EAHSA the european ageing network
Welcome to EAHSA

This is the website of the European Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing (EAHSA).  EAHSA has the aim to connect and support care and service providers for the elderly to improve the quality of life for the elderly.  EAHSA also wants to contribute to the quality, accessibility and financial sustainability of the caresystems for the elderly in the European Union and associated states. EAHSA is recognized by the European Commission as the platform of providers in the ageing industry.

EAHSA is affiliated with the International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing (IAHSA). EAHSA has its office in Brussels close to the offices of the European Commission.

 

Read here about the benefits

Membership application form 

 

Brochures about EAHSA:

 

  

 

  

 

EAHSA Conference in Malta 27-28 September 2012 “Active Ageing - The Challenge for Providers”  

      In the framework of the „European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations EAHSA's Bi-annual Conference has the title: “Active Ageing - The Challenge for Providers” dealing with best practices and innovations in housing, services and care. The conference takes place from September 27-28 2012 on the beautiful island of Malta. More details and registration on: www.eahsamalta2012.eu

2012 Year of Active Ageing

The year 2012 will be the „European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations “.   “Active Ageing” is much more than just employment policy. Following the definition of the WHO it means:  “… the process of optimizing opportunities of health, participation and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age. It allows people to realize their potential for wellbeing  throughout their lives and to participate in society according to their needs, desires and capabilities, while providing them with adequate protection, security and care when they need assistance …”  The European Commission has launched a website http://ec.europa.eu/social/ey2012.jsp for the EY 2012 with the official logo:                                                               

 

EAHSA is an active partner in preparing the EY 2012 as a member of a Coalition of more than twenty NGOs led by the AGE Platform Europe. The leaflet of the Coalition explains why we have an EY 2012 and how you can support the EY 2012 campaign. EAHSA’s major commitment is to organize the EAHSA Conference in Malta in 2012.  

EAHSA is a Full Member of AGE Platform Europe. The AGE General Assembly approved the application of EAHSA membership 12 May 2011. The AGE Platform Europe is one of the most important stakeholders for the ageing sector on a European and national level. For further information contact the website of AGE Platform Europe http://www.age-platform.eu/en/contact-us

 

EAHSA Guidelines 

EAHSA has developed five guidelines that are essential for the development of homes and services for the ageing in the future. You can download these guidelines by clicking on Downloads in the main menu.

  

LOOKING BACK AT THE THE 3RD EAHSA CONFERENCE STOCKHOLM MAY 27-28 2010

"Towards Sustainable Elderly Care"

It was a great pleasure to have 155 participants from 15 different countries  at EAHSA's third conference in Stockholm May 27–28, 2010.

 

 

 

The conference presentations can be downloaded from: www.micasa.se/eahsa

 

Read our newsletter about the conference: 

 

EAHSA’s response on the Green Paper Workforce Health of the European Commission

The European Ageing Network EAHSA welcomes the Commission’s Green Paper on the healthcare workforce. In our response EAHSA emphasizes that Investments in staff motivation and moral are a key element in a succesfull strategy towards a sustainable workforce. The Eden Alternative and other new approaches on care for the elderly have a positive effect on staff satisfaction and motivation.

EAHSA would very much welcome European cooperation in agreeing high level principles for the care for the elderly, in line with these new approaches on care. EAHSA also encourages further exchange of information on the state of the art in long term care for the elderly.
The Green Paper launched by the European Commission aims

  • to increase the visibility of the issues facing the EU health workforce,
  • to generate a clearer picture of the extent to which local and/or national health managers face the same challenges;
  • to provide a better basis for considering what could be done at EU level to address these problems effectively,;
  • to help identify where the Commission believes
  • that further action can be undertaken
  • and to launch a debate on it.

For further details on the Green Paper
http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/detail_dossier_real.cfm?CL=en&DosId=197748

Download EAHSA response on the Green Paper on the website: www.eahsa.eu

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News

The EAHSA board

Mr. Freek Lapré (president)
Movinex BV
Hank
The Netherlands

Mr. Jean-Christophe Vanderhaegen (vice-president)
Director-General
Confederatie Bouw Brussel
Brussels
Belgium

Mrs. Sharon Blackburn
Policy & Communications Director
National Care Forum
Coventry
United Kingdom

Mrs. Natalie Briffa Farrugia
CEO CareMalta
Rabat
Malta

Mrs. Christa Monkhouse
Director Eden-Alternative Europe
Küsnacht
Switzerland

Mr. Aad Koster
CEO ActiZ
Utrecht
The Netherlands

Mr. Joost Happel
CEO Humanitas WoonZorg Plus
The Hague
The Netherlands

Mr. Serge De Kerf
General Manager Seniors Division at Sodexo
Brussels
Belgium

Mr. Wolfgang Meyer
CEO of Sozialwerk St. Georg e.V.
Gelsenkirchen
Germany

Mr. Henrik Nord (treasurer)
CEO Advokaterne Arup & Hvidt
Copenhagen
Denmark

Mr. Anders Nordstrand
Managing director
MIcasa Fastighter i Stockholm AB
Stockholm
Sweden

Mr. Dale Stevenson
Clift Stevenson and Associates P/L
Vienna
Austria

Executive director:
Mr. Robert Speiser
EAHSA
Brussels
Belgium