Objective Increasing numbers of youths are facing a relative's cancer. In this context, some are required to provide significant support and are called young carers (YCs). However, little is known about how these youth are viewed and supported by health…
This study aims to examine whether the association between life satisfaction and depressive symptoms in young carers was moderated by social participation. Cross-sectional data were extracted from the 7th wave of the European Social Survey. Our sample included 673 young…
An international online patient community, Carenity, conducted a patient study in two independent waves among adults affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Europe and in the United States of America (USA). Eurocarers was invited to contribute to the discussion of…
What is the economic value of informal carers’ contribution to the society in the Netherlands? The question has been answered by a recent study commissioned by the national carers’ organisation ManterlzorgNL. In total, five million informal carers spent 1.5 billion…
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…
Last 5 March, the ROSE-Net policy and research European platform launched a series of briefings on older people poverty and exclusion. These publications were presented during a final conference, concluding more than 3 years of years of collaborative and multi-dimensional…
In 2012, it was estimated that more than 5.6 million Canadian employees (35% of the workforce) had adult/elder care responsibilities (Fast et al, 2014). Lack of workplace support leads to consequences such as: carer-employees leaving the workforce/missing work; premature retirement;…
Traditionally, the majority of the population of Ireland have lived in rural areas outside of large towns and cities. However, this has changed over time, and in 2016 just over 37% of the population lived in an ‘aggregate rural area’…
This paper is a supplement to Family Carer’s Ireland’s briefing paper Balancing Work and Care: International Challenges and Irish Perspectives. It provides relevant data from the 2011 and 2016 Irish Censuses to build a picture of working carers in Ireland.…
