The EDY-CARE project aims to empower teachers and other school staff (e.g., school nurses, psychologists, social workers, management) in upper secondary education to recognise adolescent young carers (16-19 years old) in classes and maximize their learning opportunities, while ensuring their…
The training course for facilitators was implemented by the European Association for Social Innovation in September 2019 in Bucharest, allowing the piloting of the intervention to be started. The CARE4DEM training course for facilitators of mutual aid groups took place…
Eurocarers is a partner in this Homes4Life project that in a 2-year period aims to develop a European certification scheme for age-friendly housing. In December it reached its halfway mark. For more info, see the Homes4Life video here. Desk research…
If you are active in the field of community-based care or have contacts with community nurses, we would be keen to receive your feedback on what this project has developed so far. Please send an email to nk@eurocarers.org so that…
I never fail to be amazed by the warm welcome in the company of those who care about caregiving. Heading off on a Monday evening flight for the Scottish Carers Parliament in Edinburgh, with a fully packed two-day agenda, I…
The World Dementia Council is gathering meaningful dementia friendly initiatives around the world and invite you to submit yours through their survey Every day, individuals and organisations right across the globe are involved in dementia friendly initiatives. They are at…
WHO Press Release This policy brief critically examines the economic arguments for later retirement and longer working careers in response to population ageing. It supports the view that dominant policy approaches such as increasing the statutory retirement age are often…
WHO Europe Press Release Population ageing is not a major driver of increasing health-care spending – this is a key finding of two new studies to better understand how ageing impacts public revenues and expenditures for health, produced by the…
Our Italian member Associazione C'entro together with Scuola Centrale Formazione are organizing the 8th Edition of the international event DO YOUR MOB. This event is not targeted at carers but in case you are interested in staff mobility, here is some information on…
A new Eurocarers’ briefing is out. How can Eurocarers’ members make a meaningful use of the European Semester process, for advancing their advocacy and project work? This new Eurocarers’ briefing details the many hooks at our disposal in the Semester…
