| domain | caritas.eu |
| summary | The website highlights a critical crisis in long-term care (LTC) across Europe driven by an aging population and insufficient investment. Key issues include rising demand for LTC services among older adults, persistent affordability, accessibility, and coverage barriers, increased vulnerability of poorer seniors, and inadequate public funding. Recruitment and retention of LTC staff are severely challenged, leading to reliance on informal care and a concerning number of undeclared workers, frequently migrant women, who often face poor working conditions and low pay. This emigration of care workers, particularly from Central and Eastern Europe, exacerbates the shortage and negatively impacts families and communities. Overall, the sector suffers from unsustainable underfunding, relying heavily on cheap labor, and contributing to the feminization of poverty within the care workforce. |
| title | Caritas Europe |
| description | Caritas Europa is the network of 49 member organisations in 46 European countries. We are committed to promoting social justice and to fighting poverty and social exclusion. |
| keywords | social, care, family, ukraine, more, years, innocent, europe, story, read, humanitarian, european, there, workers, local, people, life |
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| nslookup | A 192.124.249.12 |
| created | 2026-03-07 |
| updated | 2026-03-09 |
| summarized | 2026-03-09 |
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