Last Updated on November 25, 2013
Research has shown that some young carers face many negative consequences because of their caring experiences, whereas others seem to be unaffected or even report greater well-being. To understand how caring for a family member or close friend can have…
Young people with caring responsibilities are often exposed to a lot of strain and stress. They need support and exchange. The Careum School of Health project "Young Carers between School and Work" (2017-6/2020), led to the first two Swiss services…
Serious illnesses, unfavourable medical prognoses or end-of-life care for carers are painful, life-shattering situations that challenge and overwhelm even adults. Children, adolescents and young adults who have to deal with such situations need the necessary help from their environment. There…
In Switzerland, around 8 per cent of children and adolescents aged 10 to 15 care for parents or siblings at home - over 51,000 children and young people! These young carers do an enormous amount of work, mostly in secret.…
The last webinar of Sharing Progress in Cancer Care “Spotlights on Improving Efficiency in Cancer Care - The case of the caregivers” was translated into an article on Cancer World. You will see below the contribution of our colleague Elizabeth…
The Swedish Family Care Competence Centre has recently started to offer digital group meetings for people who take care of someone with multiple disabilities and who speaks Arabic. The aim is to reach out to more carers in Sweden and…
Boom project is aimed to design digital reminiscence therapy interventions for older people, thus enhancing the availability of reminiscence-based, digital, informal adult education interventions for seniors. In doing so, the pan-European partnership is working closely with museums and archives: these…
Eurocarers warmly welcomes the adoption of key conclusions on Long-Term Care (LTC) by EU ministers for employment, social affairs and health. These conclusions clearly recognise the vital contribution of informal carers to LTC provision as well as their need for…
The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament just issued an interesting report on the possibilities and challenges related to ageing policy post-2020. We noted the following important points: Calls on the Commission to put forward a…
Why do you think it is important to talk about gender-based violence against all women, including those with disabilities? What messages do you want to share ? Within the Stay Safe project, these two questions were answered by 4 women…