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 […]
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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 […]
Making More Noise about Older Migrants in Finland
Written by Siiri Jaakson & Susanna Lehtovaara Finnish active ENIEC members have founded together a consortium of intercultural elderly care in Finland. Six partner organizations in the field of intercultural elderly care have joined forces more officially to work together to strengthen and promote the work and expertise of working with older migrants in Finland. […]
The Emigration Generation: Older Migrants Tell about their Life Adventures to School Children
written by Hanna Carlsson Saskia Derks from Utrecht, the Netherlands, wanted to strengthen connections between young and old in multicultural neighbourhoods. She therefore started the project “The emigration generation” where older people with a migration history come to schools to give guest lectures about their life histories. The children, at their turn, capture the stories […]
Diversity in organizational Policy and Culture: Interview with Home Care Director and Geriatric Specialist Emete Solmaz
As recent discussions about race and exclusion triggered by the Black Lives matter movement and the tragic murder of George Floyd have highlighted, racism affects our daily lives. The health care sector is no exception. Therefore, it is important that we continue to work towards care organizations that can meet the needs of clients from […]
Care for and Wellbeing among Older Migrants Study Conducted by Leyden Academy in the Netherlands
Nina Conkova and Jolanda Lindenberg are members of ENIEC who work at Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing. There they study the care and wellbeing of older adults with a migration background living in the Netherlands. Themes include becoming older in the Netherlands and perceptions of a ‘good’ old age, loneliness, and culturally-sensitive care. written […]
Norwegian Project to Spread Information for Elderly Migrants on COVID-19
written by Rita Weum Integrerings- og mangfoldsdirektoratet – IMDi (The Norwegian Directorate of Intergration and Diversity) announced an extraordinary grant to volontary organizations to disseminate the authorities` information about the coronavirus to the immigrant population in the municipalities. Application deadline was April 29th. The projects, 150 in all, will be reporting to IMDi. The final reports […]
