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This call aims to support policy in reducing inequality in the face of demographic change. The call seeks proposals for research which will improve our understanding of how demographic change is altering the implicit contract between generations and how policy…
The Erasmus+ funded “ECARIS (Educating Carers of Kidney Patients)” project is pleased to launch its new website platform https://ecaris.eu/. The project’s aims is to develop an educational activity programmes to improve the skill and knowledge of the carer, providing support…
A new approach to collaboration in Research & Development across Europe is the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) which is a Member State-driven activity. 15 European countries plus Canada and Israel are currently participating in the JPI More Years Better Lives,…
Young carers are children and young persons under 18 providing significant or substantial care, assistance or support to family members who have a disability, suffer from a chronic illness, mental health problem or any other condition with long-lasting care needs…
In view of the unprecedented global impact of COVID-19 on the health and wellbeing of older people, the WHO Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (WHO GNAFCC) is seeking support to help improve the COVID-19 response to older people…
Anziani e Non Solo, one of our Italian members, is part of the 'Il pazienze riscoperto' project whose aims is to positively impact on the well-being of caregivers and their family members. The project ‘Il pazienze riscoperto’ officially kicked-off: an…
The AppForDem Erasmus+ project (2019-1-ES01-KA202-065659) is aimed at creating a set of open educational and multilingual resources on dementia, with the purpose of implementing these resources in the national VET programmes for apprentices and professional caregivers in long-term care services…
Last year Association Alzheimer Bulgaria started the project Story2remember https://story2remember.eu in cooperation with 5 other European organizations. The goal of the project is to provide a tool for people with dementia, as well as for their caretakers, to express themselves…
In response to the recently released WHO proposal for a Decade of Healthy Ageing, the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Sites Collective Network published an endorsement and commitment to action letter on March 30. Read it here…
Last month, the Commission published country reports analysing each Member State's key socio-economic challenges. These country reports are part of the European Semester, established in 2010 as an annual process through which EU countries coordinate some of their policies and…
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