Eurocarers is pleased to share news of an upcoming book by Professor Sue Yeandle (CIRCLE, UK), which will explore the emergence, development and global impact of carers’ organisations over the past six decades. The book, entitled Carers’ Organisations and their…
The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research recently published an interesting policy brief on informal carer policy in well-developed LTC systems. Informal carers face a range of challenges, and many countries have introduced policy measures to directly support…
Our colleagues from the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research just published a report on the challenges in supporting informal carers. This report, which has been commissioned by the Swedish Ministry for Health and Social Affairs, analyses how…
Our UK colleagues from Carers Trust just shared an important report from inside Parliament which lays bare the devastating impact of caring responsibilities on the future prospects of hundreds of thousands of young people across the UK. The report has…
Carers UK have recently launched our new report: State of Caring 2025: The cost of caring – the impact of caring across carers’ lives. In the report we highlight brand-new research from the 10,500 carers’ responses to our State of Caring survey 2025, which explores the financial, human and opportunity costs of…
The 11th annual meeting of Eurocarers’ Research Working Group (ERWG) took place on 9-10 October 2025 in Vilnius, Lithuania, co-hosted and co-organised with the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences. The annual ERWG meeting (9…
Laurel is excited to announce the publication of a new report titled ‘Integrated long-term care services: opportunities and challenges along the life-course’. The report summarises key findings from the workshop that the consortium held at the 2024 International Conference on…
As the demand for healthcare and assistance continues to rise, informal caregivers—family members or friends who support individuals with physical or psychological dependencies—play an increasingly vital role. In Belgium, over 12% of individuals aged 15 and older provide regular informal…
Our colleagues from carers UK recently published a new research, which finds that an increasing number of unpaid carers are experiencing poor mental health because they cannot take a break from caring. Our report, based on findings from our State…
This new EU-backed project will explore long-term integrated care and deliver actionable policies that European countries can put into practice to create more effective and equitable systems. The goal of Laurel, which is backed by EU-funding of over €2.7 million,…
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