fIrst announCement

InternatIonal Care ConferenCe

Does Europe Care?

european
ConferenCe on long term Care and dIversIty

thursday 28th and frIday 29th of aprIl 2011 amsterdam, the netherlands www.CareConferenCe.eu

Governments and care providers in Europe are currently facing the challenge to secure the accessibility, affordable cost level and quality of long term care for an ever more diverse population. What can we as Europeans learn from each others strategies to sustain the delivery of high quality long term care for a growing population of care demanders? What may countries learn from each others approaches to deal with increasing diversity within the care population? What are the implications of shifts in care responsibility for the quality and continuity of long term care? Would it be good to develop a shared European approach to the issue of diversity in long term care? These questions are the focus of this International Care Conference, providing good opportunities for participants to get acquainted with innovative ideas. As a further target the conference will sustain efforts to develop a common European policy. We would be honoured to welcome you at our International Care Conference Does Europe Care?

Intended participants
Representatives of national and local government, directors of care organizations, policy makers, care professionals, academic experts; representatives of main stream society; clients from all European countries.

Conference goals

The exchange of expertise and best practices with respect to the accessibility,

affordable cost level and quality of long term care for an ever more diverse population.

Applications and Contact For applications and questions you can address: GGD Amsterdam Health Service Amsterdam Project co-ordinator: Maria F. Oud Nieuwe Achtergracht 100 1018 WT Amsterdam Tel: 0031 (0)20 555 5296 Mob: 0031 (0)6 27132774 moud@ggd.amsterdam.nl www.careconference.eu

The strenthening of the European network of care providers in the countries of

the European Union.

The

drafting of a common manifesto intended as a recommendation to the European Commission regarding the preferred policy on long term care in Europe.

Programme
Outstanding research specialists and professionals in the field of long term care will contribute to the programme, which will consist of lectures and workshops. The workshops will offer room to enter debate on specific sub-issues. There will be sufficient time for informal meetings and discussions.

International Care Conference Committee

Eelco Damen, the Netherlands Arnoud Verhoeff, the Netherlands Jan Willem Duyvendak, the Netherlands Marcel Carpay, the Netherlands Gordon Moore, United Kingdom Anders Wahlstedt, Norway Age van der Veer, the Netherlands Theofanis Kleopas, Greece Lieve van de Walle, Belgium Ken Ayre, United Kingdom Kitty Mylonopoulou, Greece Ans Griffioen, the Netherlands Birgit Lie, Norway Ian Grant, United Kingdom Hans van der Wielen, the Netherlands Jzsef Katus, the Netherlands Roeland Hokken, the Netherlands Tim Savenije, the Netherlands