Last Updated on November 25, 2013
Decision-makers can manage high expenditures as deaths increase and improve patient experience if they understand what drives end-of-life costs and if services find a better balance between treating disease and managing symptoms, a new policy brief recommends. The European Observatory…
Or colleagues from the Interessengemeinschaft pflegender Angehöriger in Austria have issued a series of 12 demands to their authorities. One of their demands is to support the carers of long-Covid sufferers. They namely demand that carers caring for someone with…
The Swedish Family Care Competence Centre (Nationellt kompetenscentrum anhöriga, Nka) actively responds to a number of consultation documents sent out by the government during the year. This makes it possible for Nka to influence policy and to raise awareness of…
Young carers are children and young people who provide care to a family member with a chronic illness, disability or other long-lasting care needs. They undertake a wide range of caring roles and activities (e.g. emotional support, personal care, housework…
Our colleagues from ZDUS in Slovenia report on their “Be connected” project whose aim is to improve health literacy about dementia: Are you an adult educator and ever wondered how to improve your skills on teaching about dementia-related issues? Do…
Eurocarers analysis of the 2021 National Resilience and Recovery Plans Read Eurocarers’ Position Paper Based on a rapid analysis of the 2021 National Recovery and Resilience Plans, this Position Paper aims to provide some pointers as to how the unprecedented…
Elizabeth Hanson, Eurocarers Board member, presented a series of best practices in a webinar in the framework of the “Spotlights on Improving Efficiency in Cancer Care” series, organized by SPCC (Sharing Progress in Cancer Care). This series is held within…
The Swedish Family Care Competence Centre (Nationellt kompetenscentrum anhöriga, Nka) leads a project about coordinator support for parents of children with disabilities. The project aims to test coordinator support within a Swedish context and see what factors influence the effect…
The InCARE survey is open for a few more weeks only. The aim of this survey is to understand how people view care for older people with support needs and how they assess long-term care systems. It is available in…
Cuidadores Portugal, our member from Portugal, won a prize given by TEVA in Champalimaud foundation as one of the best practices with their young carers project. This project aims to support 100 young carers giving them educational, psychological support and…