An international online patient community, Carenity, conducted a patient study in two independent waves among adults affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Europe and in the United States of America (USA). Eurocarers was invited to contribute to the discussion of…
Due to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, carers in Sweden haven’t been able to receive support in the same way as before. Therefore, carer advocates/advisors working to support carers in the 290 municipalities across Sweden have had to adapt their…
As is the case in a number of countries currently rolling out Covd-19 vaccinations, family carers are not currently included on the Vaccine Prioritisation Programme in Ireland. Care Alliance Ireland recently published our Position Paper on Vaccine Prioritisation for Ireland's…
PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 22nd February 2021 Eurocarers urges EU policy makers to include informal carers in the priority groups for their vaccination campaigns. Informal carers are the main providers of long-term care in Europe today[1] and a majority of them…
Background The Covid-19 pandemic represents a challenge for informal caregivers, who in many European countries are the major pillar of long-term care. It is the case in Germany. In order to explore how they experience caregiving during the “first wave”…
On 21 January 2021, the European Parliament issued and important resolution on the gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period This resolution calls on the Commission to collect disaggregated and comparable data on the provision of different types…
Shortly after the start of the pandemic ZOOM-projects were started in order to reach two groups of people. People with dementia and their care giving relatives. Both groups were particularly affected by the pandemic and the resulting restrictions, they had…
The Social Platform just launched this year’s ‘Made in Social Europe’ exhibition – a collection of 19 inspiring practices from civil society organisations who are a part of our European member networks. We are all aware of the devastating impact…
As we all know firsthand, the COVID-19 pandemic is not only heavily affecting the daily life of millions of people across the world, it also has a particularly damaging impact on already vulnerable communities, such as informal carers. In order…
Eurofound just released the article “Shaping the future of long-term care: A good outcome will benefit all”, which calls for an EU strategy on carers: An ageing Europe and rising public expenditure on long-term care have signalled for some time…
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