The European Commission today presented a green paper to launch a broad policy debate on the challenges and opportunities of Europe's ageing society. It sets out the impact of this pronounced demographic trend across our economy and society and invites…
Background The Covid-19 pandemic represents a challenge for informal caregivers, who in many European countries are the major pillar of long-term care. It is the case in Germany. In order to explore how they experience caregiving during the “first wave”…
The European Social Network (ESN) has published an interesting report on long-term care. The report Putting Quality First – Contracting for Long-Term Care examines how public procurement and quality assurance policies can ensure better access to quality long-term care services. Read…
Across Europe, a substantial number of children and young people provide care to a family member or a friend who has a disability, chronic disease, frailty, addiction or other condition related to a long-term care need. These children – young carers–…
Pårørendealliansen (Norwegian alliance for informal carers) pushed for the need for a Norwegian strategy for carers. The Government took the challenge in 2018 and promised to deliver it in 2019. It was postponed once over to 2020, and then delayed…
In the scope of the anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, the European Institute for Gender Equality just published an important report on the gender inequalities in care and their consequences for the labour market. Read the full report…
About us Eurocarers is the European network representing informal carers and their organisations, irrespective of the particular age or health need of the person they are caring for. Our network currently brings together 71 carers’ organisations as well as relevant…
On 21 January 2021, the European Parliament issued and important resolution on the gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period This resolution calls on the Commission to collect disaggregated and comparable data on the provision of different types…
Shortly after the start of the pandemic ZOOM-projects were started in order to reach two groups of people. People with dementia and their care giving relatives. Both groups were particularly affected by the pandemic and the resulting restrictions, they had…
28 January 2021 | 09.30 – 13.00 CET | Save the Date and Register! Join the final event of the EU-funded Homes4Life project which will include an overall presentation of the Homes4Life vision, followed by a Roundtable featuring MEP Kim van…
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