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…
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…
We are proud to release the report of our activities for the year 2018. Take a look at our most significant achievements.
Last month, we sent our manifesto to all the Members of the European Parliament inviting them to show their support to carers across Europe. Now it is your time to push this manifesto directly towards your MEPs and/or your candidate…
Today, Eurocarers welcomes the adoption of the Directive on Work Life Balance for parents and carers by the European Parliament in plenary. For the first time, the European Union legislation acknowledges the existence of informal carers, and grant them rights.…
The Work-Life Balance Directive is being adopted by EU institutions. This Wednesday 15th March at the EPSCO Council, Ministers responsible for employment, social affairs, health and consumer policy from all EU member states will endorse the proposal before it is submitted…
A year ago, the EU Pillar of Social Rights reaffirmed that everyone has the right to affordable long-term care services of good quality, in particular home-care and community-based services. As we know already, the contribution by informal carers in the…
On the 21st of November, we had the honour of convening the Informal Carers Interest Group at the European Parliament. The theme of the day was EU Work/life balance initiative and the European Pillar of Social Rights – time for…
