The co-chairs of the European Parliament's Informal Carers Interest Group call on MEPs to join up and help provide carers a "strong Parliamentary voice" Read the article signed by Sirpa Pietikäinen, Luke Ming Flanagan and Marisa Matias in the Parliament Magazine
On the 2nd of October 2020, the decree relating to the French Daily Caregiver Allowance has been published. It is a concrete form of recognition of the role of informal caregivers in society, started with the law of 11 February…
A report submitted by the Independent Expert to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations analyses the current data gap on older persons, its causes, and important its impact on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons. The…
From its creation in 2006, our Belgian member Aidants Proches took charge of the implementation of specific social protections intended for informal carers. Their desire was twofold: to highlight an invisible social group, but also to recognize it in what…
The United States National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) and AARP have issued their "Caregiving in the U.S. 2020" report. This report is the most recent update to our trended research series, Caregiving in the U.S., conducted roughly every five years.…
We are very pleased to share with you a recap of our activities in 2019. This year we have opted for a more interactive format, we hope that you will find it interesting. https://eurocarers.org/2019-annual-report/
Together with the International Association of Mutual Benefit Societies (AIM) and nine other healthcare NGOs, Eurocarers called for more attention to be paid to the enormous impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on mental health and well-being worldwide. During the…
In the follow up of our previous cooperation with patients’ and professionals’ organisations in the area of cancer, Eurocarers is supporting a campaign asking to prioritise cancer-related complications and comorbidities, coordinated by the European Cancer Patient Coalition. Cancer-related complications and…
On the 7th February 2020, the European Commission published the names of the new member organisations of the eHealth Stakeholder Group (eHSG). The call for applications, to which Eurocarers submitted its application, closed in September 2019. A first meeting of…
Since its creation, Eurocarers has been working to support organisations representing informal carers accessing EU funding opportunities to develop innovative projects in the area of care, building on their expertise, in order to contribute to EU policy objectives of social…
