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Eurocarers' Policy Paper on Young Carers
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Abstract Demographic ageing in Europe is leading to an increasing need for care and a serious challenge for the sustainability of our social and healthcare systems. Informal carers across the EU currently provide over 80 per cent of all care. If not adequately supported, caring can have many difficult conseq... mehr
Demographic ageing in Europe is leading to an increasing need for care and a serious challenge for the sustainability of our social and healthcare systems. Informal carers across the EU currently provide over 80 per cent of all care. If not adequately supported, caring can have many difficult consequences for carers. Carers should not be socially and economically penalised as a result of their caregiving activities. Measures designed to support them should therefore aim to recognise them and their vital role in society, provide them with the essential information and counselling they need, give them access to allowances that offset the costs they face and truly values their contribution, develop flexible working arrangements and care leave schemes to allow them to maintain an active life, and improve the provision of equitable and accessible formal care services to ensure carers can rely on professional alternatives to informal care. This policy paper makes clear why it is necessary to address the challenges faced by young carers. It briefly discusses different forms of support measures and makes recommendations for better support for Young Carers.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Europa; demographische Alterung; Pflegebedürftigkeit; Pflege; informeller Sektor; Jugendlicher; junger Erwachsener; Familienpflege; Familienangehöriger; Benachteiligung; soziale Unterstützung; Pflegedienst
Klassifikation
Sozialwesen, Sozialplanung, Sozialarbeit, Sozialpädagogik
Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Sozialpolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
young carers
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 52-59
Zeitschriftentitel
Intergenerational Justice Review, 9 (2023) 2
Heftthema
Young Carers (II)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.24357/igjr.9.2.1528
ISSN
2190-6335
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)