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…
On 12 May 2021, the FutureGEN team launched the Data Navigator, an open-access tool that allows the user to compare gender and socioeconomic differences in health and long-term care use for community-dwelling older people in Europe. The Data Navigator uses…
Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) and its member organisations invite everyone with chronic pain or their caregivers to complete this brief survey on diagnosis and treatment. This survey is a second version of the survey they conducted in 2017 . It will compare…
Date: 12 May 2021 Time: 16:00- 17:00 CET How are health inequalities between men and women progressing? Is the gender gap in informal caregiving for older people narrowing? These are a just a few questions that the Data Navigator seeks…
We are looking for older persons (+65) or informal carers to participate in an online session end April/ May, to provide your feedback on a prototype of a smart shirt developed in the research project Maturolife ….
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…
InCARE launches two publications on social innovation in long-term care. In support of policy-makers and organisational stakeholders that wish to engage directly in the implementation of social innovation initiatives in LTC, the InCARE project team has derived the key lessons…
How to support the development of national long-term care policy and care services at local and regional level? The InCARE project will contribute to the design of a coherent and coordinated approach by establishing socially innovative and participatory decision-making processes.…
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…
