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 Homes4Life project together with Housing Europe, the Centre for Ageing Better, and the European Social Network organised a webinar on 30 June about age-friendly housing in the context of COVID-19. Our homes and living environments are a key determinant…
Caring when the doors closed, both from the inside and from outside Norways 800 000 carers (population of 5.3 million) provide almost half of the care for sick an disabled family-members and friends. That means that our health care system is…
COVID19 has disproportionally affected older people, impacting on the provision of Long-Term Care dramatically over recent months. During the period of confinement mortality in care homes significantly increased and social contact with older people was restricted in order to protect…
EuroHealthNet launched an online guide for financing health promoting services. Good health and wellbeing is a value in itself but also arguably our greatest social and economic asset. Relatively few resources however, go into fostering this asset by promoting health…
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…
The Homes4Life partnership is delighted to invite you to its webinar Age-friendly housing after COVID-19: did the pandemic impact the way we see our homes? do we still want to age in place? and how? Save the date ! Tue,…
EUROCARERS is a partner in the ENhANCE project, funded by the ERASMUS+ programme which aims to target a skills mismatch in primary health care by defining a Professional Profile for the Family and Community Nurse (FCN) and developing and piloting…
EUROCARERS is a partner in the MATUROLIFE project funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 programme. MATUROLIFE aims to develop fashionable assistive technologies to make older persons’ lives easier and more independent. To develop these technologies – a smart sofa,…
