by Jennifer van der Broeke Dementia is one issue that is of importance in the city of Bristol. It also is a topic many members of ENIEC have expertise in from a great variety of angels. Some members are informal caregivers, some teach students who will become carers in the dementia field, and others are […]
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Tuuliki Hakala Shares Impressions of her First AM
by Tuuliki Hakala Dear ENIEC members and other readers, greetings from Finland! I am Tuulikki Hakala, a new member of ENIEC. I had a great pleasure to meet so many members of the professional ENIEC family at AM2019 in Bristol. I wanted to participate in the meeting especially because of the focus of caregiving. […]
Presentation of Kristel Logghe
Kristel Logghe introduced the Live Online Learning method in her social dynamics activity where at first she introduced the idea then we were able to test the program and its features with an online correspondent. This platform can be seen as bridging the gap between trainings and participants as a whole course can be offered […]
Music & Memory, music as medicine
by Manon Bruinsma With the help of a headphone, an MP3player and a personalised playlist, it is possible to give older people access to the musical favorites of their past. The relaxing and comforting aspect of your own favorite music takes away anxiety and lessens depression and apathy. For those older people stuck in a […]
Presentation of Helen Holland
Helen Holland presented the vision of Bristol City Council about care for an elderly population as they are experiencing a crisis in that area right now and it is time for action. She introduced a three-tier system and the pathway of care necessary in the process of ageing. The Better Lives project is already a […]
Report of the AM in Bristol
by Ela Czapka and Hanna Murray-Carlsson This year ENIEC’s annual meeting was held in Bristol, UK, thanks to hard work of the organizing committee, especially our colleague Aandeloris Chacon together with her team from Bristol Black Carers, and Bristol City Council. Even strong wind could not have stopped us. However, it caused numerous flight delays and […]
Board Meeting in Tallinn
The new year has started and our busy board has already launched a meeting last January 16th which has been a long-awaited event as we did not meet in person since Bristol last June. Of course, the board has been well connected through Skype and emails, but it is always easier to work when we meet […]
Reaching Consensus on Migration Health Data
written by Nikolett Arnold In order to facilitate the realization of those tasks highlighted in numerous high level documents and declarations as well as acting in line with our WCC TOR, we propose that University of Pécs Medical School and its WCC, in cooperation with WHO EURO PHAME program and with the support and participation […]
New Research Group ‘Migration, Care and Ageing’ Established in Finland
by Ulla Buchert Members of the research group from left to right: Vanessa May, Sirpa Wrede, Anastasia Asikainen, Laura Kemppainen, Anne Kouvonen, Anna-Leena Riitaoja, Nuriiar Safarov, Ulla Buchert, Veera Koskinen, Antero Olakivi. A new Finnish research group ‘Migration, Care and Ageing’ (MICA) started its’ work in the beginning of the last year. The group is […]
Talking about life and death
written by Dr Gudule Boland Intercultural palliative care Talking about life and death isn’t easy for anyone. Migrant families find it even more difficult. To stimulate conversations about the last phase of life, Pharos – centre of expertise on health disparities – has made films to stimulate families to talk about it. Important topics in […]
