or cousins and aunts and uncles. Using relationships makes it easier when selecting multiple family members throughout lists in Empower Group Care.

## Create a new resident relationship

To create a relationship both residents must exist in Empower Group Care. The following instructions assumes that all residents to be connected via relationships already exist in Empower Group Care.

1. In the sitemap, select **Residents**.
2. To view a resident, select **Action** and then **View** from the list.
3. In the relationships section, select **Add**.
4. Select a resident under **Select Relative** and then **select relationship** type.
5. Select **submit**.

### Editing and deleting existing relationships

To edit an existing relationship, select the edit icon, and select **update** to save your changes. To delete an existing relationship, select the delete icon.

#### See Also

[Manage residents](https://docs.empowercloudsolutions.com/docs/manage-residents//)
 [Assign residents to facility rooms](https://docs.empowercloudsolutions.com/docs/assign-residents-to-facility-rooms/)