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“I tell you from my own experience; it’s hard to take care of someone 24 hours a day. What can I tell you, this is life." These are the words of a 66-years old informal carer from Ajdovščina (Slovenia) who…
AppForDem is an Erasmus+ Project that aims at creating a set of open educational and multilingual resources on dementia targeting informal carers as well as professionals taking care of with persons with dementia. The project is implemented by a transnational…
The interest group ‘Informal Carers Austria‘ provides caring relatives, friends and dedicated persons an internet platform addressing their needs. This group officially represents almost a million caring relatives in Austria. It provides support for the largest private long-term care organisations …
BooM is a 30 months pan-European Erasmus+ project, funded by the Polish national agency, aiming at enhancing the availability of reminiscence-based, digital, informal adult education interventions for seniors. Reminiscence therapy is the use of life histories – written, oral, or…
By Carers Trust The world’s leading researcher into young carers has joined Carers Trust, a leading UK charity for unpaid carers, as its first-ever Ambassador. Professor Saul Becker, whose own experiences caring for his grandmother as a child inspired three…
On 25 February, Anziani e Non Solo Cooperativa launched the e-learning platform of the EU project Dem@entoring, which is led by the Greek ICT expert Innosystems. The tool provides formal and informal caregivers of persons with dementia with capacity building…
For the past three years, Care Alliance Ireland has been pleased to be part of a collaborative project with the University of Limerick and other partners on the topic of Patient & Public Involvement (PPI) in Health Research, funded by…
A PhD student Elton Lobo, Deakin University Australia, from the Smart Home for Support for Stroke Care research project is seeking informal carers who have supported individuals living with stroke. The research study aims to identify caregivers' needs and experiences in supporting people with…
Dear member, We would like to invite you to participate in the online testing (conducted in English) of smart furniture, footwear or clothing that was developed with the involvement of AGE Platform Europe and Eurocarers representing end-users in the MATUROLIFE…
The Erasmus+ funded “E.L.So.M.C.I” program is a 2 year pan-European initiative, starting in September 2020, that aims to develop an educational program on teaching English to people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and using English songs as a main tool…
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