Last Updated on November 25, 2013
In order to discover how family carers in Ireland are using – and could be using – online services and supports, Care Alliance Ireland (in consultation with the National Carers Week partner organisations) undertook a survey of Irish family carers in April 2019. 300 family…
The European Association for Social Innovation held the CARE4DEM’s multiplier event on the 6th of June 2019, in Bucharest, Romania. The event started with a presentation of the needs of informal carers of people with dementia, which have been at…
On June 14th and 15th, 2019, an international conference will be held at Sant’Eugenio Hospital in Rome to conclude HERO (Housing: an educational European ROad to Civil Rights). The three-year-long project was promoted and coordinated by the Department of Mental Health…
Learn more about developments for smart, functional and assistive technologies to increase independence The innovative user-driven technology project, Maturolife, aims to increase the quality of life and independence of older adults by creating smart clothing, footwear and furniture with an…
Up to 40% of hospitalised seniors are frail and most want to return home after discharge. Inaccurate estimation of risks in the hospital may lead to inadequate support at home. This study aimed to document convergences and divergences between risks…
Our member Family Carers Ireland has issued a study together with the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems. Did you know that informal care saves the state 10 billion euros a year? Read…
The Commission has asked us to inform you about the publication of a call for proposals on long-term care under the Programme EaSI (Progress axis). Here are the details of the call: Title: Call for proposals on social innovation and…
We invite you to read the policy brief written by Tiziana Nazio and edited by Daniela Vono de Vilhena for Population Europe on the informal support to older persons. Key Messages: The gender pay gap and other risks linked to…
RECODE-DCM is an international, multi-disciplinary consensus project led by the AOSpine Knowledge Forum Spinal Cord Injury and the University of Cambridge. The project aims to define the research priorities, establish a minimum dataset for clinical studies and agree on the definition of degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM).…
Informal care is generally defined as unpaid care provided to older and dependent people by a person with whom they have a social relationship, such as a spouse, parent, child, other relative, neighbour, friend or other non-kin. This care is…
