COFACE Families Europe: Call for action – Stocktaking study on the needs of family carers
15 May: International Day of Families
The International Day of Families is celebrated on 15 May every year. In 2017, the observance will highlight the importance of all caregivers in families, be it parents, grandparents or siblings and looks at good practices for work-family balance to assist parents in their caregiving roles. In light of this important United Nations initiative, COFACE Families Europe and its COFACE Disability branch, are launching today a major data collection to map the needs and challenges of family members who are fulfilling caregiving, or supporter role.
Families in Europe are greatly affected by current social and demographical changes, such as the growing ageing population, changing family structures, or the situation of intergenerational families. The purpose of this data collection is on one hand, to explore some of the challenges faced by family carers in accessing adequate resources, services, or time arrangements in different EU Member States. On the other hand, COFACE hopes to find some good examples of national, or local policies that help family carers to balance their work, family and personal life.
Target group: Family carers, informal carers and people from different EU Member States who are fulfilling a caring role towards a member of their family.
Languages: The questionnaire is available in English, German, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovenian. However, COFACE would be happy to receive answers from any other EU countries.
Data collection: From 15 May to 30 June 2017.
Questionnaire links:
If you are a family carer, please take a few minutes and fill out COFACE’s online questionnaire. Every opinion counts!
Help COFACE Families Europe and COFACE Disability to shape their EU advocacy by bringing the most pressing challenges faced by family carers to the attention of decision-makers!
