Last Updated on November 25, 2013
Around one third of Dutch citizens aged over 16 are informal carers. Informal care (regarded here as all help provided to a sick, disabled or frail person by someone in their immediate social setting) is indispensable. Many informal carers are…
On the 7th February 2020, the European Commission published the names of the new member organisations of the eHealth Stakeholder Group (eHSG). The call for applications, to which Eurocarers submitted its application, closed in September 2019. A first meeting of…
Countries with plentiful publically-funded care and services are increasingly shifting the focus towards family or social responsibility and promoting informal care. This transition in the social care systems is not without risk; it may cause increasing (health)care inequality, problems combining…
The European Commission and the City of Mannheim (DE) will jointly hold a European Summit on Social Economy on 26 -27 November 2020. The #EUSES2020 is an opportunity to bring all stakeholders active in the social economy together. The aim…
Bones weaken naturally as people age, but factors such as menopause, taking certain medications and poor nutrition can hasten this process and lead to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a chronic disease that weakens bones, leaving people – especially older women –…
The United Kingdom has finally left the European Union on January 31. This is however only the first step of the Brexit process as the transition phase now begins and it is time to talk about the future. This purgatorial…
The Erasmus+ funded “COSMIC” is an European initiative aiming to support the migrant carers a target group which is at double risk of exclusion, discrimination and stigmatization: that of informal carers of migrant background. Migrant carers in common with carers…
The European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) and its partners are organising an event " Patient Safety Policy Summit: Improving Outcomes, Preventing Harm ", under the patronage of the Croatian Presidency of the EU, which will take place from 3-4 March…
The Final dissemination event of the EDY-CARE Project (Innovative School Education Methodologies and Tools for Guaranteeing Social Inclusion of Young Carers) will take place in Brussels on 19th February 2020 from 09:00 to 12:30, at Palais des Académies, rue Ducale 1, 1000 Brussels. About the project The…
The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer organises a course dedicated to Patients and Caregivers on February 28-29, 2020 in Brussels. This course is dedicated to European patients and/or patient representatives. The goal of this course is to…
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