Healthcare for in the Netherlands is stalled. Rising care demands and the shortage of tens of thousands of employees, create an untenable situation. The elderly must become more self-reliant, live at home longer and make greater use of technological innovation. Minister for Long-Term Care and Sport, Conny Helder (VVD), has presented her plans for a […]
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The 2023 ENIEC AM in Gdansk through the eyes of Charlotte Haggren
This was my second Annual Meeting with ENIEC. My first in the Hague last year. As I have been to Gdansk privately I did not join the guided trip but joined in the Regional Center for Social Policy where Agnieszka Zabłocka Deputy Director of Regional Center for Social Policy described the Polish migration context in East-West […]
Local Learning Network improves care for Older Migrants in Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Last February, Sterker, a social work organization in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, finished a project for elderly migrants funded by ZonMW, The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development. The aim of the project was to facilitate exchange of expertise and cooperation between different partners who work for and with older migrants by creating a local […]
Developing inclusive service paths in the health and social care for older migrants
When we grow old, we have similar needs no matter the language or cultural background. Creating and developing inclusive service paths is important for an inclusive society. Health and social care service paths refer to the process of how individuals access and receive healthcare services. It encompasses the various steps involved in receiving social and […]
ENIEC member Eva Rönkkö defends her PhD thesis on sport for foreign-born seniors Cum Laude
On 20 of January, I defended my PhD Theses: Being Along but Excluded – an Ethnographic Study of supervised group exercise with foreign-born women. My task was to increase the understanding regarding factors that arise when local sports culture and being foreign-born come together. So, I wanted to know: what kinds of diversity and/or experiences […]
Bienvenido welcomes elderly with migration background and narrow purse
Bienvenido means “welcome” and is the name of a recently opened residential care centre for elderly people with a migration background. To be more specific: for elderly with a Cape Verdean and/or Surinamese background in Rotterdam, a city in the Netherlands. Bienvenido is the third location of the care organization MOB. Residential care centers Boomgaard […]
New working group to propose policy for reduced membership fees
The last years have been financially challenging for many of our members due to the effects of the pandemic, high inflation rates and severe cutbacks in public spending in some of our member countries. In 2021 we adjusted the membership fee to take this new reality in account. We also instated a reduced membership fee. […]
THE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP NEEDS NEW MEMBERS!
Do you like to write articles, communicate using social media, edit text and update websites? The communications group is looking for you! The group meets 4-5 times a year online and is responsible for putting together and submitting the newsletters, keeping the website updated and to share news on social media. Since we have many […]
Marja Säikkä is nominated as the new ENIEC board member
Dear Eniec members, The Eniec´s nomination committee is glad to present the two candidates for the two vacancies positions for the board, Elzbieta Czapka (Poland) and Marja Säikkä (Finland). As informed in the newsletter of December 2022, during the ENIEC General Assembly in Gdansk on March 16, 2023 there will be elections for two board […]
Fighting for access interpreters in care: the story of the “this is a child not an interpreter” campaign
Language barriers in care Language is one of the most common barriers to access care for a large group of older migrants, particularly late-in-life migrants and refugees. Not being able to explain your symptoms to the doctor or understand the treatment they suggest can have very negative consequences for your health. For care professionals, language […]
