Eurocarers' members have a new possibility to disseminate about a project or an initiative they are leading. The Social Platform, an alliance of Civil Society Organisations active at the EU level, of which Eurocarers is a member, organises every year…
In a Policy Brief published last July, the WHO details 11 policy objectives and key action points to prevent and manage COVID-19 across long-term care. One of them is to “provide support for family and voluntary caregivers”, including carers of…
The online webinar in Portugal took place on July 9 under the Care4Dem project. The event was organized by both Portuguese partners: Aproximar and CAS050+. We are happy to say that it was possible to reach many professionals since a…
Informal carers, left aside again? Informal carers play a central role in the provision of long-term care in Europe. Yet, despite the heavy price they often pay in their own health and economic status, they remain in the blind spot…
The European Center for Social Welfare Policy and Research published on the 23/6/2020 a new policy brief on co-financing residential care for older people. This publication aims to fill the gap of limited information on the policy and equity implications…
On 25 June, Eurocarers held an online seminar, to disseminate and discuss Care4Dem results. During the event, the project’s partners presented the Care4Dem’s comprehensive set of tools and guidelines, enabling stakeholders to implement easily the model and engage a commonly…
On the occasion of the multiplier event organised on 19 June in collaboration with the College of Nursing of Lleida and the University of Lleida , the regional television of Lleida conducted two interviews about the Care4Dem project during its…
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the global prevalence and risk of violence against adults with disabilities published in the Lancet during the past years, found that overall adults with disabilities are 1.5 times more likely to be victims of…
As announced by President von der Leyen in her Political Guidelines and set out in the mission letter of Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, the Commission will present a European plan to combat cancer and support Member…
Without social protection, the total costs of long-term care are very high. With the proportion of the population over 80 years-old projected to double by 2050 in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), growing numbers of older people…
