Today the Commission held the first meeting of the recently relaunched eHealth Stakeholder Group, as an on-line event. The group will support the Commission in the development of actions for the digital transformation of health and care in the EU.…
The United Kingdom Department of Health & Social Care has recently published a very useful Guidance for those under 25 who provide care for someone. This guidance is for young carers and young adult carers (see below). It will also be…
Eurocarers invites tenders from experienced consultants to establish a framework agreement for the provision of Evaluation services regarding the activities of our network in the area of advocacy and policy communication. More information here
We kindly invite you to take part in this important study on the reaction of patient organisation during the Covid pandemic. SURVEY AIM This survey hopes to: Discover how PATIENT ORGANISATIONS have reacted to the challenges of the pandemic. Quantify…
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…
