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Decision-makers can manage high expenditures as deaths increase and improve patient experience if they understand what drives end-of-life costs and if services find a better balance between treating disease and managing symptoms, a new policy brief recommends. The European Observatory…
On the 17th of November, the European Commission published an implementation roadmap and progress indicators for Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan to monitor developments on the ten flagship initiatives as well as its other actions. The roadmap will undergo regular review…
The AppForDem project aimed to create a set of open and multilingual educational resources on dementia, with the purpose of offering digital resources that support formal and informal carers in caring for people with dementia. According to the training curriculum…
The three years Erasmus+ funded Bridge project is now coming to an end and the last steps took place. The consortium met for the final transnational partners meeting in Chalkida, hosted by Alzheimer Chalkida, on the 8th and 9th of…
In their recent newsletter, the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research issued an interesting article on loneliness and social isolation among older people in Europe, see below: Loneliness and social isolation have a negative impact on quality of…
Professor Saul Becker of the University of Cambridge, UK, is editing a Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, on ‘Young Carers: Research, Policy and Practice’. All articles should be submitted by 30 April 2022…
Boom project is aimed to design digital reminiscence therapy interventions for older people, thus enhancing the availability of reminiscence-based, digital, informal adult education interventions for seniors. In doing so, the pan-European partnership is working closely with museums and archives: these…
Some governments officially and legally take over dormant bank account and other similar resources, that are apparently unused and unclaimed. There is usually a set time period of years in which there is no activity whatever on the account by…
A lot of things are affected when you have a sibling with a long-standing, chronic condition and/or disability. There can be positive and meaningful moments, but you can also have thoughts and feelings that are tough to handle. For example,…
Throughout Europe, informal carers cover 80% of long-term care. Family members are the largest care providers for older, frail, disabled and chronically ill people of all ages. However, caring for a loved one often comes with a considerable personal cost to…
