About ENTWINE
ENTWINE is a 4-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovation Training Network (ITN), funded by the European Union and started as of September 2018. The Network will train 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) for high quality PhD training.
Mostly due to increased longevity and medical advances, the needs of older/ill individuals for long-term care rise rapidly while the availability of informal caregivers decreases. Informal caregivers are those who provide unpaid care to a relative or friend with a chronic illness, disability or other long-lasting health or care need. This “Care Gap” will create huge problems for the sustainability of European health care systems that rely heavily on the provision of informal care. The aim of ENTWINE’s team is to investigate broad spectrum of challenges in informal caregiving and issues concerning the development and use of innovative psychology-based and technology-based interventions that support willingness and opportunity to provide informal care. The focus is on overcoming barriers following a user-centered, stakeholder-driven implementation and agile science approach to promote the adoption and implementation of innovative solutions to support informal caregivers. ENTWINE represents a stepping stone towards sustainable informal care throughout Europe.
Implementing eHealth solutions in informal care
Informal caregiving is a process of providing care to loved ones who are unable to care for themselves. This process, at times, takes a toll on the physical, emotional, and social well-being of caregivers.
An online psychological support program for informal #caregivers. Read @ieva66266001's study to hear what caregivers thought about using this new program: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214782921000014?via%3Dihub
My first article just got published by #Elsevier and is now openly available! It is a #QualitativeResearch article on #informalcaregiver experiences of using #ICBT program. Interested? Have a look:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2021.100361
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What did caring mean to caregivers during the pandemic?
Check out this exhibition featuring art created by caregivers
https://understandingsociety.sheffield.ac.uk/2020/exhibits2/ill-be-here-in-the-morning-celebrating-our-community-of-care/
#ENTWINE #research #informalcare #sharingiscaring