Last Updated on November 25, 2013
Despite the despite the centrality of care to our everyday lives and the enormity of family carers’ unpaid contribution, two reports recently published by Family Carers Ireland show that carers are paying the price for inadequacies in public systems of…
The EDY-CARE project aims to empower teachers and other school staff (e.g., school nurses, psychologists, social workers, management) in upper secondary education to recognise adolescent young carers (16-19 years old) in classes and maximize their learning opportunities, while ensuring their…
The training course for facilitators was implemented by the European Association for Social Innovation in September 2019 in Bucharest, allowing the piloting of the intervention to be started. The CARE4DEM training course for facilitators of mutual aid groups took place…
Do you know a young person who is… often late or missing days or weeks off school for no reason? often tired, anxious or withdrawn? having problems socially or with making friends? conversely, do they get on well with adults…
Eurocarers is a partner in this Homes4Life project that in a 2-year period aims to develop a European certification scheme for age-friendly housing. In December it reached its halfway mark. For more info, see the Homes4Life video here. Desk research…
If you are active in the field of community-based care or have contacts with community nurses, we would be keen to receive your feedback on what this project has developed so far. Please send an email to nk@eurocarers.org so that…
Our colleagues from the COFACE Disability platform for the rights of persons with disabilities and their families produced the S.H.I.F.T. guide to achieve meaningful inclusion of persons with disabilities and their families. According to the Academic Network of European Disability…
The 3rd International Young Carers Conference, “Identify, Support, Listen to young carers” will be held on 16th and 17th November 2020, in Brussels, Belgium. The 2nd International Young Carers Conference (held from 28th to 31st May 2017 in Malmö, Sweden) focused on the theme “Every child…
I never fail to be amazed by the warm welcome in the company of those who care about caregiving. Heading off on a Monday evening flight for the Scottish Carers Parliament in Edinburgh, with a fully packed two-day agenda, I…
The World Dementia Council is gathering meaningful dementia friendly initiatives around the world and invite you to submit yours through their survey Every day, individuals and organisations right across the globe are involved in dementia friendly initiatives. They are at…
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