Last Updated on November 25, 2013
Pro Aidants becomes Swiss Carers - a name change that is more than just a new name. In recent years, the association has specialised in supporting family carers in Switzerland. Together with partners, the advocacy organization has successfully improved the…
On January 20th, Joana Vicenté, a doctoral student within the Informal Carers, Care and Caring Group, headed up by Professor Elizabeth Hanson at Linnaeus University in Sweden, successfully defended her thesis entitled “Combining informal care with paid work – An…
Towards the end of 2022, there was a potentially landmark decision of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in relation to the rights of unpaid/family carers. The case of Maria Simona Bellini v. Italy (3 October 2022, Communication…
In recent years, there has been growing international recognition of the term ‘young carers’ – children and young people up to 25 who help care for or support someone (often a family member) because of an illness, disability, frailty or…
Innovative working time arrangements, such as those introduced during the COVID-19 crisis, can bring benefits for economies, businesses and workers, including greater productivity and improved work-life balance. Reduced working hours and more flexible working time arrangements, such as those used…
Discover all the resources developed under the framework of the Hi-Ability Erasmus+ project! Hi-Ability adopts an original methodological approach, where the therapeutic-rehabilitation programme focuses on the socio-educational value of the natural environment. The general objective of the project is to…
Research shows that school health care staff at primary and secondary schools in Sweden rarely find out about children who have a role of a young carer. Anhörigas Riksförbund (The Swedish Carers’ Association) has therefore developed a methodological material aimed…
Last November 3, 4 and 5, our member Acufade, organized and hosted in Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain) the First International Care Congress. It gave opportunity to many professionals and authorities presenting different challenges, perspectives, activities, and projects related to family…
In 2022, Carers Trust published the final evaluation of its Working for Carers project, which supports unpaid carers and former carers, aged 25 and over, to move closer to employment. The project is delivered directly with carers by four Carers…
Together with the Children’s Society, Daniel Phelps undertook a literature review back in 2020. Due to Covid, this publication has just been published now. This literature review was carried out as part of The Department of Health and Social Care…