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The European Care strategy

Przyjęte on 25/01/2023
Sygnatura: 
SOC/741-EESC-2022
Referral: 
COM(2022) 440 final COM(2022) 441 final 2022/0264 NLECOM(2022) 441 final 2022/0264 NLECOM(2022) 442 final 2022/0263 NLE
Rapporteur: 
Kinga JOÓ (Diversity Europe - GR III / Hungary)
Co-rapporteur: 
Zoe TZOTZE-LANARA (Workers - GR II/Greece)
Sesja plenarna: 
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Jan 24, 2023 Jan 25, 2023

The EESC proposes to launch a European Care Guarantee, which would ensure life-long access to affordable quality healthcare and care services for everyone living in the EU. It also underlines the importance of supporting families in their fundamental role as caregivers and asks for adopting specific measures to tackle Gender equality, namely addressing gender stereotypes, attracting more men in the sector and ensure better distribution of care within households.

In addition, the Committee highlights the need for a life cycle approach promoting healthy and active ageing and calls for the development of a European Strategy for Older Persons.

Opinia EKES-u: The European Care strategy

The role of family members caring for people with disabilities and older persons: the explosion of the phenomenon during the pandemic

Przyjęte on 26/10/2022
Sygnatura: 
SOC/730-EESC-2022
Rapporteur: 
Pietro Vittorio BARBIERI (Diversity Europe - GR III / Italy)

This opinion draws attention to  the needs of family members taking care of older, chronic ill or disabled relatives. Informal carers, as they are called, represented by a majority of women, work for free, and are more vulnerable to falling into poverty. The opinion calls for public policies in this field and a recognition of their important societal role.

Opinia EKES-u: The role of family members caring for people with disabilities and older persons: the explosion of the phenomenon during the pandemic

Health Workforce and Care Strategy for the future of Europe

Przyjęte on 21/09/2022
Sygnatura: 
SOC/720-EESC-2022
Rapporteur: 
Danko RELIĆ (Diversity Europe - GR III/Croatia), Zoe TZOTZE-LANARA (Workers - GR II/Greece) (Diversity Europe - GR III / Croatia)

This opinion presents the EESC's contribution to the current discussion on the future of care and health across Europe and to the European Care Strategy. The Committee recommends setting common minimum standards to ensure that every one living in the EU has access to affordable, accessible and high-quality care, that there is proper investment in the care services and in health, that the health sector, care providers and health workers are properly recognised and valued, including through investment in skills, decent working conditions,  and the creation of quality jobs.

Opinia EKES-u: Health Workforce and Care Strategy for the future of Europe

Towards a New Care Model for the Elderly: learning from the Covid-19 pandemic (own-initiative opinion - Gr III)

Przyjęte on 19/01/2022
Sygnatura: 
SOC/687-EESC-2021
Rapporteur: 
Miguel Ángel CABRA DE LUNA (Diversity Europe - GR III / Spain)

This Own-initiative Opinion analyses  the structural causes that have led to the elderly care systems in general and to the nursing homes in particular, to become some of the most contagious and lethal factors of this pandemic. To this end, the different systems that exist in EU Member States are compared to learn useful lessons.

In addition, the opinion calls for the need to address the demographic transition as one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century, alongside environmental and digital transitions.

Opinia EKES-u: Towards a New Care Model for the Elderly: learning from the Covid-19 pandemic (own-initiative opinion - Gr III)

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