Last Updated on November 25, 2013
Throughout Europe, informal carers cover 80% of long-term care. Family members are the largest care providers for older, frail, disabled and chronically ill people of all ages. However, caring for a loved one often comes with a considerable personal cost to…
On February 18th 2021, Alzheimer Bulgaria Association took part in the 12th Panhellenic Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and 4th Mediterranean Conference on Neurodegenerative Diseases, the purpose of which is to present state-of-the-art research on dementia diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Angelina…
Within the Erasmus+ funded “Bridge” project 8 serious games, acting on cognitive and behavioural symptoms of dementia, have been created. The games have been designed based on the concept ideas of health professionals, game-designers, young volunteers, people with dementia and…
In the EU, the right to timely access the 'affordable, preventive and curative health care of good quality' and the right to 'affordable long-term services of good quality' are enshrined in the European Pillar of Social Rights (C(2017) 2600 final).…
Young people need professional support, which recognizes the real needs of their family members. A social entrepreneur is a person who pursues novel applications that have the potential to solve community-based problems. These individuals are willing to take on the…
“I tell you from my own experience; it’s hard to take care of someone 24 hours a day. What can I tell you, this is life." These are the words of a 66-years old informal carer from Ajdovščina (Slovenia) who…
AppForDem is an Erasmus+ Project that aims at creating a set of open educational and multilingual resources on dementia targeting informal carers as well as professionals taking care of with persons with dementia. The project is implemented by a transnational…
The interest group ‘Informal Carers Austria‘ provides caring relatives, friends and dedicated persons an internet platform addressing their needs. This group officially represents almost a million caring relatives in Austria. It provides support for the largest private long-term care organisations …
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…