Last 24th January, Family Carers Ireland (Clare Duffy) and Eurocarers (Claire Champeix) presented their perspectives on the gender dimension of care, at the invitation of the Irish Department of Health on the occasion of an internal webinar. This session was…
Towards the end of 2022, there was a potentially landmark decision of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in relation to the rights of unpaid/family carers. The case of Maria Simona Bellini v. Italy (3 October 2022, Communication…
Eurocarers has published a new policy briefing on the European Semester and Recovery and Resilience processes. Aimed at carers’ advocates willing to use the EU tools as a leverage to advance carers’ rights, this briefing presents: What the European Semester…
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…
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,…
To mark European Carers Day, Family Carer’s Ireland today launched a paper on ‘Gender Dimensions of Care – An Irish Perspective’. This paper explores the current gender care gap in Ireland, the evolving family unit and how this is changing…
The European Commission launches a toolkit for implementation of EU NCDs Initiative “Healthier Together” which mentions the need to support carers of people with dementia. The “Healthier Together” toolkit identifies policies and practices to tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It also…
DoCUp is a 28-months Erasmus Plus project that aims to equip domestic care workers with a mix of social care, transversal, and attitudinal skills to ensure resilient employment pathways able to respond to challenges such as those raised by the…
Young adult carers (YACs) are people aged 18–25 years who provide care to a relative who is ill or has a disability. France begins to come to the YAC issue. YAC students were mentioned for the first time in a…
The period 2021-2022 has been a period of reflection and rejuvenation, following the unprecedented crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. While we are not entirely out of the woods yet, the last two years have led the general public to…
