Last Updated on November 25, 2013
BooM is a 30 months pan-European Erasmus+ project, funded by the Polish national agency, aiming at enhancing the availability of reminiscence-based, digital, informal adult education interventions for seniors. Reminiscence therapy is the use of life histories – written, oral, or…
Due to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, carers in Sweden haven’t been able to receive support in the same way as before. Therefore, carer advocates/advisors working to support carers in the 290 municipalities across Sweden have had to adapt their…
The Erasmus+ funded TOGETHER project aims to raise awareness on young carers and to support them and their families. Young carers are children and young people providing significant or substantial care, assistance or support to family members who have a…
By Carers Trust The world’s leading researcher into young carers has joined Carers Trust, a leading UK charity for unpaid carers, as its first-ever Ambassador. Professor Saul Becker, whose own experiences caring for his grandmother as a child inspired three…
On 25 February, Anziani e Non Solo Cooperativa launched the e-learning platform of the EU project Dem@entoring, which is led by the Greek ICT expert Innosystems. The tool provides formal and informal caregivers of persons with dementia with capacity building…
As is the case in a number of countries currently rolling out Covd-19 vaccinations, family carers are not currently included on the Vaccine Prioritisation Programme in Ireland. Care Alliance Ireland recently published our Position Paper on Vaccine Prioritisation for Ireland's…
For the past three years, Care Alliance Ireland has been pleased to be part of a collaborative project with the University of Limerick and other partners on the topic of Patient & Public Involvement (PPI) in Health Research, funded by…
The European Parliament Informal Carers Interest Group, coordinated by Eurocarers, held a meeting on 23 February. This event, entitled, ‘Towards an ambitious EU initiative on long term care’, brought together MEPs and other policy makers as well as leading stakeholders…
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland along with our European partners from Norway and Belgium will be sharing about the Erasmus+ funded Later Stage Dementia Care - Blended Learning for Families Project. For more details and to register for this free…
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