Informal carers who have to combine caregiving with paid work often face income losses or have to leave the labour market entirely. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation worsened and informal carers were even more at risk of poverty…
Unpaid informal care has formed the invisible backbone of our society. There are about 100 million family carers providing about 80% of care across Europe. Without them our health and social systems would crumble but they are still far…
Around 3.4 million people in Germany are in need of care. Three quarters of them are cared for at home, 1.76 million of them usually by their relatives alone. Calculations currently assume that there are around 4.8 million…
After a prolonged period of no travel, the partnership of the Care4Carers project was lucky to meet in person for the Kick-off meeting in Vienna. All but one partners managed to send a team member to attend the meeting,…