Background The Covid-19 pandemic represents a challenge for informal caregivers, who in many European countries are the major pillar of long-term care. It is the case in Germany. In order to explore how they experience caregiving during the “first wave”…
In the scope of the anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, the European Institute for Gender Equality just published an important report on the gender inequalities in care and their consequences for the labour market. Read the full report…
Shortly after the start of the pandemic ZOOM-projects were started in order to reach two groups of people. People with dementia and their care giving relatives. Both groups were particularly affected by the pandemic and the resulting restrictions, they had…
The Social Platform just launched this year’s ‘Made in Social Europe’ exhibition – a collection of 19 inspiring practices from civil society organisations who are a part of our European member networks. We are all aware of the devastating impact…
Each year since 2012, our member Carers Scotland, on behalf of the Scottish Government and in partnership with the national carer organisations, organise an annual Carers Parliament for carers from all across Scotland. The first ever virtual Carers Parliament took…
A new report published by Carers UK shows that employers with established policies in place to support staff with caring responsibilities have been better able to meet the changing needs of their workforce during the pandemic. A survey of 114…
Eurofound, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, has released its recent report on 8th October on Access to care services, which focuses on three care services essential for social protection and inclusion: - early childhood…
The European Center for Social Welfare Policy and Research published on the 23/6/2020 a new policy brief on co-financing residential care for older people. This publication aims to fill the gap of limited information on the policy and equity implications…
EUROCARERS is a partner in the MATUROLIFE project funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 programme. MATUROLIFE aims to develop fashionable assistive technologies to make older persons’ lives easier and more independent. To develop these technologies – a smart sofa,…
Why do children behave badly? It’s a question that comes up all the time for parents, teachers, and researchers who study child development. We all expect challenging behavior from time to time, of course, but it’s important to encourage positive…
