Call to our French speaking members. The organisation Entr'Ages, Belgian (French speaking) member of our partner AGE platform is organising next April 2023 an "Intergenerational Week". Given the intergenerational dimension of informal care (for instance, taking care of a parent/grandparent…
Following the publication of the first-ever EU Care Strategy, are EU institutions on the path of creating an identity for informal carers as well as a positive obligation for EU Governments to respect and protect carers’ rights and meet their…
World Children’s Day, held on 20th November 2022, marks also Austria’s 2nd National Action Day for Caring Children and Adolescents. As the Interest Group for Informal Carers in Austria, we have raised our voice this year by handing out 50.000…
To mark Carers Rights Day 2022, our colleagues from Carers UK are launching a new research report Cycles of caring: transitions in and out of unpaid care, in collaboration with the Centre for Care at the University of Sheffield. The…
Dear Ministers, Re: The importance for Member States to adopt and implement, without reservation, the proposed Council Recommendation on access to affordable high-quality long-term care On 7 September, the European Commission put forward an ambitious and much-awaited EU Care Strategy,…
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) calls on the EU and Member States to implement more concrete measures to support the health, housing and financial needs of the growing number people taking on long-term caregiving responsibilities of a family…
Carers UK has recently published their State of Caring 2022 report: the largest and most comprehensive survey of unpaid carers, with over 12,400 current carers taking part this year. It is clear from carers’ responses that the cost-of-living crisis has…
Great tool and food for thoughts, our Swiss colleagues from Pro Aidants have recently published an online tools to support carers of the canton of Grisons calculate. This free and anonymous calculator will help them see what benefits they might be…
Alzheimer Hellas participates in the Game4CoSkills project which aims to develop a new and innovative mobile game for adults with cognitive dysfunctions and cognitive impairment such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome, Mild Cognitive Impairment and mild or moderate Intellectual…
Our Norwegian colleagues from Parorenalliansen report on a survey on their Norwegian National Carers Strategy: Background: In Norway we got at National informal carers survey in May 2022. It is based on the results of asking informal carers of four…
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