Some governments officially and legally take over dormant bank account and other similar resources, that are apparently unused and unclaimed. There is usually a set time period of years in which there is no activity whatever on the account by…
Integrating Smart Textiles into Assistive Technology: A Successful Human-centered Case Study for the Silver Economy The three-year EU-funded Horizon 2020 project, MATUROLIFE, will be organising its final online event on 18th May. Learn more about this project, where Eurocarers together…
10-16 May is European Mental Health Awareness Week, a pan-European initiative that aims to raise awareness about the importance of mental health in our everyday lives. This year’s theme ‘Mental Health Matters’ will shed a spotlight on mental health as a…
Responding to a public consultation launched by the European Commission to identify the support needed to address the issues and seize the opportunities around ageing, Eurocarers has submitted a detailed contribution, stressing the need to take into account the challenges…
To celebrate its 30 years anniversary, Carers Finland produced a video about the aspects of family care. Four family carers tell their personal stories in the video. Furthermore Tarja Halonen, former President, one of the founders of Carers Finland, Anu…
Migrant carers in common with carers more generally, work tirelessly in support of those they care for, often without recognition and to the detriment of their own health and well-being. The project group has been working from Jan 2019 to…
A lot of things are affected when you have a sibling with a long-standing, chronic condition and/or disability. There can be positive and meaningful moments, but you can also have thoughts and feelings that are tough to handle. For example,…
At the forthcoming 3rd International Young Carers Conference co-hosted by Eurocarers and the Swedish Family Care Competence Centre (Nka)/Linnaeus University, Maria Boustedt Hedvall from the National Board of Health and Welfare Sweden together with Pauline Johansson from Nka and Linnaeus…
We are looking for older persons (+65) or informal carers to participate in an online session end April/ May, to provide your feedback on a prototype of a smart shirt developed in the research project Maturolife ….
International experts from Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, and Sweden are uniting to develop new treatment and care pathways for elderly patients with multiple chronic diseases. Funded by the EU Horizon 2020 program, ESCAPE is a €6.1 million, 4.5-year…
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