On 5th April 2022, Family Carers Ireland launched ‘Care at Home - Costs of Care Arising from Disability’ which looks at the additional and often substantial direct costs faced by caring households, but also the hidden costs of caring that…
Our colleagues from the Careum School of Health organise the 3rd Young Carers Conference. This conference will take place in Lugano on the 16th of May. At the conference, the Young Carers research team of the Careum School of Health…
Or colleagues from the Interessengemeinschaft pflegender Angehöriger in Austria have issued a series of 12 demands to their authorities. One of their demands is to support the carers of long-Covid sufferers. They namely demand that carers caring for someone with…
The Swedish Family Care Competence Centre (Nationellt kompetenscentrum anhöriga, Nka) actively responds to a number of consultation documents sent out by the government during the year. This makes it possible for Nka to influence policy and to raise awareness of…
Young carers are children and young people who provide care to a family member with a chronic illness, disability or other long-lasting care needs. They undertake a wide range of caring roles and activities (e.g. emotional support, personal care, housework…
Elizabeth Hanson, Eurocarers Board member, presented a series of best practices in a webinar in the framework of the “Spotlights on Improving Efficiency in Cancer Care” series, organized by SPCC (Sharing Progress in Cancer Care). This series is held within…
The Swedish Family Care Competence Centre (Nationellt kompetenscentrum anhöriga, Nka) leads a project about coordinator support for parents of children with disabilities. The project aims to test coordinator support within a Swedish context and see what factors influence the effect…
Cuidadores Portugal, our member from Portugal, won a prize given by TEVA in Champalimaud foundation as one of the best practices with their young carers project. This project aims to support 100 young carers giving them educational, psychological support and…
Our colleagues from COMIP, an Italian association helping children of mentally ill parents, under the leadership of Stefania Buoni, member of the Eurocarers Young Carers Working group, organised a screening of the movie King of Atlantis in order to raise…
The Swedish Family Care Competence Centre (Nationellt kompetenscentrum anhöriga, Nka), has for a number of years worked with Blended Learning Networks. A Blended Learning Network is a heterogenous community of practice – a method where people with a common interest…
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