Last Updated on November 25, 2013
World Mental Health Day is observed annually around the globe on 10 October. Since 1992, the global community unites on this day to raise awareness and reduce the stigma that surrounds people with mental health problems. This year's theme for World…
The report examines long-term care systems for people aged 65 or above in the 27 EU Member States. It reveals that long-term care challenges have become increasingly salient in recent decades in EU Member States’ policy and political agendas. At…
07/09/2022 Eurocarers’ Press Release regarding the EU Care Strategy Eurocarers warmly welcomes the EC call to identify and better support informal carers in its newly-adopted EU Care Strategy, and urges for a swift and full implementation across the EU The…
ZDUS and its partners on the Move your hands for dementia (MYH4D) project have set up a Community of Practice website, where adult educators who provide trainings on dementia, people with dementia and their carers can have their say. The…
Professor Saul Becker, former Andrew and Virginia Rudd Professor of Social Care Research and Education Practice at Cambridge University, has now moved to Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, as Institute Director and Professor of Children and Families. His new email is…
Our colleagues from Family Carers Ireland just published their biennial State of Caring report. This report sets out the findings of Ireland’s second national State of Caring survey undertaken by Family Carers Ireland between 19th January and 2nd March 2022.…
People with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) need to improve their cognitive functions in order to avoid the deterioration of their condition. Cognitive abilities can be improved by learning a foreign language. Due to the cognitive deficits of MCI people, conventional…
Eurocarers has teamed up with the European office of the World Health Organisation in Copenhagen to produce a factsheet on the impact informal care on carers' health and well-being. The document presents user-friendly data in the form of infographics on…
The UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing 2022 took place in Rome, Italy, from 16 to 17 June 2022. The Conference completed the fourth review and appraisal cycle (2018-2022) of the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing…
The European Commission launches a toolkit for implementation of EU NCDs Initiative “Healthier Together” which mentions the need to support carers of people with dementia. The “Healthier Together” toolkit identifies policies and practices to tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It also…