Handbook for Caretakers Affected by Mental Issues
The handbook tries to build compassion towards people with severe mental issues and raise the awareness of the challenges they have to face to in order to cope in society. After reading this manual, care workers, both formal and informal, will be able to successfully approach their patients, empower them to integrate to formal occupations, […]
Care Plan Guide for Caregivers
Care Plan Guide is a handbook designed for informal care workers. The guide has the necessary interactive tools for monitoring the care worker’s activities to keep the care worker up-to-date, provide information about time management, stress and crisis management tips, and various methodological approaches to facilitate the caregiving.
Policy about Caregivers in Brazil
In Brazil, caregivers are working long hours and getting low wages. Things have worsened during quarantine, as many of them have been forced by their employers to compulsorily quarantine themselves in their houses. That being said, employers do not formally recruit care workers, causing further repercussions with respect to insurance benefits. The Brazilian Government urgently […]
Long-Term Care Insurance: Japan
In 2010, Japan had the highest percentage of elderly people in the world, but few individuals were working in the care sector due to the insurance ambiguity that exists in the country. The government is constantly trying to promote the inhouse-care sector and formalize the field, so an innovative public long-term care insurance policy (LTCI) […]
Recommendations for the Care Sector of India
The conditions of the care sector are miserable in India, as the government does not apply policies to promote it and the field is neglected. This paper recommends some policies to increase the support of caregivers. Concisely, the government should recognize unpaid carers in policy initiatives, provide direct financial support or increase the funding to […]
Recommendations for Future Policy in the USA
The published paper addresses five new policies to be implemented in the future: a) The USA should revise and redefine the term “informal caregiver” as the current one is ambiguous b) Formal and informal health care should coordinate with each other to make sure that the latter applies the good practices of the first c) […]
Recommendations About Labour Rights Protection and Labour Trafficking
In this article, the authors recommend policies to ameliorate labour rights protection and trigger trafficking responses. Regarding the first part: a) Labour Inspectorates should tactfully and vigilantly acknowledge and audit complaints from domestic workers since in-house spot-checks are impracticable b) The existing regulatory framework on domestic work should be revisited c) Financial incentives should be […]
Legislative Framework on Immigration
Immigration policies no. 2910/2001, no. 3386/2005 and the latest, no. 3536/2007 were settled, advocating the social integration of migrants into Greek society. Based on the latest regulation, the process of issuing residence permits had been revised to facilitate the procedure in terms of convenience, by expediting the issuance waiting period, increasing the duration of the […]
Recommendations to Improve the Care Sector’s Quality
This paper, issued by the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, makes many recommendations that can improve the working quality of female migrant care workers. Firstly, authors highlight the need for the Government to facilitate the recognition of the legal and independent status of migrant women, because they are mostly recognized as dependent family […]
Emerging Issues in the In-House Care Sector
Individuals who offer in-house care to patients suffering from several diseases are lacking education and experience, with regards to the disease of their patient. And the supervision of their work is negligible, as it is rare for a professional to oversee and advise them. The handbook presents all the potential risks a caregiver may face: […]
