The Social platform and the members of its Social Pillar and the Sustainable & Inclusive Development Working Groups just published a position paper on Rebalancing the European Green Deal: Towards a Green & Social Deal. The European Green Deal (EGD)…
Dementia, a syndrome that affects millions of people worldwide, puts a strain not only on the older people affected, but also on their carers and dementia care professionals. People with a progressive brain disease may experience difficulties with remembering things,…
In January 2024, the Swedish Minister for Older People and Social Insurance, Anna Tenje, hosted a press conference to present the government's prioritized initiatives for improved care and support in the field of dementia. The Swedish government grants Nka 3…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released an operational framework for monitoring social determinants of health equity and actions addressing them. This critical new guidance aims to support countries in evidence-based policymaking to improve health equity, towards the goal of…
On the 7 and 8 February, Eurocarers participated in the first consortium meeting of the newly funded Horizon European project WELL CARE. WELL CARE is a transdisciplinary and participative project in which informal and professional carers, researchers, NGOs together with…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Carers has today launched a survey regarding its long-standing call for the UK Government to develop a new cross-Government National Carers Strategy. You are kindly invited to respond to the survey. It should only take…
On 7 February, Eurocarers took part in the kick-off meeting of the ‘LAUREL: Actionable policies for adopting high-quality integrated long-term care’ project in Barcelona. The overall goal of this new project is to gather valuable insights into regional differences of…
We are happy to share a call for papers on carer breaks for a special issue of Frontiers. The closing date is end March 2024. Enhancing support for unpaid carers who look after family members or friends is a global…
We are pleased to share an interesting open access paper recently published: Qualitative paper on social identity and online support groups The purpose of this study was to explore whether a sense of collective or shared group identity was developed…
We are pleased to share an interesting open access paper recently published: Scoping review on online support groups for family carers Caregiving can affect people of all ages and can have significant negative health impacts on family caregivers themselves. Research…
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