Joint statement: Time for an ambitious European Long-Term Care Platform
Ahead of the upcoming event of the Belgian presidency of the European Union on the European Pillar of Social Rights in La Hulpe on 15 and 16 April 2024, EASPD has endorsed a joint statement calling for the establishment of an ambitious Long-Term Care platform at a European level. Alongside 16 European organisations, we call on EU policymakers to enhance the implementation of Pillar principle 18 on the right to long-term care under the Strategic Agenda for 2024-2029.
This is an essential first step to coordinate the urgent measures needed to address underinvestment, inadequate social protection, lack of person-centredness, and staff shortages in long-term care. Finally, in line with the call by the High-Level Group on the Future of Social Protection, long-term care must be supported by economic policies which prioritise care expenditure not as a cost, but as an investment to ensure sustainability of Europe’s economy.
Signatories:
AGE Platform Europe
Autism Europe
COFACE Families Europe
Caritas Europa
Eurocarers
Eurodiaconia
European Anti-Poverty Network
European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities
European Federation for Family Employment and Home Care
European Federation for Services to Individuals
European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions
European Public Service Unions
Make Mothers Matter
PICUM
Social Platform
UNI Europa