I never fail to be amazed by the warm welcome in the company of those who care about caregiving. Heading off on a Monday evening flight for the Scottish Carers Parliament in Edinburgh, with a fully packed two-day agenda, I…
The World Dementia Council is gathering meaningful dementia friendly initiatives around the world and invite you to submit yours through their survey Every day, individuals and organisations right across the globe are involved in dementia friendly initiatives. They are at…
WHO Press Release This policy brief critically examines the economic arguments for later retirement and longer working careers in response to population ageing. It supports the view that dominant policy approaches such as increasing the statutory retirement age are often…
WHO Europe Press Release Population ageing is not a major driver of increasing health-care spending – this is a key finding of two new studies to better understand how ageing impacts public revenues and expenditures for health, produced by the…
Our Italian member Associazione C'entro together with Scuola Centrale Formazione are organizing the 8th Edition of the international event DO YOUR MOB. This event is not targeted at carers but in case you are interested in staff mobility, here is some information on…
In collaboration with the World Health Organization, Tilburg University and Vilans have launched a European survey researching what values matter to different people in integrated health services. The web-based survey is aimed at a broad variety of stakeholders: users, informal…
What if? Could technologies respond to the challenges associated with the ageing European population? While future assistive technologies for elderly care are promising, current technologies are not used to their full potential. Effective change should target all social groups, not…
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovation Training Network (ITN) ENTWINE, is preparing to conduct a multi country survey (largely online) with informal caregivers. ENTWINE is currently looking for partner organizations to help distribute the survey in additional countries not currently covered by the…
We are pleased to share with you this very promising update from the Norwegian alliance for informal Carers, our member from Norway: After Pårørendealliansen (Norwegian alliance for informal Carers) launched the idea for a National Carers Strategy in 2016,…
PRESS RELEASE for the ME-WE project Across Europe, a substantial number of children and young people provide care (emotional, personal, practical, financial) to a family member or a friend who is an older person, has a disability, chronic disease,…
