written by Susanna Lehtovaara In our Annual Meeting 2021 we had three Social dynamics workshops together held by Kristel Logghe, Eva Rönkkö and Susanna Lehtovaara. These sessions were designed for the members to get to know each other better but also to have a bit more informal discussions about work in the field of […]
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Book: Homecoming
written by Yvonne Witter Eniec members Aziza Aachiche, Wendela Gronthoud, Freddy May and Yvonne Witter have published a book entitled: ‘Homecoming. Housing, care and welfare for older people with a migrant background.’ The demand of elderly people with a migration background does not sufficiently match the supply. Gradually, more initiators are taking matters into their […]
ENIEC Thursdays Jump Start in November
Written by Nikolett Arnaud As you must have heard ENIEC Thursdays are our new informal meetings to be held online on every first Thursday of the month. They are events where one voluntary presenter gives a speech on self selected topic of their work,, or an issue that is interesting and could spark a discussion. In the framework […]
The Finnish Consortium Has Been Busy with Advocacy Work During Exceptional Autumn
Written by Susanna Lehtovaara As the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic started to affect people all over Europe, we in Finland also needed to re-evaluate our work and tasks ahead. Perhaps unlike the rest of European societies, in Finland we were able to begin some group activities after the summer holidays although with strict safety protocols […]
“This Is How We Do It!” – The Power of the Network
Written by Conny van der Aalsvoort This month we organised a webinar in Nijmegen (the Netherlands) on the care for migrant elderly with a team of ENIEC members: Hanna Carlsson, Hatice Bölek, Carolien Smits and Conny van der Aalsvoort. We worked as a well oiled machine to prepare a program with different angles to the topic: family carers, […]
What Year Is It? ENIEC Introduced a New Perspective to Dementia Care in Estonia
Written by Miret Tuur In September last year, the Estonian Dementia Competence Centre held a conference in co-operation with the European Network of Intercultural Elderly Care (ENIEC). Symbolically, the conference took place in the town of Narva, located at the Estonian–Russian border, to highlight the idea of bearing in mind the importance of ethnic diversity in […]
Informal ENIEC Thursdays to be Launched on 5 November 2020
written by Nikolett Arnold On our first board meeting this semester, we met online and chatted freely about our summer and tried to look back at the events behind us. It was great to see everyone after the summer break, but this time it was a different first meeting of the board compared to ones […]
AM2021: Co-Creation from the COVID-Ashes – All Hands on Board!
Written by Carolien Smits Our annual meeting will be online in 2021. That means a chance to think and feel everything anew. Elżbieta Czapka and I are the first to take on this challenge. We are looking forward to welcoming new members to the organizing committee: We need you and your energy and creativity! At […]
Inspiring Brainstorm on AM 2021
Written by Conny Van der Aalsvoort On the 15th of October we had a first brainstorm-meeting with ENIEC-members to gather ideas for an online AM in 2021. It was great to see and hear Yvonne, Carolien, Susanna, Siiri, Eva, Jan, Lola, Elisabeth, Ela, Ann and Nikki again. We realized how much we have missed our […]
New Qualitative Study Published on Dementia Care by Minority Ethnic Groups in Norway
Written by Elżbieta Czapka “It is always me against the Norwegian system.” barriers and facilitators in accessing and using dementia care by minority ethnic groups in Norway: a qualitative study Elżbieta Czapka is happy to announce that her last paper, co-authored by Mette Sagbakken, has just been published. It presents some of the results’ of […]
