Last Updated on November 25, 2013
The article examines provisions governing reciprocal maintenance obligations in Ireland both from a historical perspective and in comparison with contemporary provisions in the EU28. Ireland is in a minority among EU states in lacking any provision in law for the…
The meeting was hosted by Instituto de Salud Carlos III. The discussion focused on the outcomes of the evidence review on web-based mutual aid groups conducted by ISCIII in the last months, and prepared for the upcoming work packages, i.e.…
This survey analyses the scope and intensity of informal care for the elderly residing in their homes in Slovenia and their determinants: the residing municipality of the care recipient, geographical distance between the informal carer and the care recipient, to…
All over Europe, there are children, teenagers and young adults who take care of an ill or disabled family member. Studies suggest that 1-2 teenagers in every school class are taking on those responsibilities. We call them Young Carers and…
The UK charity Partnership for Children has developed an inspiring school based programme – Zippy’s Friends - to promote the mental health and emotional wellbeing of young children. Starting from the recognition that modern life can be full of challenges…
Sabina is 16 years old and she cares for her mother who lives with a disability. Sabina has to carry out household activities and to provide her mother with practical and emotional help. Sabina does not always have the time…
The first project meeting was hosted by Anziani e Non Solo (ANS) on 27 November 2017 in Carpi (Italy). It gave the opportunity to the partners to review the content of the project, and to make sure they share the…
The relative unavailability of studies specifically addressing the issue of the impact on intimate relationships of Family Carers is worth noting. The majority of studies that have been undertaken often focus exclusively on the impacts of the disability on the…
The purpose of this discussion paper first published in December 2015 is to begin to unpick some of the issues which come to the fore when thinking about the mutuality of care (Williams & Robinson, 2001) that an increasing number…
Having a working definition of what ‘disability’ is, is crucial to any research- along with policy development and service provision- being conducted in the field. There are many such definitions of disability (Iezzoni & Freedman, 2008), many of which lay…