The 2020 edition of Health at a Glance: Europe focuses on the impact of the COVID‑19 crisis. Chapter 1 provides an initial assessment of the resilience of European health systems to the COVID-19 pandemic and their ability to contain and…
Eurocarers just published a position paper on the Implementation of Work-Life Balance Directive and new Carers’ Rights in Europe. This position paper aims to provide a user-friendly overview of the state of play on the implementation of the Work-Life Directive and,…
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee has released a report, Social Care: Funding and Workforce, which calls for an immediate increase in investment to avoid the risk of market collapse. The Committee has called for a £7bn…
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…
