Laurel featured at major Icelandic care conference

Photograph of University of Helsinki main building with people in the foreground. Captured by Linda Tammisto

Laurel was featured at the Transforming Care Conference in Helsinki in June as part of a collaboration with the LeTs-Care project and the BUILD project. . Members of the two projects worked together on a joint paper titled ‘Integrated, person-centred and innovative long-term care: the questions we need to answer’. It was presented at the…

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New Laurel Report – Key Findings and Policy Recommendations from the ICIC24 Laurel Workshop

Albert Alonso speaks onstage at ICIC25. He is standing at the left of the picture, with a panel of speakers sitting at a table on stage behind him.

At last year’s International Conference on Integrated Care in Belfast Northern Ireland (ICIC24), the Laurel team led a workshop to gather knowledge and discuss reforms for integrated long-term care (I-LTC). We are pleased to announce the publication of a report gathering this knowledge together and sharing policy recommendations to improve the experience of I-LTC, based…

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Register now for EHTEL’s Digital Innovation Webinar on May 20

Register now for EHTEL’s upcoming webinar ‘Digital Innovation for Integrated Long-Term Care: Transforming Europe’s Care Systems. The webinar takes place on May 20, 2025 at 2pm CET. Click here to register Europe faces significant demographic challenges, including ageing populations and increasing demand for long-term care services. Digital technologies have the potential to reshape Integrated Long-Term Care (I-LTC) by improving…

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AGE Presents Laurel at Life Magister Workshop in Kortrijk

Sofia Nunes Santos presenting the Laurel project. Sofia is standing next to a screen displaying a powerpoint, with people taking notes in the foreground.

On February 18, AGE was invited to present Laurel during a workshop as part of the Life Magister Erasmus+ project at the Sint Vincentius residential care center in Kortrijk. This initiative brought together healthcare professionals to explore the expertise and skills needed to enhance the quality of care for older adults. The focus group included professionals from the care sector,  including home care,…

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Ageing in Community: What can we learn from Rural Flanders

On November 20th and 21st, AGE Platform Europe participated in a study visit to rural West and East Flanders, Belgium, organized by Prof. Liesbeth De Donder from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in the framework of HomeAGE Doctoral Network. The visit provided an opportunity to observe innovative practices supporting older adults in rural areas, addressing unique…

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Catch up on EHTEL’s Imagining 2029 webinar

On 16 May, 2024, the Imagining 2029 webinar – organised together with the support of the Laurel – brought together EHTEL members and friends and Laurel consortium members. Close to 30 people attended the webinar. EHTEL Digital Health Facilitators, Tino MARTI and Sara CANELLA, ran the show.  The webinar: Laurel is now at the start of its activities. It is about to begin searching for concrete examples…

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Laurel makes an early impact at international conferences

Despite the project only beginning in February, Laurel has already had an impact at a number of major international conferences. As part of our goal to advance long-term care, our consortium has sought out opportunities to engage with established organisations and events working towards the same end. Through this networking, our project will be able…

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