There is mounting evidence from several EU countries that a large proportion of infections and deaths related to COVID-19 in Europe have occurred in residential services for older people, persons with disabilities and other social service facilities. Together with the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and the European Disability Forum (EDF), we denounce the lack of consideration given by public authorities to staff and residents of long-term care facilities, which led to a very poor and delayed management of the outbreak in the sector in many EU countries.
> Read EPSU-EDF-AGE joint press release
Our call has been endorsed by large numbers of MEPs expressing their commitment to “ensuring that the European Parliament has the will and the strength to discover and reconstruct what has happened, strengthen attention on these facilities, find alternatives of group housing and avoid other mistakes and tragedies.”
For more information, you may contact Borja Arrue: borja.arrue@age-platform.eu