Our Greek colleagues from EPIONI successfully organised the two-day event “Active and healthy ageing for people with mental health problems or neurodevelopmental difficulties”. The first part of the event took place on 12.12.2023, at the Metropolitan College, at 42 Akadimias…
Our German colleagues from wir pflegen published a new study and position paper on 10 January 2024. The long paper contains 26 pages of a meticulous analysis of data from Germany’s government and care insurance reports. These provide evidence, with…
Hold My Hand is a project financed by European Erasmus+ funds, which brings together a consortium of 4 European countries (Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Sweden). One of the main objectives of this project is precisely to produce and develop socio-pedagogical…
Ensuring greater social protection for self-employed people has been the subject of much policy debate in recent years. In 2019, the Council of the European Union adopted a recommendation on access to social protection for workers and the self-employed. Sudden…
International associations representing patients (International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations - IAPO), informal carers (Eurocarers), and palliative care professionals (International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care – IAHPC, and the International Children’s Palliative Care Network - ICPCN) call on governments to…
Informal carers are families, friends, neighbours who provide (mostly) unpaid long-term care outside of a professional context. Women provide the lion’s share of this care. Why do informal carers matter? Demographic ageing significantly challenges the sustainability of our care systems,…
Lombardy Region announces the launch of a project in Bergamo aimed at providing practical support to caregivers, titled 'Supporting Family Carers. Taking Care of Those Who Care.' This collaborative initiative is led by ATS Bergamo in partnership with ASST, the…
Alzheimer Bulgaria is part of the consortium of the SAA (“Smart Against Ageism”) project. Smart Against Ageism is a gaming tool to raise knowledge against ageism. It will contribute to developing more empathy and tolerance with older adults. The partners…
Alzheimer Hellas is one of the partners of the project "Game4CoSkills" http://game4coskills.eu/ which is funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. By the "Game4CoSkills" project is created a Mobile Game for the development of cognitive skills and concept…
On January 1st 2024, Ireland will introduce a new method of calculating a long-term carer’s entitlement to the State Pension (Contributory). The new ‘Long-Term Carer Contributions’ scheme will make it easier for long-term family carers to qualify for the State…
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