HomeCare Europe has been a contributor and supporter of a comprehensive project on Long-term Care in Europe. The project ended on 31st December 2011 but information on the project is available on the Interlinks website in English, French and German - http://interlinks.euro.centre.org . A book is being published, by Palgrave MacMillan in the summer of 2012 entitled "Long-term Care in Europe - Improving Policy and Practice.
The draft outline of the report summarising the findings of the research project is available...
Eurhomap is a research project funded by the European Community under the Public Health Action Programme. HomeCare Europe will be working with Prof Allen Hutchinson and his colleagues, at the University of Sheffield as the research progresses.
Link:www.nivel.eu/ec/eurhomap/
Soprano Update April 2009 - the third newsletter of the Soprana Newsletter, issued in April 2009 is available to download...
SOPRANO update July 2008 – User Requirements for Ambient Assisted Living: results of the SOPRANO project - PDF version
HomeCare Europe is a Board Member of a European Union funded project called "Soprano". This is an important piece of work bringing the best information together on Smart Environments and technologically assisted living.
The three year research programme aims to design the next generation of systems for technologically assisted living, at affordable costs, with the aim of significantly extending the time during which older people can live independently in their own homes. Click the link Soprano project info (Word document) for more detailed information on the project.
Training and Research Exchanges – Homecare Europe will soon be able to offer Exchange visits to groups of visitors , from other member organisations, wishing to see aspects of practice and models of care in another country.
Seminars – A programme of seminars will be developed following the Annual General Assembly on topics of interest to a European wide audience. If there are topics you are particularly interested in exploring please let us know so we can consider them for the first year’s programme.
Send suggestions to: HCeurope07@aol.com