Several member organisations of COFACE-Handicap came together to work on the help to carers issue. Indeed, it appears urgent that the help provided by families of disabled persons in their daily life be carefully studied at European level. The question of help to carers is, for Europe as well as for associations of disabled persons, of capital importance. With regard to the current advance of the project, the work carried out by the partners consists of a research phase. Two main axes can be distinguished:
- The statement of needs expressed by families on the basis of a common tool namely The guide of the needs of family carers.
- The statement of rights and support measures for family carers implemented by the authorities or organised by associations in several European countries.
The long-term objective of this project is to obtain the official recognition, in Europe, of the status of family carer.
List of partner organisations of the project
- AP³ (Association des Parents et Professionnels autour de la Personne Polyhandicapée), Belgium
- APF (Association des Paralysés de France), France
- UNAFTC (Union Nationale des Associations Familiales des Traumatisés Crâniens), France
- UNAPEI (Union Nationale des Associations des Parents d'Enfants Inadaptés), France
- UNAPEL (Union Nationales des Associations des Parents d'élèves de l'Enseignement Libre), France
- UFHA (Unione Famiglie Handicappati), Italy
- AIAS (Associazione Italiana Per l'Assistenza Agli Spastici), Italy
- APEMH (Association des Parents des Enfants Mentalement Handicapés), Luxembourg
- FCCC (Family and Child Care Center), Greece
- LPDM (Liga Portuguesa Dos Deficientes Motores), Portugal
- POP (Pancyprian Organisation for Large Families), Cyprus
