Last Updated on November 25, 2013
Carers Finland celebrated its 30th anniversary by organizing the second Carers Parliament on European Carers Day on October 6th. Over 300 people, carers, care recipients, volunteers, professionals, researchers and policymakers, attended the online Parliament. In a panel discussion hosted by…
On the 6th of October, Nationellt kompetenscentrum anhöriga (The Swedish Family Care Competence Centre) organized a webinar to celebrate the second European Carers Day. Since the theme of this year’s European Carers Day was young carers, Nka’s webinar focused on…
On the occasion of European Carers’ Day, celebrated on October 6, the undersigned would like to express their continued support to giving a voice to informal carers and advocating their recognition, rights and interests. This year, we particularly welcome the…
In the framework of this year's European Carers Day, on the 6th of October, we are celebrating young carers across Europe. At this occasion, members of our Young Carers Working Group have developed a policy call to action to promote…
Please help us collect a large number of contributions to the InCARE survey on attitudes, experiences, and expectations on long-term care that was launched today. The aim of the survey is to understand how people view care for older people…
The theme of young family caregivers of older relatives is still partially uncovered, although the phenomenon is increasing worldwide. This Systematic Literature Review discusses methodological and content issues of ten articles covering this topic, in order to contribute to increase the knowledge…
It is estimated that 4–8% of youth in Europe carry out substantial care for a family member or significant other. To prevent adverse psychosocial outcomes in young carers (YCs), primary prevention resilience building interventions have been recommended. We describe the study protocol of…
In her State of the Union address on 15 September 2021, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced a new European Care Strategy to be put forward by the Commission. This new Strategy, forming part of the…
On the 29-31 May 2017 the 2nd International Young Carers Conference "Every child has the right to..." was arranged in Malmö, Sweden. It was s conference that focused on the issues of children as next of kin and young carers.…
This overview, ‘Children as next of kin in Sweden’, is a summary of eight reports on children as next of kin in Sweden. The government initiated a wide spreading development work, in which the National Board of Health and Welfare,…