It is with great sadness that we heard about the passing of Marijke Steenbergen on Thursday 23 August 2018. Marijke was the Director of one of our member organisations in the Netherlands – MOVISIE, she was a very dynamic, enjoyable…
On 25th and 26th June 2018, 10 adolescent young carers and young adult carers from 8 European States met in Brussels for the second face-to-face meeting of the Eurocarers Young Carers Working Group. The main aim of the meeting was to lay…
This paper is a supplement to Family Carer’s Ireland’s briefing paper Balancing Work and Care: International Challenges and Irish Perspectives. It provides relevant data from the 2011 and 2016 Irish Censuses to build a picture of working carers in Ireland…
This briefing paper examines the challenges related to the reconciliation of work and care, both for carers and for employers, in Ireland, situating the discussion within an international context. Such reconciliation is, given demographic trends, a pressing social and economic…
The article examines provisions governing reciprocal maintenance obligations in Ireland both from a historical perspective and in comparison with contemporary provisions in the EU28. Ireland is in a minority among EU states in lacking any provision in law for the…
The meeting was hosted by Instituto de Salud Carlos III. The discussion focused on the outcomes of the evidence review on web-based mutual aid groups conducted by ISCIII in the last months, and prepared for the upcoming work packages, i.e…
This survey analyses the scope and intensity of informal care for the elderly residing in their homes in Slovenia and their determinants: the residing municipality of the care recipient, geographical distance between the informal carer and the care recipient, to…
All over Europe, there are children, teenagers and young adults who take care of an ill or disabled family member. Studies suggest that 1-2 teenagers in every school class are taking on those responsibilities. We call them Young Carers and…
The UK charity Partnership for Children has developed an inspiring school based programme – Zippy’s Friends - to promote the mental health and emotional wellbeing of young children. Starting from the recognition that modern life can be full of challenges…
Sabina is 16 years old and she cares for her mother who lives with a disability. Sabina has to carry out household activities and to provide her mother with practical and emotional help. Sabina does not always have the time…
Eurocarers is a member of the Social Platform.