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Loneliness and social exclusion among older Europeans before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
This e-book is the main output of a knowledge sharing process organised by the Joint Programming Initiative “More Years Better Lives – The Potential and...
Drawing lessons from COVID to safeguard democracy and fundamental rights in the EU
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered radical and unprecedented measures in Europe and around the world. Some of these measures have been pointed out as violating...
Factors impacting older people’s access/experience of digital public services during COVID-19
This study, undetook by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester (ARC-GM), aims to understand the factors – both the barriers and enablers – that...
European Parliament will investigate EU response to COVID
The European Parliament (EP) has launched a new special committee that will draw lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and better prepare the EU for future...
COVID impact on long-term care should be addressed by new European Parliament committee
The establishment of a special committee on COVID-19 is currently under discussions within the European Parliament. Together with the European Public Services Union (EPSU) and...
COVID-19 and older people: Impact on their lives, support and care
This report by Eurofound focuses on older people’s lives during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they were impacted by governments’ and societies’ responses in terms...
Rising from the COVID 19 crisis: Policy responses in the long-term care sector
This brief from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) looks at mortality rates in care homes, as well as the policy responses undertaken...
COVID-19 in long-term care
This report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) examines the effects of COVID-19 in the long-term care (LTC) sector in OECD countries,...
Living, Working and COVID-19 – Updated Eurofound report
This factsheet presents the outcome of the latest round of the e-survey and provides a picture of how the social and economic situation of Europeans...
UDP shares survey results on COVID impact on mental health in Spain
In Spain, our member UDP Mayores has shared the result of a survey carried out in autumn 2020 on the effect of COVID-19 on the...
July 2021 – What Sweden’s Covid failure tells us about ageism – Knowable Magazine
‘What Sweden’s Covid failure tells us about ageism’ – 7 July 2021. The article makes reference to AGE work and quotes Barbro Westerholm, AGE Vice-President...
Impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on informal carers across Europe
This report presents the findings of an online survey by Eurocarers on the experience of informal carers of older, frail or disabled people across Europe...
Younger and older people create for each other in Greece during COVID-19
In the pandemic context where physical distance is imposed and cultural life is on hold, the Greek organisation ANTAMA wanted to engage with a cultural...
Social Summit: the EU looks beyond COVID, but must not blind itself to the recent past
PRESS RELEASE Brussels, Belgium – 11th May 2021 Link to this PR on Mailchimp AGE Platform Europe hails the commitments made at the Social Summit...
New COVID-19 resilience project in the Western Balkans
Our new member organisation, the Red Cross of Serbia, is coordinating a three-year project on “Strengthening resilience of older persons and persons with disabilities during...
Strengthened joint call for a European Parliament inquiry on COVID-19 and long-term care
On 25 March, AGE organized jointly with the European Disability Forum (EDF) and the European Public Service Unions (EPSU) an event supported by Members of...
EU networks call for a better recognition of social services in COVID-19 recovery
13 European networks of services – including AGE member organisation the European Ageing Network (EAN) – and a union federation have joined forces to call...
WHO publishes toolkit on well-being of older people during COVID-19
The new WHO “Living with the Times” toolkit contains key messages for working with older adults on how to maintain their well-being during the COVID-19...
COVID-19 and Human Rights Concerns for Older Persons
Our policy paper presents the state-of-play of a reflection we have engaged with our members and external experts on how the COVID-19 pandemic and measures...
COVID-19: AGE members keep the vaccination in their radar
COVID-Vaccination_demonstrators-PRO-image2.png PRO demonstration in Sweden Vaccination slowly progresses around Europe. AGE members keep providing information and support to vaccination policies… but also remain on the...
Civil society organisations must be key agents of change in post COVID-19 societies
Last year the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) was commissioned to study the response of civil society organisations (CSOs) to face the COVID-19 pandemic...
The response of civil society organisations to face the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent restrictive measures adopted in Europe
In 2020 the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) was commissioned to study the response of civil society organisations to face the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Women’s International Day – OWN Europe reminds the key role of older women in a COVID-19 world
The Older Women’s Network, Europe (OWN Europe) has seized the momentum of the International Women’s Day 2021 to highlight the important contribution older women make...
February 2021 – Covid-19 : les ONG européennes s’inquiètent des abus sur les seniors – Euronews
‘Covid-19 : les ONG européennes s’inquiètent des abus sur les seniors’ – Euronews, 22 February 2021
