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,…
Policies to leave no carer behind Informal carers – family and friends who perform care - are the first line of support for older people. About 60% of older people who receive care at home report receiving only informal care…
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…
The InCARE consortium prepared a contribution to the on-going call for evidence for the European Care Strategy. It includes a summary of results and learnings derived from a rapid evidence review on social innovation in long-term care, an online survey…
At a time when the European Union is preparing to adopt a Care Strategy, in response to blatant weaknesses of the current long-term care provision across Europe, it is necessary to look into the European financial tools put at the…
Last November, Eurocarers published a position paper on ICT for informal carers, we hope that you found it interesting. A wide range of ICT-based solutions are being developed and piloted across Europe. Most of which are proving very useful to…
In December 2021, we published a position paper on the gender dimension of informal care, you might have missed it. Across the EU, 80% of care is provided by informal carers. A majority of them are women as informal carers…
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…
