10-16 May is European Mental Health Awareness Week, a pan-European initiative that aims to raise awareness about the importance of mental health in our everyday lives. This year’s theme ‘Mental Health Matters’ will shed a spotlight on mental health as a…
The Erasmus+ funded TOGETHER project aims to raise awareness on young carers and to support them and their families. Caring activity during childhood and adolescence can have adverse impacts on health outcomes, social activity, educational engagement and employment opportunities for…
The ME-WE Swiss team submitted a short country-specific publication to the not peer-reviewed and professional journal “Onkologiepflege”. The journal addresses health professionals in the oncology field and it is in German (with some articles translated into French and Italian). The…
Across Europe, a substantial number of children and young people provide care to a family member or a friend who has a disability, chronic disease, frailty, addiction or other condition related to a long-term care need. These children - young…
The Political Guidelines of President Ursula von der Leyen announced the adoption of a Child Guarantee to help ensuring that every child in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion has access to the most basic of rights like…
Although up to 8% of European youngsters carry out high-intensity care for a family member, adolescent young carers (AYCs), especially those caring for their grandparents (GrPs), remain an under-researched group. This study aimed at addressing the current knowledge gap by…
Across Europe, young carers and their need for support receive limited attention in the media, policy and empirical research, even though, similar to adult carers, they also provide care to ill family members. The Delphi study, a qualitative research methodology,…
How Coronavirus is affecting young carers and young adult carers, and what they want you to do next Caring day and night without a break. Worrying about keeping the people they care for safe. Coping with a mental health condition…
Carers Trust in the UK has just published a set of guidelines to support young carers through the pandemic of Coivd-19: It’s not easy to juggle caring, studying and looking after your own health and well-being, especially if it’s difficult…
The Me-We Consortium has successfully submitted its second periodic report to the European Commission! Highlights of Year 2 include: A total of 40 young carers/former young carers and 124 stakeholders from different fields (social and health care, school, academy, local…