International Young Carers Conference
Identify, listen and support
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the security of participants and their travel, and the uncertainties that remain for the near future, the organising committee has unanimously decided to postpone the 3rd International Young Carers Conference to May 2021, in Brussels, Belgium.
Need for data about Informal Care highlighted in UN Report
A report submitted by the Independent Expert to the Human Rights Council of the United…
21 September is #WorldAlzheimersDay – Call to Action issued at European level
The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, EFPIA, has issued a Call to Action…
Challenges and Recommendations for the Deployment of ICT Solutions for carers
Our colleague Alhassan Yosri, one of the Early Stage Researchers involved in the ENTWINE project…
Long-term care: The World Health Organization asks for recognition of and support for informal carers
In a Policy Brief published last July, the WHO details 11 policy objectives and key…
Covid and long-term care – a European overview
Vilans, one of our member organisations in the Netherlands, has mapped the government measures of…
Evolving gender differences in heath and care
The European Center for Social Welfare Policy and Research recently launched the FutureGEN project website,…
Cities and regions building homes for life – Register to EWCR workshop
Join the European Week of Cities and Regions workshop on 6 October titled "Cities and…
The recognition of informal carers is finally in sight in Belgium
From its creation in 2006, our Belgian member Aidants Proches took charge of the implementation…
End-of-life care toolkit for Carers at home
The Helix Centre, an innovation lab in Healthcare and a joint venture of the Imperial…
These migrant women are reinventing the home care system
Great initiative: a group of eight migrant women, all carers, supported by the Migrant Rights…
the impact of Coronavirus on young and young adult carers – a study by Carers Trust Scotland
Carers Trust Scotland has conducted a survey of young carers (aged 12 to 17) and…
Care4Dem: 85 people interested in the dissemination seminar in Portugal
The online webinar in Portugal took place on July 9 under the Care4Dem project. The…
EUROCARERS is the European network representing informal carers and their organisations, irrespective of their age or the particular health and care need of the person they are caring for.
Our aim is to advance the issue of informal care at both national and EU levels by:
- RAISING AWARENESS OF THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION MADE BY CARERS to health and social care systems and the economy as a whole, and of the need to safeguard this contribution;
- ENSURING THAT EU AND NATIONAL POLICIES TAKE ACCOUNT OF CARERS, i.e. promote social inclusion of carers, the development of support services for carers, enable them to remain active in paid employment and maintain a social life.
"What about the thousands of family carers who are caring 24/7 without essential respite & day care services? What about carer burnout?... where is the plan to address the crisis in tens of thousands of family homes." https://familycarers.ie/news-press-releases/2020/september/family-carers-have-grave-concerns-about-detail-of-hse-winter-plan
Webinar, 6 Oct. / Together with our @Homes4LifeH2020 partners we will be holding a #EURegionsWeek virtual workshop on age-friendly #housing and present the new Homes4Life EU Certification Scheme for #Ageing in Place. More info & registration: https://www.age-platform.eu/event/cities-and-regions-building-homes-life-virtual-session https://twitter.com/Homes4LifeH2020/status/1298901167267868672
Eurocarers is involved in the following projects
