Young people need professional support, which recognizes the real needs of their family members. A social entrepreneur is a person who pursues novel applications that have the potential to solve community-based problems. These individuals are willing to take on the…
“I tell you from my own experience; it’s hard to take care of someone 24 hours a day. What can I tell you, this is life." These are the words of a 66-years old informal carer from Ajdovščina (Slovenia) who…
AppForDem is an Erasmus+ Project that aims at creating a set of open educational and multilingual resources on dementia targeting informal carers as well as professionals taking care of with persons with dementia. The project is implemented by a transnational…
The interest group ‘Informal Carers Austria‘ provides caring relatives, friends and dedicated persons an internet platform addressing their needs. This group officially represents almost a million caring relatives in Austria. It provides support for the largest private long-term care organisations …
BooM is a 30 months pan-European Erasmus+ project, funded by the Polish national agency, aiming at enhancing the availability of reminiscence-based, digital, informal adult education interventions for seniors. Reminiscence therapy is the use of life histories – written, oral, or…
Due to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, carers in Sweden haven’t been able to receive support in the same way as before. Therefore, carer advocates/advisors working to support carers in the 290 municipalities across Sweden have had to adapt their…
The Erasmus+ funded TOGETHER project aims to raise awareness on young carers and to support them and their families. Young carers are children and young people providing significant or substantial care, assistance or support to family members who have a…
By Carers Trust The world’s leading researcher into young carers has joined Carers Trust, a leading UK charity for unpaid carers, as its first-ever Ambassador. Professor Saul Becker, whose own experiences caring for his grandmother as a child inspired three…
On 25 February, Anziani e Non Solo Cooperativa launched the e-learning platform of the EU project Dem@entoring, which is led by the Greek ICT expert Innosystems. The tool provides formal and informal caregivers of persons with dementia with capacity building…
As is the case in a number of countries currently rolling out Covd-19 vaccinations, family carers are not currently included on the Vaccine Prioritisation Programme in Ireland. Care Alliance Ireland recently published our Position Paper on Vaccine Prioritisation for Ireland's…
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