Last Updated on November 25, 2013
We are happy to share a call for papers on carer breaks for a special issue of Frontiers. The closing date is end March 2024. Enhancing support for unpaid carers who look after family members or friends is a global…
We are pleased to share an interesting open access paper recently published: Qualitative paper on social identity and online support groups The purpose of this study was to explore whether a sense of collective or shared group identity was developed…
We are pleased to share an interesting open access paper recently published: Scoping review on online support groups for family carers Caregiving can affect people of all ages and can have significant negative health impacts on family caregivers themselves. Research…
On March 8, Irish people will vote in two referendums to change the Constitution’s references to ‘women in the home’, insert recognition for family carers and expand the definition of the family. Specifically, the referendums will seek approval for the…
Our Greek colleagues from EPIONI successfully organised the two-day event “Active and healthy ageing for people with mental health problems or neurodevelopmental difficulties”. The first part of the event took place on 12.12.2023, at the Metropolitan College, at 42 Akadimias…
Our German colleagues from wir pflegen published a new study and position paper on 10 January 2024. The long paper contains 26 pages of a meticulous analysis of data from Germany’s government and care insurance reports. These provide evidence, with…
Hold My Hand is a project financed by European Erasmus+ funds, which brings together a consortium of 4 European countries (Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Sweden). One of the main objectives of this project is precisely to produce and develop socio-pedagogical…
Ensuring greater social protection for self-employed people has been the subject of much policy debate in recent years. In 2019, the Council of the European Union adopted a recommendation on access to social protection for workers and the self-employed. Sudden…
International associations representing patients (International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations - IAPO), informal carers (Eurocarers), and palliative care professionals (International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care – IAHPC, and the International Children’s Palliative Care Network - ICPCN) call on governments to…
Informal carers are families, friends, neighbours who provide (mostly) unpaid long-term care outside of a professional context. Women provide the lion’s share of this care. Why do informal carers matter? Demographic ageing significantly challenges the sustainability of our care systems,…
