Last Updated on November 25, 2013
In 2012, it was estimated that more than 5.6 million Canadian employees (35% of the workforce) had adult/elder care responsibilities (Fast et al, 2014). Lack of workplace support leads to consequences such as: carer-employees leaving the workforce/missing work; premature retirement;…
While some progress has been made in 2018, carers’ needs still largely remain to be addressed Following the introduction of a legal measure allowing to offer one’s holidays to someone (employees and police officers) with caregiving responsibilities toward an elderly,…
Today, the 'Sustainable Approach To Depression' report was launched in the European Parliament in Brussels, including contributions from Eurocarers regarding the need to support carers and adopt a whole-family approach as part of a sustainable approach on depression. Among other…
ENhANCE, a 36-month EU Erasmus Plus-funded project, is entering its second year. The overriding aim of the project is to improve the skills and career development opportunities for professional, graduate nurses by developing a reference European Curriculum for Family and…
A year ago, the EU Pillar of Social Rights reaffirmed that everyone has the right to affordable long-term care services of good quality, in particular home-care and community-based services. As we know already, the contribution by informal carers in the…
Jessica - Swedish member of the Eurocarers Young carers working group- has shared her personal experience as a little sister to an older brother with cerebral palsy and epilepsy from his birth. Read here the opinion “What about us?”, recently published…
Traditionally, the majority of the population of Ireland have lived in rural areas outside of large towns and cities. However, this has changed over time, and in 2016 just over 37% of the population lived in an ‘aggregate rural area’…
On the 21st of November, we had the honour of convening the Informal Carers Interest Group at the European Parliament. The theme of the day was EU Work/life balance initiative and the European Pillar of Social Rights – time for…
Today the international community celebrates the 29th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. States have committed to do everything in their power to protect and promote children’s rights to survive and thrive, to learn and grow,…
118 million EU citizens are still living at risk of poverty or social exclusion today. Evidence shows that informal carers are disproportionately affected by poverty and social exclusion, and that policies aimed at supporting them remain insufficient in the EU.…