{"id":2473,"date":"2022-11-11T08:51:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T08:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/?p=2473"},"modified":"2022-11-11T08:52:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T08:52:20","slug":"eu-a-european-care-strategy-for-caregivers-care-receivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/?p=2473","title":{"rendered":"EU – A European Care Strategy for Caregivers & Care Receivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

A European Care Strategy for caregivers and care receivers – Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion – European Commission (europa.eu)<\/a><\/p>\n

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The European Commission has presented the European Care Strategy to ensure quality, affordable and accessible care services across the European Union and improve the situation for both care receivers and the people caring for them, professionally or informally.<\/strong><\/p>\n

High-quality, affordable and accessible care services<\/strong><\/p>\n

September 7, 2022 – Affordable and accessible care services of high quality offer clear benefits for all ages. Participation in early childhood education has a positive impact on a child\u2019s development and helps reduce the risk of social exclusion and poverty, also later in life.<\/p>\n

Long-term care<\/strong>\u00a0empowers people, who as a result of old age, illness and\/or disability depend on help for daily activities, to maintain their autonomy and live with dignity. However, for many people these services are still not affordable, available or accessible.<\/p>\n

To address these issues, the Commission is proposing concrete actions to support Member States in increasing\u00a0access\u00a0<\/strong>to high-quality and affordable care services, while improving\u00a0working conditions<\/strong>\u00a0and work-life balance for carers.<\/p>\n

Early childhood education and care<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Commission is proposing that Member States revise the targets on early childhood education and care to enhance women\u2019s labour market participation, also called \u2018the Barcelona Targets\u2019, set in 2002.<\/p>\n

The current targets call on Member States to provide childcare to 33% of children under 3 and to 90% of children from age 3 until mandatory school age. The Commission proposes to set new ambitious yet realistic targets so that by 2030 at least:<\/p>\n