During the ENIEC AM 2023 in Gdansk, the board and the statutes working group proposed a number of changes to the statutes to the general assembly. After a presentation by Lola Sanchez Casal and Frederic Lausher, the general assembly decides by unanimous vote to accept the proposed changes of the statutes. The board was given […]
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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 […]
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 […]
New Year get together (online)
Dear ENIEC members and friends, On Thursday, the 26th we are throwing a party and you are invited! It will be a Swingo sing-a-long party with a DJ that will play your favourite singalongs. This is your chance to go wild, we know that you all love to dance! In addition, during the Swingo you […]
Norwegian webpage on older immigrants and dementia
Reaching older people with digital information can be difficult. So, to make sure those close to the older immigrants are informed of best practice, health care options, and judicial rights, we included health care personnel and family as part of the webpage’s target group. Health communication is necessary in disease prevention and health promotion. Having […]
Ongoing InCARE survey on long-term care: we need your help!
ENIEC-member Lola Casal-Sanchez is involved as PhD in the InCare project. Lola: ‘The InCARE project (co-funded by the European Union) team is inviting you to share your point of view through a general population survey on experiences, attitudes, and expectations on long-term care. We also hope for your support in disseminating the survey (currently available […]
A Message from the Nomination Committee
During our annual meetings, ENIEC members hold a general assembly, which is the ultimate decisive body of ENIEC. March 25 the AM2022 will be held from ENIEC. An important task for the members during the General Assembly is to vote for the board members. Every year, we vote for two board members. Jennifer Van Der […]
Saloua Berdai, PhD receives Doctorate University of Brussels
On the 13th of October, ENIEC member Saloua Berdai, PhD received her doctorate at Vrije Universiteit Brussels. The thesis, titled Grasping fading memories of a motherland: Capturing dynamic care realities of older labor migrants with dementia explored how family carers and professionals care for older labour migrants with dementia and how researchers can study older […]
Register for the AM 2022!
Just a few months waiting and then we will finally reconnect and meet in The Hague. A lot of preparation is going on. Several Dutch members are working together in the Organising Committee and we are also reaching out to partners in The Hague who like to share their knowledge but above all like to […]
A Study on Diversity-Mainstreaming of Elderly Care in the Netherlands
Written by Hanna Carlsson In the Netherlands, like many other immigration countries, diversity-mainstreaming policies have become common. The goal of diversity-mainstreaming policies is that health and social care services are inclusive to people from all cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. While the idea behind policies can be good, the question is how they impact people […]
