Incontinence is still one of the most strongly tabooed health topics in our societies. Yet, it is a widespread condition which affects 50 million people across the EU and impacts the daily life of more than 15 million informal carers.…
Eurocarers publishes today a Policy Paper presenting how the EU should address the key challenges that informal carers face in accessing their rights, in response to a public Consultation launched by the European Commission on the implementation of the European…
Eurocarers just published a position paper on the Implementation of Work-Life Balance Directive and new Carers’ Rights in Europe. This position paper aims to provide a user-friendly overview of the state of play on the implementation of the Work-Life Directive and,…
The co-chairs of the European Parliament's Informal Carers Interest Group call on MEPs to join up and help provide carers a "strong Parliamentary voice" Read the article signed by Sirpa Pietikäinen, Luke Ming Flanagan and Marisa Matias in the Parliament Magazine
Eurocarers invites tenders from experienced consultants to establish a framework agreement for the provision of Evaluation services regarding the activities of our network in the area of advocacy and policy communication. More information here
We are very pleased to share with you a recap of our activities in 2019. This year we have opted for a more interactive format, we hope that you will find it interesting. https://eurocarers.org/2019-annual-report/
Together with the International Association of Mutual Benefit Societies (AIM) and nine other healthcare NGOs, Eurocarers called for more attention to be paid to the enormous impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on mental health and well-being worldwide. During the…
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…
In September Eurocarers together with AGE Platform Europe, COFACE Families Europe arranged a workshop in the Social Platform’s conference Building Social Europe. The conference organised as a part of High-Level Conference on the Economy of Wellbeing of the Finnish Presidency…
Several members of the Eurocarers Research Working Group held a Eurocarers symposium at the recent International Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress 2019 that was held on 23-25 May in Gothenburg, West Sweden. The symposium was entitled, ‘Towards carer-friendly systems…
