The EU is experiencing several overlapping crises with severe social consequences: the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in addition to the long-term but already dire threat of the climate crisis. In addition to its direct severe impacts,…
The report examines long-term care systems for people aged 65 or above in the 27 EU Member States. It reveals that long-term care challenges have become increasingly salient in recent decades in EU Member States’ policy and political agendas. At…
07/09/2022 Eurocarers’ Press Release regarding the EU Care Strategy Eurocarers warmly welcomes the EC call to identify and better support informal carers in its newly-adopted EU Care Strategy, and urges for a swift and full implementation across the EU The…
Our colleagues from Family Carers Ireland just published their biennial State of Caring report. This report sets out the findings of Ireland’s second national State of Caring survey undertaken by Family Carers Ireland between 19th January and 2nd March 2022…
The Swedish government has agreed on a national action plan to implement the European Council’s recommendations on a European Child Guarantee. The European Child Guarantee provides guidance and tools for the Member States to support children who are at risk…
Our colleagues from the Social Platform just published a policy paper on the necessary EU solidarity strategy to respond to the Ukraine crisis. "Europe has responded with unprecedented solidarity to the war in Ukraine, showing the lengths that EU institutions,…
Following the German elections in September 2021, a new coalition government of SPD, Greens and Liberal Democrats published a coalition agreement with few, but important commitments for the development of carer support. The agreement says: "We shall combine entitlements to…
The Swedish government recently launched the first national carers strategy. The strategy aims to strengthen the carer’s perspective, in particular within the healthcare sector and to make carer support more equal across the country. – We have wanted a national…
On the 15th September 2021, EC President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the European Commission will put forward a new European Care Strategy as part of its Work Programme 2022 in order to “support men and women in finding…
Eurocarers analysis of the 2021 National Resilience and Recovery Plans Read Eurocarers’ Position Paper Based on a rapid analysis of the 2021 National Recovery and Resilience Plans, this Position Paper aims to provide some pointers as to how the unprecedented…
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