Last Updated on November 25, 2013
10-16 May is European Mental Health Awareness Week, a pan-European initiative that aims to raise awareness about the importance of mental health in our everyday lives. This year’s theme ‘Mental Health Matters’ will shed a spotlight on mental health as a…
Date: 12 May 2021 Time: 16:00- 17:00 CET How are health inequalities between men and women progressing? Is the gender gap in informal caregiving for older people narrowing? These are a just a few questions that the Data Navigator seeks…
Responding to a public consultation launched by the European Commission to identify the support needed to address the issues and seize the opportunities around ageing, Eurocarers has submitted a detailed contribution, stressing the need to take into account the challenges…
To celebrate its 30 years anniversary, Carers Finland produced a video about the aspects of family care. Four family carers tell their personal stories in the video. Furthermore Tarja Halonen, former President, one of the founders of Carers Finland, Anu…
European Parliament Informal Carers Interest Group STATEMENT: The Social Pillar Action Plan: the basis of a comprehensive EU Strategy on Care and Caring The European Parliament Informal Carers Interest Group warmly welcomes the recent adoption of the European Pillar of…
Migrant carers in common with carers more generally, work tirelessly in support of those they care for, often without recognition and to the detriment of their own health and well-being. The project group has been working from Jan 2019 to…
A lot of things are affected when you have a sibling with a long-standing, chronic condition and/or disability. There can be positive and meaningful moments, but you can also have thoughts and feelings that are tough to handle. For example,…
Eurocarers strongly believes that the Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights released by the European Commission provides a roadmap to a more equitable and social Europe and resonates well with EU citizens, especially in the context…
At the forthcoming 3rd International Young Carers Conference co-hosted by Eurocarers and the Swedish Family Care Competence Centre (Nka)/Linnaeus University, Maria Boustedt Hedvall from the National Board of Health and Welfare Sweden together with Pauline Johansson from Nka and Linnaeus…
We are looking for older persons (+65) or informal carers to participate in an online session end April/ May, to provide your feedback on a prototype of a smart shirt developed in the research project Maturolife ….