Author name: Joana Vieira

In this inaugural newsletter from YoungCare, you’ll discover key milestones achieved thus far, offering insights into: To know all the details, find more in the newsletter here.

YoungCare | Relief for Younger People in Need of Care and their Informal Carers is a new Erasmus+ project, kicked off on 17-18 January 2023, in a hybrid meeting held in Gouda, The Netherlands. In the last few years, it became apparent that services of the long-term care system do not respond effectively to the needs of dependent people between 18 and 65 years. For children and youth, as well as older people with care needs, specific services are available across Europe. But younger adults in need of care have special needs, different from other groups. Moreover, informal caregivers of younger adults have special needs and wants, and research, training and guidancefor them are scarce. This is where the YoungCare project comes in. YoungCare will promote strategies for relieving the situation of informal caregivers and the younger people in need of their care. To successfully achieve this aim, the project will: During the next years, the YoungCare consortium in collaboration with associate partners will develop outcomes to pursue these goals: From December 2022 until July 2025, YoungCare will be developed by 6 organisations in 5 countries: