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…
The Swedish Family Care Competence Centre (Nationellt kompetenscentrum anhöriga, Nka) actively responds to a number of consultation documents sent out by the government during the year. This makes it possible for Nka to influence policy and to raise awareness of…
A new report published by EPSU (European Federation of Public Service Unions) shows that, as the pandemic was at its peak, hundreds of thousands of care workers were abandoning the sector of long-term residential care . While COVID was hitting…
Eurocarers was invited as expert at the European Parliament to discuss the European Care Strategy proposed by President von der Leyen in her State of the European Union speech. Stecy Yghemonos, Executive Director of Eurocarers, had the wonderful opportunity to…
In her State of the Union address on 15 September 2021, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced a new European Care Strategy to be put forward by the Commission. This new Strategy, forming part of the…
Eurocarers warmly welcomes the adoption of key conclusions on Long-Term Care (LTC) by EU ministers for employment, social affairs and health. These conclusions clearly recognise the vital contribution of informal carers to LTC provision as well as their need for…
The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament just issued an interesting report on the possibilities and challenges related to ageing policy post-2020. We noted the following important points: Calls on the Commission to put forward a…
Across Europe, 7-8% of children are young carers, i.e., children and young people who provide care for a relative or friend with long-lasting limitations (e.g., chronic illness, disability, frailty or addiction). They are still too often invisible and their needs…
2020 has been a year like no other in our lifetime, a journey in adaptability and resilience! We are very pleased to share with you a recap of our activities. Like last year, we have opted for a interactive format, we…
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