2021/2253(INI) Towards a common European action on care
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joint Responsible Committee | ['FEMM', 'EMPL'] |
PIETIKÄINEN Sirpa ( EPP),
BRGLEZ Milan ( S&D)
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KYMPOUROPOULOS Stelios ( EPP),
LEITÃO-MARQUES Maria-Manuel ( S&D),
SOLÍS PÉREZ Susana ( Renew),
TRILLET-LENOIR Véronique ( Renew),
MATTHIEU Sara ( Verts/ALE),
PETER-HANSEN Kira Marie ( Verts/ALE),
ANDERSON Christine ( ID),
ZAMBELLI Stefania ( ID),
DE LA PISA CARRIÓN Margarita ( ECR),
RAFALSKA Elżbieta ( ECR),
GUSMÃO José ( GUE/NGL),
RODRÍGUEZ PALOP Eugenia ( GUE/NGL)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54, RoP 58
Legal Basis:
RoP 54, RoP 58Events
2022/10/20
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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2022/07/05
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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2022/07/05
EP - Debate in Parliament
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2022/07/05
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament adopted by 436 votes to 143, with 54 abstentions, a resolution towards a common European action on care.
A Europe that cares
Members noted that it is essential to ensure dignity, independence, autonomy, well-being and participation in social life through quality care throughout life. People in need of care and their carers should have the right to make a real choice about the care services that are appropriate for them and their families, how they are provided (home care, community-based services, patient-centred care, personalised care or other), where they are provided and how often they are provided, with particular attention to providing care and ensuring access to it for people living in remote areas.
Parliament called on the Commission to present an ambitious, robust and sustainable European care strategy that builds on everyone’s right to affordable, accessible and high-quality care, as well as on other principles set out in the EPSR and EU strategic documents, and the individual rights and needs of both care recipients and carers, and that encompasses the entire life course , targeting and responding to the needs of people at critical periods throughout their lifetime.
Members stressed that the strategy should be based on reliable, comprehensive and comparable data that is publicly available. They insisted that the strategy should include concrete and progressive targets with a timetable and indicators to assess progress and tackle inequalities, taking into account the care needs in European societies. Parliament has highlighted the need to consult all relevant stakeholders at European, national and local level, including representatives of informal carers and patient organisations, when developing the European strategy.
The Commission is invited to include comprehensive measures to combat violence and harassment, including all forms of abuse of older persons and abusive acts against carers in the European care strategy.
For their part, Member States should ensure that investment in the care economy is included in national recovery and resilience plans, in the Cohesion Fund and in all other relevant EU financial instruments.
Parliament recalled the commitments of the EU and the Member States to move away from isolated institutional care and towards community and family-based care, and to promote various models of care and independent living. It called on Member States to use available national and EU funds to accelerate this transition.
Quality care for every child
Parliament called for encouraging upward convergence and investing more in quality public care for every child in the EU by revising the Barcelona targets and showing high ambition in the accessibility of quality childcare services for all children , including those under 3 years of age and those facing poverty, social exclusion and intersecting forms of discrimination.
Member States are invited to take all necessary measures to reach the target of providing childcare to at least 90% of children over three years of age under compulsory school age and at least 33% of children under three years of age as soon as possible.
Members called on the Commission, in its use of EU financial instruments, to promote investment in childcare services. Member States are called upon to provide comprehensive support to parents, including (i) promoting maternity and paternity rights and paid parental rights, (ii) ensuring the availability of easily accessible social services, such as childcare, professional counselling, mediation or psychological support, and (iii) encouraging men to take on more unpaid family and domestic responsibilities, including care of very young children.
Equal access to quality care services
Parliament called on Member States to recognise the right to care and to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems so as to ensure effective, comprehensive, equal and timely access to care services and treatment throughout the life cycle.
Stressing the importance of ensuring that care is not commodified, Members suggested that the Commission and Member States develop the necessary tools to regularly assess the accessibility, availability and affordability of care services and treatment.
The resolution stressed the importance of timely investment in care structures, identification of skills gaps and evaluation of future staffing and training needs at the level of individual professions, sectors and regions, with particular attention to population density and care needs, in order to ensure a sufficient and sustainable workforce and to tackle inequalities in access to services and care.
Quality long-term care for a long and quality life
Parliament called on the Commission to develop a comprehensive, ambitious and rights-based set of targets and corresponding indicators for long-term care. The Commission should set as a key objective equal and universal access for all to quality long-term care services based on the individual needs of people receiving care and support, with particular attention to the elimination of inequalities as well as to people in vulnerable situations, such as the elderly, people with disabilities and women in informal and undeclared care work.
Informal care
Members noted that across the EU, between 40 and 50 million people provide informal care on a regular basis and 44 million provide long-term care at least once a week. The majority of these people are women, including women with disabilities. They account for around 60% of informal carers and spend more hours than men providing informal care, which is a barrier to gender equality and can limit the possibility of formal work, particularly for younger carers.
To ensure that people can continue to receive care in their own homes, mobile care and support should be extended to relieve family carers, especially women, of care tasks through awareness-raising activities, but also through adequate support, including financial compensation. Members urged the Commission to present to Parliament and the Council a European Carers Programme and as a part of it a European Informal Carers programme with a package of actions at EU level on informal care.
Decent working conditions for all care workers
Parliament called on Member States to focus their action on care on building up and financing an adequate workforce in the sector . It called on Member States to increase the attractiveness of the care professions by ensuring social recognition, decent working conditions and fair pay, including appropriate working hours. This would help address labour shortages, especially in regions and Member States facing significant difficulties due to the care drain.
Members are concerned about the working conditions of home carers , mainly women , including migrant women, many of whom work under unclear pay conditions. Concerned about the high proportion of workers paid at or below the minimum wage among care professionals, the majority of whom are women, Members welcomed the Commission's proposal for a directive on a fair minimum wage.
Documents
2022/06/22
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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2022/06/22
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
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2022/06/21
EP - Vote in committee
2022/04/08
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2022/04/08
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2022/04/08
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2022/03/15
EP - Committee draft report
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2022/02/04
EP - PIETIKÄINEN Sirpa (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in ['FEMM', 'EMPL']
2022/02/04
EP - BRGLEZ Milan (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in ['FEMM', 'EMPL']
2021/12/16
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/12/16
EP - Referral to joint committee announced in Parliament
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2022)519
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0278/2022
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0189/2022
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0189/2022
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE731.515
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE731.516
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE731.517
- Committee draft report: PE719.924
- Committee draft report: PE719.924
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE731.515
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE731.516
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE731.517
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0189/2022
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2022)519
Activities
- Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Michal ŠIMEČKA
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Milan BRGLEZ
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Dominique BILDE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Maria GRAPINI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Ádám KÓSA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Dennis RADTKE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Sandra PEREIRA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Marc BOTENGA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- José GUSMÃO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Benoît LUTGEN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Dragoş PÎSLARU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Eugenia RODRÍGUEZ PALOP
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Guido REIL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Frances FITZGERALD
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Elżbieta RAFALSKA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Stefania ZAMBELLI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Cindy FRANSSEN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Helmut GEUKING
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Eugen TOMAC
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
- Sara MATTHIEU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2022/07/05 Common European action on care (debate)
Votes
Vers une action européenne commune en matière de soins - Common European action on care - Gemeinsame europäische Maßnahmen im Bereich Pflege und Betreuung - A9-0189/2022 - Milan Brglez, Sirpa Pietikäinen - Proposition de résolution de remplacement - Am 1 #
2022/07/05 Outcome: -: 485, +: 133, 0: 11
NI
The Left
PPEA9-0189/2022 - Milan Brglez, Sirpa Pietikäinen - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) (commissions EMPL, FEMM) #
2022/07/05 Outcome: +: 436, -: 143, 0: 54
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 1026 |
2021/2253(INI)
2022/04/08
EMPL, FEMM
1026 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) — having regard to Article 8 of the TFEU on gender mainstreaming,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) — having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as referred to in Article6 TEU,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas care encompasses services to address the physical, psychological and social needs of dependents, as well as support to guarantee the equal exercise of rights, dignity, autonomy, inclusion and well-being for all members of society, provided by either formal or informal carers;
Amendment 1000 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 c (new) 30 c. Points to the clear benefits of minimum income and minimum pension schemes for timely and effective access to care and support services, as well as for ensuring decent living standard to carers, especially those providing informal unpaid care;
Amendment 1001 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 d (new) 30d. Calls on the Commission to link the upcoming care strategy to the European action plan for the social economy, raising the awareness of the potential of social economy in improving the working conditions in the care sector as well as creating opportunities for better access of women to quality jobs;
Amendment 1002 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 d (new) 30d. Calls for a European framework to strategically upskill and reskill workers and to formally recognise carers’ skills through a certification process;
Amendment 1003 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 e (new) Amendment 1004 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 f (new) 30f. Calls on the Commission to set up a European Expert Group on Care, bringing together public authorities, European NGOs representing people who draw on care, service providers, as well as other stakeholders, such as researchers, to create innovative care solutions, to ensure future-proof care systems and to phase out institutionalized care and replace it with community-based or home-based care and/or use of personalized budgets and personalised design of care;
Amendment 1005 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls on the Member States to formulate and revise their care policies in permanent dialogue with social partners, experts, civil society and representative organisations of care recipients and carers
Amendment 1006 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls on the Member States to formulate and revise their care policies in permanent dialogue with social partners, experts
Amendment 1007 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls on the Member States to formulate and revise their care policies in permanent dialogue with social partners, experts, civil society and representative organisations of care recipients and carers; invites the Commission and the Council to launch a discussion on the link between technology and quality of care;
Amendment 1008 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls on the Member States to formulate and revise their care policies in permanent dialogue and consequent actions with social partners, experts, civil society and representative organisations of
Amendment 1009 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls on the Member States to formulate and revise their care policies in permanent dialogue with social partners, experts, civil society and representative organisations of care recipients a
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas care encompasses services to address the physical, mental, psychological and social needs of
Amendment 1010 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls on the Member States to formulate and if necessary, consider revis
Amendment 1011 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls on the Member States to formulate and revise their care policies in permanent dialogue with social partners, experts, civil society and representative organisations of
Amendment 1012 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) Amendment 1013 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Stresses the importance of meaningfully including carers and caregivers' representative organisations in the development, implementation and monitoring of the Strategy;
Amendment 1014 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Calls on the
Amendment 1015 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Calls on the Commission to ensure that
Amendment 1016 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the EIGE, Eurofound and other relevant agencies have adequate resources to monitor and analyse if and how policies are making the intended improvements in the care sector, including in terms of access, quality, gender equality, infrastructure and work-
Amendment 1017 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Calls on the Commission to ensure that
Amendment 1018 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Calls on the Commission, taking as its starting point the work done by the ELA and the data collected on the care and domestic work sectors, to include in its action plan specific measures to tackle undeclared work; also calls on the Commission to include binding targets and realistic, measurable indicators in the framework of the European Semester to indicate to Member States the reform targets required in order to tackle undeclared work; finally, calls on the Commission to provide a common, legally binding definition at European level of the new types of work, to identify appropriate and efficient control mechanisms and to lay down proportionate, effective and dissuasive sanctions;
Amendment 1019 #
32a. Calls on the Commission to consider that the noble activity of care encourages and develops the skills of those providing it, resulting in personal growth that is conducive to future personal, professional and social good; considers that individuals who have acquired this maturity may contribute this asset to social activities aimed at achieving the common good;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas care encompasses services to address the physical, psychological and social, personal and household needs of dependents, as well as support to guarantee the equal exercise of rights, dignity, autonomy, inclusion and well-being for all members of society;
Amendment 1020 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Calls for an external scientific and ethical evaluation on the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the care sector, on the actions of the European Union as a whole as well as on the actions of the Member States, and for an evaluation on the level of preparedness that the EU now has for pandemics;
Amendment 1021 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Calls on the Member States for public investments to develop the care economy and draws attention to the potential conflict of interest in a for-profit care economy that puts profits before people;
Amendment 1022 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 b (new) 32b. Calls on the Commission to recognise and value the contributions of carers in their spirit of service as an irreplaceable contribution to society, and therefore to look to the professional prestige of caring, avoiding derogatory comparisons with other activities or disparaging evaluations;
Amendment 1023 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 b (new) 32b. Calls on Member States to value the professions related to the provision of care by improving their working conditions and pay, and to avoid associating the care profession with minimum wage;
Amendment 1024 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 c (new) 32c. Calls on the Commission to recognise and express the incalculable value of those carrying out care services through educational campaigns and policies that emphasise the human benefit, professional prestige and social impact of those carrying out this work;
Amendment 1025 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 c (new) 32c. Urges the Commission and the Member States to consider the care economy as part of the green economy, as a sustainable economic model; in this context, calls for the European Green Deal to be complemented by a Care Deal for Europe;
Amendment 1026 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 d (new) 32d. Calls on the Member States to ensure that time spent on service to and care of third parties, including maternity, may be recognised as experience and training in the acquisition of a set of abilities and skills linked to social and humanitarian work; calls on Member States to recognise that the competences acquired include empathy, solidarity, hospitality, warmth, admiration and compassion for those who suffer, communication skills, management of teams and tasks, living with emergencies and difficulties, improvisation, flexibility, resilience and emotional intelligence; considers that these aptitudes are of enormous importance for personal and professional success, and also make it possible to provide inspiration for a society aligned with the common good;
Amendment 103 #
B. whereas care encompasses services to address the physical, psychological and social needs of
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas care work means a variety of services carried out by individuals, families, communities, paid service providers, public organisations and state institutions in different types of settings, ranging from institutions to private households; whereas high numbers of care recipients that are dependent on paid or unpaid informal care are directly linked to inaccessibility and unaffordability of quality professional services throughout the life course;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the term "care work" refers to a variety of services provided by individuals, families, communities, paid service providers, public organisations and public institutions in different types of settings, ranging from institutions to private households;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the service of offering care transcends physical actions and involves generosity in the commitment to taking care of all aspects of people’s lives, and requires mutual trust;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the large majority of care givers, formal and informal, are women; whereas caring for others, both paid and unpaid, heavily impacts women’s participation in all areas of life;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas a high level of human health protection is to be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) — having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as referred to in Article 6 TEU,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas there is a need to differentiate between the support for disabled persons and care;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas accessing care services remains a challenge in the EU’s rural and remote areas, notably outermost regions, in a context of a declining and ageing population, and a lack of connectivity and infrastructure; whereas this demographic trend can contribute to the lower attractiveness of rural areas as places to live and work; whereas this affects in a disproportional way women, who face additional difficulties in trying to reconcile work and life; whereas rural areas face shortages of general practitioners and of specialised and emergency care leading to the emergence of the so-called “Medical Deserts";
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the European Commission defines personal and household services as a broad range of activities that contribute to well-being at home of families and individuals, including childcare, long term care and for persons with disabilities, household chores, remedial classes, home repairs, gardening, ICT support;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas the austerity measures, applied in times of previous crises, have undermined development of quality public services accessible to everyone;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas in personal and household services, care and non-care activities are highly intertwined with a vast proportion of workers performing both;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas health is a fundamental right and ensuring access to quality and affordable care should be an obligation of all Member States;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas Personal and Household Services (PHS) are part of the care sector; whereas PHS provide both direct and indirect services; whereas the former include childcare, early childhood education and care (ECEC), long-term care in situations of invalidity, disability or dependence and the elderly peoples’ care and the latter consists of activities such as cleaning, ironing, maintenance, gardening, etc.;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B d (new) Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas care provision includes not only personal care but also non- relational indirect care performed by personal and household workers, which provides the necessary preconditions for the provision of personal care;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 — having regard to the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), in particular principle 17 on inclusion of persons with disabilities and principle 18 on the right to long-term care,
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B e (new) Be. whereas the Commission defines personal and household services as "a broad range of activities that contribute to wellbeing at home of families and individuals: child care, long-term care for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, cleaning, remedial classes, home repairs, gardening, ICT support, etc."; whereas in personal and household services the activities of care and non- care are highly intertwined with a vast proportion of workers performing both;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B f (new) Bf. whereas at global level, personal and household services are usually described under the term domestic work; whereas the inclusion of domestic workers in the care workforce therefore recognises that care provision includes not only personal care, but also non-relational indirect care, which provides the necessary preconditions for the provision of personal care; whereas a large proportion of personal and household workers thus belongs to the care workforce;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B g (new) Bg. whereas the COVID-19 crisis highlighted the key role played by workers in personal and household services within our societies, demonstrating the urgent need to ensure full recognition for these workers in all Member States together with collective bargaining rights, social security and social protection; whereas due to the persisting lack of proper recognition of these workers in several Member States, many of them have lost their job during the COVID-19 pandemic without being able to benefit from state wage compensation and job retention schemes; whereas the pandemic resulted in the loss of accommodation for many workers in personal and household services, as well as exposed them to violence and harassment at work;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the stigma surrounding dependence and the need for care and support intersects with other grounds of discrimination, above all gender and sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, ethnicity, as well as economic, social, migrant and other disadvantaged backgrounds;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the stigma surrounding dependence prevails in all member states; whereas this stigma and the need for care and support intersects with other grounds of discrimination and aggravate the risk of poverty or social exclusion;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the stigma surrounding dependence, frailty and the need for care and support in case of disability, disease, and mental health conditions and the need for care and support intersects with other grounds of discrimination;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 — having regard to the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), in particular principle 17 on inclusion of persons with disabilities and principle 18 on the right to long-term care,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the stigma surrounding dependence and the need for care and support or due to the invisible nature of the pain coming from mental and neurological disease, intersects with other grounds of discrimination;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the stigma and stereotypes surrounding dependence and the need for care and support intersect
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the stigma surrounding dependence and the need for care and support or due to the invisible nature of the pain coming from mental and neurological disease intersects with other grounds of discrimination;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the stigma surrounding dependence and the need for care and
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the stigma surrounding disability, diseases and consequent dependence and the need for care and support intersects with other grounds of discrimination;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the stigma surrounding d
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the stigma surrounding d
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are among the world’s most prevalent, disabling and burdensome non- communicable diseases, affecting over 100 million Europeans, and account for over 50 percent of Years Lived with Disabilities (YLDs) in Europe; whereas due to their prevalence, disabling consequences, and links to high incidence of co-morbidities, people with RMDs are a significant source of demand for long- term formal and informal care in Europe;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the number of people who are dependent on the assistance of others or have health and long-term care needs increases with age; whereas the share of individuals in need of such services is higher in those aged 80 or over; whereas the needs for care and support are diverse and the appropriate means to ensure autonomy and independence differ;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 — having regard to the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), in particular its principles 17 on inclusion of persons with disabilities and 18 on the right to long-term care,
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas many care workers are migrant, predominantly racialised women, facing a highly precarious situation and experiencing intersectional discrimination due to their race or ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status and nationality; whereas migrant workers are not treated equally in terms of access to decent work and social protection;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas women are the majority of care providers, both paid and unpaid, and this shapes the ability, duration and type of paid work they can undertake throughout their working life-cycle; whereas this has a direct negative impact on their ability to participate in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the “male breadwinner – female carer“ model continues to shape access to social rights, including pensions, hence impacting negatively on women’s economic independence throughout the life-cycle;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas silent age discrimination and unmet, unseen and unrecognized care needs are still a persisting problem in care in Europe;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas the male breadwinner model continues to shape access to social rights, including pensions; whereas this model negatively impacts on women’s economic independence throughout the life-cycle, due primarily to their overwhelming share of care responsibilities;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas, in 2018, one-third of employed women were working part time in the EU, nearly four times the rate for men; whereas the unequal distribution of unpaid and invisible care responsibilities is a major factor contributing to this discrepancy;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C d (new) Cd. whereas care migration can be defined as the movement of people to supply care services both in the formal and informal economy; whereas migrant workers in care, who are mostly women, are more vulnerable to exploitation and often lack access of their rights;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C e (new) Ce. whereas many care workers members of an ethnic minority or migrants work as live-in care workers with unlimited working hours, having to be available 24 hours a day; whereas these live-in workers are mostly women who do not have an official job contract;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there is a lack of quality, accessible, available, and affordable care in nearly all Member States; whereas the monitoring of care is hampered by the lack of data disaggregated
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) — having regard to the UN Decade on Healthy Ageing2021-2030 and the WHO Framework for countries to achieve an integrated continuum of long-term care1a, _________________ 1a https://www.who.int/news/item/14-03- 2022-who-launches-new-framework-to- support-countries-achieve-integrated- continuum-of-long-term-care
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there is a lack of quality, accessible and affordable care in nearly all Member States; whereas in some Member States the care services are delegated to, and provided by, a under-funded non- profit sector, managed mainly by volunteers, paying low wages to a non- sufficiently qualified staff and consequently with a poor offer of services and almost none evaluation or monitoring of their performance; whereas the monitoring of care is hampered by the lack of disaggregated data and the lack of quality indicators;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there is a lack of quality, accessible and affordable care in nearly all Member States; whereas the monitoring of care is hampered by the lack of disaggregated data and the lack of quality indicators; whereas access to care for isolated persons in some rural areas is difficult; whereas rural regions are more affected by population ageing and are accordingly especially concerned by the issue of access to care;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there is a lack of quality, availability, accessible and affordable care in nearly all Member States; whereas the monitoring of care is hampered by the lack of disaggregated data and the lack of quality indicators and the lack of knowledge among healthcare providers about different diseases that affect the quality of life, such as temporary disabling diseases;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there is a lack of quality, available, accessible and affordable care in nearly all Member States; whereas the monitoring of care is hampered by the lack of disaggregated data and the lack of quality indicators and the lack of knowledge among healthcare providers about different diseases that affect the quality of life, such as temporary disabling diseases or multiple sclerosis (MS);
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there is a lack of quality, available, accessible and affordable care in nearly all Member States; whereas the monitoring of care is hampered by the lack of disaggregated data
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there is a lack of quality, accessible and affordable care in nearly all Member States; whereas this shortage is more severe in remote and rural areas; whereas the monitoring of care is hampered by the lack of disaggregated data and the lack of quality indicators;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there is a lack of quality,
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there is a lack of quality, accessible and affordable care in nearly all Member States; whereas the monitoring of care is hampered by the lack of disaggregated data and the lack of quality indicators, and the high percentage of undeclared work;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there is a lack of quality, accessible and affordable care in nearly all Member States; whereas the monitoring of care is hampered by the lack of disaggregated data and the lack of quality indicators and implementation roadmaps;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) — having regard to the UN Decade on Healthy Ageing 2021-2030 and the WHO Framework for countries to achieve an integrated continuum of long-term care,
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there is a lack of quality, universally accessible and affordable care in nearly all Member States; whereas the monitoring of care is hampered by the lack of disaggregated data and the lack of quality indicators;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas there is a lack of quality,
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas continuous cuts in public spending have heavily impacted the access and quality of healthcare and care services; Whereas a greater health inequality is fostered as private, for-profit providers cater to lower-risk and paying patients, whilst higher-risk and poorer patients, patients in need for long-term care or those needing emergency care, remain reliant on under-resourced public health service provision;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas one of the most fundamental rights regarding care and support is the right to choose the type and location of service; whereas the right to choose one’s type of care is often undermined by the insufficient availability of in-home support and personal assistance; whereas personal assistance is too rarely supported sufficiently by states and remains unaffordable to too many;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the crisis in the care sector precedes the Covid pandemic; whereas in the years 2019 to 2020, 421,000 workers left the residential care sector; whereas this increases the psychosocial risks faced by the care workers that remain in the sector, who are mostly women, as their workload increases;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the median age in the EU-28 rose from 38.3 years in 2001 to 43.1 years in 20181a; whereas in 2018, 19% of EU citizens were 65 or older and whereas their needs should be taken into account in the political decision-making process at EU, national and regional levels; _________________ 1a European Parliamentary Research Service, Demographic outlook for the European Union, March 2020, p. 3.
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas in 2019, the total fertility rate in the European Union was just 1.53 children per female, far below the population replacement threshold rate; whereas easier, low-cost access to childcare services would have a positive effect on the European birth rate;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas there is a lack of quality, accessible and affordable care in nearly all Member States; whereas the monitoring of care is hampered by the lack of disaggregated data and the lack of periodic quality indicators such as the European Time Use Survey (ETUS);
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) — having regard to the UN Decade on Healthy Ageing 2021-2030 and the WHO Framework for countries to achieve an integrated continuum of long-term care1a, _________________ 1a https://www.who.int/news/item/14-03- 2022-who-launches-new-framework-to- support-countries-achieve-integrated- continuum-of-long-term-care
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas one of the most fundamental rights regarding care and support is the right to choose the type of service and where it is offered; whereas the right to choose one’s type of care is often undermined by the insufficient availability of in-home support;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas continuous cuts in public spending have drastically lowered access to quality health care and care services;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas states as the main guarantor of care must ensure the provision of quality and adequate funded public care services; Whereas the delivery of care depends on well financed and properly functioning public services and social protection systems; whereas public investments in care services can contribute positively to gender equality and close employment gaps;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas universal access to care depends on well-financed, quality public services and social protection systems;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D c (new) Dc. whereas the majority of care workers do not earn enough to afford a decent standard of living for themselves and their families;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenges in terms of access to formal care services
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenges in terms of access to formal care services; whereas the sidelining of long-term care settings in the response to COVID, by denying access to protective equipment, testing and medical treatment, emphasises the undervaluation and underfinancing of long-term care in our societies; whereas across the EU, more than half of COVID- 19 related fatalities have been recorded in long-term care settings; whereas blanket social isolation measures have increased the risk of abuse and neglect, as well as deterioration of mental and physical health of persons in need for care and support;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenges
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the lack of and has exacerbated the existing inequalities and challenges in terms of access to formal care services caused by commercialisation, cuts and a persistent lack of investment; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has traumatised and has placed a physical and mental toll on workers in the sector; whereas social isolation measures have increased the risk of abuse and neglect, as well as deterioration of mental and physical health of persons in need for care and support;
Amendment 179 #
E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenges in terms of access to formal care services as it made the needs and circumstances for vulnerable elderly and people who need long time care more visible as well the working patterns of those who care; whereas nevertheless there has been an emerging solidarity between the generations at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing inequalities and challenges in terms of access to formal care services and has revealed the fragility of care work arrangements, societies dependence on unpaid care and the disproportionate reliance on women and girls; whereas this pandemic has even further increased predominantly women's participation in unpaid care at the cost of participating in paid employment;
Amendment 181 #
E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenges in terms of access to formal care services and the staff shortages in the care sector, as well as the burden and lack of support to informal carers, and whereas across the EU, more than half of COVID-19 related fatalities have been recorded in long-term care settings;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing inequalities and challenges in terms of access to formal or informal care services as well has traumatised and placed a physical and mental toll on workers in this sector;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenges in terms of access to formal care services; whereas the pandemic has particularly affected the elderly, in some cases aggravating the situation of isolated persons;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenges in terms of access to formal care services and has shown that carers must also be prepared for working safely in infectious environments;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenges in terms of access to formal care services and informal care;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenges in terms of access to formal care and domestic services;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 — having regard to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular goals n.º3 on “Good Health and Well-being”, n.º 5 on “Gender Equality”, n.º 8 on “Decent Work and Economic Growth” and n.º10 on “Reduced Inequalities”,
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas sidelining of long-term care settings in the response to COVID- 19, by not providing an adequate access to protective equipment, testing and medical treatment, emphasises the undervaluation and underfinancing of long-term care in our societies; whereas more than half of COVID-19 related fatalities in the EU were recorded in long-term care settings; whereas blanket social isolation measures have increased the risk of abuse and neglect, as well as deterioration of mental and physical health of persons in need for care and support;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the side-lining of long- term care settings in the response to COVID, by denying access to protective equipment, testing and medical treatment, emphasises the undervaluation and underfinancing of long-term care in our societies; whereas across the EU, more than half of COVID-19 related fatalities have been recorded in long-term care settings; whereas blanket social isolation measures have increased the risk of abuse and neglect, as well as deterioration of mental and physical health of persons in need for care and support;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas high incidence and mortality rates due to COVID-19 in long- term care facilities highlighted systemic weaknesses related to too slow transition from institutional care to home- and community-based care services, staff shortages arising from difficulties in attracting and retaining the workers, poor employment and working conditions, lack of career development opportunities for workers in the care sector, difficulties for the cross-border carers, as well as the lack of support to informal carers;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the demographic change and other societal and economic factors are gradually bringing about qualitative shortages on the labour market, making it hard to find suitably qualified workers, and, as demographic trends become increasingly unfavourable with an expected rise of old-age dependency ratio to increase from 29.6% in 2016 to 51.2% in 2070, there are also quantitative shortages, in particular in specific sectors such as the care sector;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the increase in workload, heightened exposure to health and safety hazards as well as an increase in violence and harassment against care workers have exacerbated mental health and psychosocial risks such as anxiety, depression and burn out amongst workers in the care sector;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas nursing home residents accounted for 41% of all COVID-19 related deaths during the pandemic, and hundreds-of-thousands-of nursing home workers have also become infected, many of whom are facing long lasting aftereffects and a large number have died;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas, during the lockdowns and the overcrowding of care facilities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, older people suffered an inhuman lack of care and distress that must never be repeated;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions many carers were isolated from their family and broader community;
Amendment 198 #
Eb. whereas in addition to the unmet medical needs, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatically negative impact on the access to education, decent housing and services that are essential for the well-being and development of children, generating an additional burden in care and education duties for all parents, above all women and single parents1a; whereas the empirical evidence confirms that the reduction of care services and increase in unpaid care work carried out by women during the COVID-19 pandemic has re-established and reinforced gender inequalities; _________________ 1a Eurofound brief (2021) Education, healthcare and housing: How access changed for children and families in 2020.
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) — having regard to Article 8 of the TFEU enshrining the EU’s aim to eliminate by all its activities inequalities and promote equality between women and men which translates into gender mainstreaming,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas according to the World Health Organization up to half of the COVID-19 deaths in Europe were of residents in long-term care facilities; whereas 31 % of care workers do not have adequate access to personal protective equipment;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a double burden for many women, who had longer shifts at work and additional informal care at home;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E c (new) Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E c (new) Ec. whereas the persistent lack of recognition of personal and household services workers has meant that many who lost employment during the COVID- 19 pandemic, were unable to access social protection measures and became homeless as a result;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E d (new) Ed. whereas the drastic shift from standard work in the place of employment to telework during the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the need to better enforce, review and update the legislation related to working conditions in the digital environment and the use of artificial intelligence in the world of work;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E e (new) Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained and specialised workforce, the creation of decent working conditions and integrated services, and adequate funding; whereas patients have to wait years before access to treatment due to lack of training of healthcare providers, even in commonly known diseases such as migraine where they wait more than 3 years between diagnosis and access to care and treatment;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality paid care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained workforce, working under the creation of decent working conditions, and integrated services,
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a s
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) — having regard to the UN Decade on Healthy Ageing 2021-2030 and the WHO Framework for countries to achieve an integrated continuum of long-term care1a, _________________ 1a https://www.who.int/news/item/14-03- 2022-who-launches-new-framework-to- support-countries-achieve-integrated- continuum-of-long-term-care
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained workforce, the creation of decent working conditions and integrated services, and adequate funding; whereas integration of the Roma to the care sector through adequate education, vocational training could be an added value to the demand of the workforce;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained workforce, the creation of decent working conditions, adequate pay to ensure decent living conditions for workers and their families and integrated services, and adequate funding;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained workforce, the creation of attractive and decent working conditions and integrated services, and adequate funding for supporting services for persons in need for care and support;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained workforce,
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained workforce, the creation of decent working conditions
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained workforce, the creation of decent working conditions and integrated services, attractive pay packages and
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained workforce, the creation of attractive and decent working conditions and integrated services, and adequate funding;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 b (new) Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained workforce,
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas according to Eurofound1a, workers with a foreign background and first-generation migrant workers tend to be overrepresented in sectors dominated by lower-skilled employment, including homecare and long term care; whereas the Commission’s Fitness check on legal migration of March 2019 emphasised the substantial obstacles in legal migration pathways for low and middle skilled workers, despite increased labour demand; _________________ 1a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/def ault/files/ef_publication/field_ef_docume nt/ef19004en.pdf
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the recruitment of male carers is essential in some care sectors such as support services for disabled or elderly persons with impaired mobility, which require that patients be carried; whereas, conversely, other sectors such as infant care are likely to remain female- dominated;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the natural environment for the development of care recipients throughout life is their own family, which is the setting for the expression of love and affection in a disinterested manner; whereas although such a renunciation means giving up on certain individual interests, it results in personal development and fulfilment that is even greater;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas studies show that more than 90% of older people would like to live in their own homes at an advanced age; however only 20% spends the last years of their life in their private accommodation and many of them live in institutional care facilities;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the majority of older people would like to live in their own homes at an advanced age however the minority spends the last years of their life in their private accommodation and many of them live in institutional care facilities;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the proportion of undeclared work in the care sector remains disproportionately high, leading to fewer protections for workers in the sector, and a loss of income for Member States;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas in a context of longer care pathways and evolution of practices and technologies, caregivers are accumulating expertise which has to be recognised;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 — having regard to the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions and recommendations, and in particular C1
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the care sector needs significant investment, resources and reform, especially in elderly care;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas most older people would like to live in their own homes at an advanced age however, it is not possible for all those who wish to do so, and thus many of them live in institutional care facilities;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas quality care work is a skilled occupation, and demand for skilled care workers will only increase in the coming years;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas patient-centred community-based and homecare can better support the autonomy of persons in need for care and support; whereas residential care often fails to meet the standards on supporting the independence of persons using these services, and is often associated with the end of one’s life, rather than as a place to live with dignity, flourish, and further participate in social and cultural life; whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow; whereas patient- centred, community-based and home care can better support the autonomy of persons in need for care and support; whereas residential care often does not meet the standards of supporting independence of persons using these services and are often associated with the end of life, rather than regarded as places to live and strive in dignity, and places of participation in social and cultural life;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow; whereas patient- centred community-based and home care can better support the autonomy of persons in need for care and support; whereas residential care often does not meet the standards of supporting independence of persons using the services and are often associated with the end of life, rather than regarded as places to live and strive in dignity, and places of participation in social and cultural life;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow; whereas targeted care education and vocational training could have a positive effect on integrating Roma women into the labour market by offering a long-term employment perspective;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow and Member States must invest towards this direction; whereas the bad conditions in some institutional settings lead persons in need of care to informal care;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 — having regard to the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions and recommendations, and in particular C1
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas there is a lack of care services that are tailored to individual’s needs and preferences; whereas this requires structures of care
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care, and public policy should make the fight against medical deserts a priority; whereas that shift has been too slow;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas changing the structures of care
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to person-centred and community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care and support for independent living; whereas that shift has been too slow;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to home and community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow and under-financed;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to home and community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow and under-financed;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based and live-in home care; whereas that shift has been too slow;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to home- and community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 — having regard to the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions and recommendations, and in particular C189 Domestic Workers Convention of 2011, C149 Nursing Personnel Convention of 1977, C183 Maternity Protection Convention of 2000 and C190 Violence and Harassment Convention of 2019,
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to home and community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the abuses observed in certain large private care corporations have turned the care sector, particularly elderly care, into a business that grossly prioritises profit to the detriment of service quality and the right to dignity of the dependent persons;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas it is important to conduct further research on abuse in all care settings, to inform about the factors leading to these practices, promote awareness, training, detection, and fight against abuse for all professions involved in care, and create public platforms for reporting such practices;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. Whereas social services focused on supporting independent living, especially personal assistantships, enable access to employment, education and social participation, thus bringing tangible economic and social benefits and increasing the level of life satisfaction of care recipients;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas patient-centred, community-based services and home care can better support the autonomy of persons in need for care and support; whereas residential care often does not meet the standards of supporting independence of persons using these services;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care taking into consideration both inequalities and average income in different communities; whereas that shift has been too slow;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the proportion of undeclared work in the care sector remains too high, leading to fewer protections for workers in the sector, and a loss of income for member states;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the undervaluation and invisibility of care and domestic work are closely linked with the fact that women dominate in the care sector, thus increasing female horizontal segregation and helping to increase the gender gap both during working life and in retirement; whereas the perpetuation of this situation has social and economic consequences and affects women’s independence at all stages of their lives;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 — having regard to the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions and recommendations, and in particular C189 Domestic Workers Convention of 2011, ILO Convention C190 on Violence and Harassment of 2019 and ILO Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183),
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the undervaluation
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the undervaluation and invisibility of care work are closely linked with the
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the persistent gender segregated labour-market undervalues the sectors in which women represent the majority of the workforce, particularly in the care sector; whereas the undervaluation and invisibility of care work are closely linked with the fact that women and in particular migrants – both EU and non-EU citizens - , dominate in the care sector;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the undervaluation and invisibility of care work are closely linked with the fact that women dominate in the care sector; whereas care is not only done by professional workers; whereas a massive part of care work is done by relatives which as well need targeted support;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the undervaluation and invisibility of care work are closely linked with the fact that women
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the undervaluation and invisibility of care work are closely linked with the fact that women dominate in the care sector, as well as the fact that homecare and other personal and household services are provided behind closed doors;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the undervaluation and invisibility of care work are closely linked with the fact that women and migrants – both EU and non-EU citizens - dominate in the care sector;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the undervaluation and invisibility of care work are closely linked with the fact that women are predominant
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 — having regard to the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions and recommendations, and in particular R202 on Social Protection Floors and C189 Domestic Workers Convention of 2011,
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas the conditions of undocumented third country nationals performing care work and/or other PHS work is particularly challenging as in many Member States they cannot report any violation of their rights without risking detention, or deportation;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas the work of carers, whether male or female, is under- appreciated, devalued and insufficiently paid, and the overwhelming majority of formal carers are women;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas women are much more involved in caring for children, older people, dependent and persons with disabilities and fulfilling household duties;
Amendment 275 #
Ha. whereas provision of informal care shall be a matter of choice instead of a result of necessity and lack of available care services;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas quality care work is a skilled occupation, and demand for skilled care workers will only increase in the coming years;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H c (new) Hc. whereas the European Commission estimates that 8 million new jobs can be created in the EU in the care sector by 20301a; _________________ 1a European Commission, 2021, Green Paper on Ageing;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H d (new) Hd. whereas the proportion of undeclared work in the care sector remains too high, leading to fewer protections for workers in the sector, and a loss of income for Member States;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 — having regard to the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions and recommendations, and in particular C189 Domestic Workers Convention of
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H e (new) He. whereas quality care work is a skilled occupation, requiring training and experience; whereas employment and ongoing training in the workplace through professionalisation of the sector can contribute to an increased quality of provision of care services;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %) are overrepresented and there are increasing numbers of workers aged 50+, platform workers, as well as migrant and mobile workers
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %) are overrepresented and there are increasing numbers of part-time, precarious and platform workers, as well as migrant and mobile workers; whereas there are live-in care workers subjected to unlimited working hours, who have to be available 24 hours a day, suffering exploitative working conditions;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %) are overrepresented and there are increasing numbers of platform workers, as well as migrant and mobile workers; whereas this happens as a result of global care chains replenishing the care deficits present in the EU; whereas this makes it impossible to think of care along national borders only;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %) are overrepresented and there are increasing numbers of platform workers, as well as migrant and mobile workers; whereas these workers are essential to our societies in terms of both public health and social inclusion for care recipients, who are sometimes isolated;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %) are overrepresented and there are increasing numbers of platform workers, as well as migrant and mobile workers; whereas 8 million new jobs are expected to be created over the next decade in both the social care and healthcare sectors;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %) are overrepresented and there are increasing numbers of platform workers, as well as migrant and mobile workers; whereas there are still obstacles that hamper the free provision of care services in the EU;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %) are overrepresented and there are increasing numbers of platform workers
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %) are
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %) are overrepresented and there are increasing numbers of part-time and precarious platform workers, as well as migrant, informal and mobile workers;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 — having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), and the EU’s ratification of this Convention,
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %) are overrepresented and there are increasing numbers of part-time, precarious and platform workers, as well as migrant and mobile workers;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %) are overrepresented and there are increasing numbers of part-time, precarious and platform workers, as well as migrant and mobile workers;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %)
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas in all the Member States, pay in the care sector is well below the average pay and is connected with lower collective bargaining coverage in the care sector; whereas the EU and Member States should ensure quality and fair working conditions for carers;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas an excessive market share of private care companies can lead to profit being put before the needs and wellbeing of care workers and care recipients as well as negatively impact universal access to care services;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas the care sector in the EU still relies heavily on migrant workers both within and outside the Union, and there are still obstacles hampering the free movement of care workers within the EU;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas 7.7 million women in the EU remain out of the labour market due to their care responsibilities;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas in all the Member States, pay in the care sector is well below the average pay and
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas in all the Member States, pay in the care sector is well below the average pay and is connected with lower collective bargaining coverage in the care sector; whereas those employees working in the for-profit and non-profit sectors do not have access to a union representation and collective bargaining;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas in all the Member States, pay in the care sector is well below the average pay
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 — having regard to the revised European Social Charter, in particular its articles 15, on the right of persons with disabilities to independence, social integration, and participation, and 23 on the right of older persons to social protection,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 — having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), and the EU’s ratification of this convention,
Amendment 300 #
J. whereas in all the Member States, pay in the care sector is well below the average pay and is connected with a devaluation of female-dominated sectors, such as this, as well as factors such as lower collective bargaining coverage in the care sector;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas in all the Member States, pay in the care sector is well below the average pay and is connected with lower collective bargaining coverage in the care sector, as well as the feminisation and undervaluation of care work;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas in all the Member States, pay in the care sector is well below the average pay and is connected with numerous factors, including lower collective bargaining coverage in the care sector;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas in all the Member States, pay in the care sector is well below the average pay and is connected with informal work and lower collective bargaining coverage in the care sector;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas in all the Member States, pay in the care and domestic work sectors is well below the average pay and is connected with lower collective bargaining coverage in th
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has emphasised several challenges regarding the terms and conditions of employment of long-term care workers; whereas long- term care workers were at even greater risk of contracting COVID-19 than healthcare workers in hospitals due to lack of personal protective equipment and appropriate training to implement infection protocols and other prevention activities;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas the perception of unpaid care and domestic work as “women’s work”, deprived of economic value in the private sphere, contributes to the undervaluation of care in our lives and in society, to its economic invisibility and to the undervaluation of care workers in private and public institutions;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas women’s rights are fundamental human rights, and whereas the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe and the ECtHR underline that human rights are part of the rule of law;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J b (new) Jb. Whereas many care workers are of an ethnic minority or are migrants, and many work as live-in care workers in violating of working time legislation, expected to be available 24 hours a day;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J c (new) Jc. Whereas the care sector has long been facing workforce shortages and in the years 2019 to 2020, 421,000 workers left the residential care sector1a; _________________ 1a see FORBA (2021), Research for FORESEE project: Impact of the Covid- 19 pandemic on the social services sector and the role of social dialogue, Intermediate Report)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 — having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) and the EU’s ratification of this Convention,
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by informal carers,
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by informal carers, overwhelmingly women, mostly unpaid and/or without adequate support, and often with a negative impact on their physical and mental health, well-being and social inclusion, with women providing approximately two-thirds of care, which makes care an extremely gendered issue;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by informal carers, which makes care an extremely gendered issue; whereas informal care provision is associated with reduction of employment rates, increase of poverty and social exclusion rates, reduced mental health and increased feelings of social isolation and loneliness1a; _________________ 1a Eurofound Quality of Life Survey 2016
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by informal carers, which makes care an extremely gendered issue; whereas informal care provision is associated with reduction of employment rates, increase of poverty and social exclusion rates, reduced mental health and increased feelings of social isolation and loneliness;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by informal carers, which makes care an extremely gendered issue; whereas informal care provision is associated with reduction of employment rates, increase of poverty and social exclusion rates, impact mental health and increased feelings of social isolation and loneliness;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by informal carers, the majority of which are women, which makes care an extremely gendered issue; whereas most informal carers lack rights, such as sick leave and holidays, which negatively impacts on their physical and mental health, well-being and social inclusion;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by informal carers, which makes care an extremely gendered issue;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by women informal carers, deprived of fair working conditions, which makes care an extremely gendered issue;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by informal carers
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by informal carers, of which
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) — having regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas informal care has a significant impact on the earning power of households, and particularly women, leading to increased risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas informal care provision is associated with reduction of employment rates, increase of poverty and social exclusion rates, reduced mental health and increased feelings of social isolation and loneliness;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas only 6% of men say that the main reason for working part-time is because of care responsibilities, compared to 29 % of women and only 64 % of fathers in the EU provide care on a daily basis; whereas the uneven distribution of unpaid care work hinders women’s access to full-time employment and contributes negatively to the gender income gap;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas according to Eurofound1a, 15,4% of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) are in this situation because they are caring for children or incapacitated adults or have other family responsibilities; whereas 88% of those NEET are women; _________________ 1a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/fr/topic/ neets
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas in Europe, 33% of long- term care workers have been exposed to some type of adverse social behaviour (including verbal abuse, threats and humiliating behaviour) and only 22% of long-term care workers feel very satisfied with their working conditions;1a _________________ 1a Eurofound, Long-term Care Workforce: Employment and working conditions, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2020b
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas there are various forms of employment of formal live-in carers such as via care companies or temporary employment agencies and intermediaries; whereas this leads to different level of quality of care services;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas informal care has a significant impact on the earning power of households, and particularly women, leading to increased risk of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas in the European Union at least 3,1 million personal and household service workers are employed undeclared, lacking recognition and fundamental workers’ rights such as collective bargaining, social security and social protection;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 b (new) — having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC),
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the high numbers of care recipients who are dependent on informal care are directly linked to the inaccessibility and unaffordability of quality professional services
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the high numbers of care recipients who are dependent on informal care are directly linked to the inaccessibility and unaffordability of quality professional services; whereas an increasing privatization and commodification of care exacerbates economic and gender inequalities;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the high numbers of care recipients who are dependent on informal care are directly linked to the inaccessibility and unaffordability of quality professional services, whereas an increasing privatisation and commodification of care exacerbates economic and gender inequalities;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the high numbers of
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the high numbers of care recipients who are dependent on informal care
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the high numbers of care recipients who are
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the high numbers of care recipients who are dependent on informal care are
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 a (new) — having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/522 establishing a Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health (‘EU4Health Programme’) for the period 2021-2027,
Amendment 340 #
La. whereas access to affordable quality care is essential at any age in life, but the assistance provided by loved ones, particularly the family, is irreplaceable due to the human connection it provides; whereas this assistance should be considered a social investment;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. whereas the high numbers of care recipients who are dependent on informal care are directly linked to the inaccessibility and unaffordability of quality professional services; whereas elderly people have difficulties in accessing digital services and access to care services should be a right;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. whereas almost 30% of people over 65 are living with two or more non- communicable diseases (NCDs); whereas NCDs have a substantial and growing burden on patients, carers, societies and health systems;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. whereas the gender pay gap in the EU stands at 14.1% and has only changed minimally over the last decade and the gender pension gap is even wider;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L b (new) Lb. whereas gender employment, pay and pension gaps lead to an increased risk of poverty as well as reduced taxes paid to Member States, with a €370 billion annual loss of GDP for Europe;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L c (new) Lc. whereas strong sectoral segregation, unequal share of paid and unpaid work, the glass ceiling and pay discrimination still persist in the EU labour market and equal pay for equal work has not been fulfilled and these serious structural issues have been neglected by all the EU Member States;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L c (new) Lc. whereas the high numbers of care recipients who are dependent on informal care are directly linked to the inaccessibility and unaffordability of quality professional services; whereas elderly digital literacy is a right;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas women in the EU carry out 13 hours more of unpaid care and housework per week than men; whereas 7.7 million women in the EU remain out of the labour market owing to their care responsibilities
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas women in the EU carry out 13 hours more of unpaid care and housework per week than men; whereas 7.7 million women in the EU remain out of the labour market owing to their care responsibilities; whereas public health challenges such as migraine are three times more common in women and a large share of affected women are still in the front line for childcare and household chore and women make up 67% of the workforce in the EU;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 b (new) — having regard to the OECD and European Commission joint “State of health” initiative;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas women in the EU carry out 13 hours more of unpaid care and housework per week than men; whereas 7.7 million women in the EU remain out of the labour market owing to their care responsibilities, many of them through their own choice or else by agreement with their families;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas women in the EU carry out 13 hours more of unpaid care and housework per week than men; whereas 7.7 million women in the EU remain out of the labour market owing to
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas women in the EU carry out 13 hours more of unpaid care and housework per week than men; whereas 7.7 million women in the EU remain out of the labour market owing to their informal care responsibilities;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas women in the EU carry out 13 hours more of unpaid care and
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas women in the EU carry out 13 hours more of
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas these discrepancies are confirmed at the global level with women dedicating on average 3.2 times more (201 working days per year) time than men (63 working days) to unpaid care work and are most pronounced in the case of girls and women living in middle-income countries, with lower educational achievements, living in rural areas and with children under school age1a; _________________ 1a ILO (2018) Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work.
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas family and other people providing unpaid care and support, spend a significant amount of hours on care, which can have an impact on women's professional development as a result of stop working due to the burden of caregiving or becoming a full-time caregiver;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas underpaid or non-paid women take care of other women, whereas women live longer than men and represent the majority of the people receiving care, both in formal care institutions and in private homes;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas public regulation on care is needed, especially to prevent cases of abuse in long term care elderly care institutions, such as those that occurred during the pandemic;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M b (new) Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 c (new) — having regard to the International Labour Organization report of 7 March 2022, entitled “Care at work: Investing in care leave and services for a more gender equal world of work”,
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M b (new) Mb. whereas it is important to conduct research into the economic value of care, taking into account the cost of women’s reduced employment or withdrawal from the labour market and the consequent effects on the gender pay gap;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M b (new) Mb. whereas the gender pension gap averages at 29.4 % in 20191a as a result of the imbalances created by persistent lifelong inequalities; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20210203-1
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M c (new) Mc. whereas due to the disproportional burden of care and housework, women also experience more career interruptions, tend to work shorter hours and are more likely to be in part-time, precarious or temporary employment; whereas sectoral segregation, unequal distribution of unpaid care and housework represent the key causes of the persisting employment, wage and pension gap, as well as greater risk of poverty and social exclusion of women;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M c (new) Mc. whereas social economy enterprises can have a significant potential and contribution in facilitating the re-integration of caregivers in the labour market;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M d (new) Md. whereas the feminisation of care sector contributes to the gender pay gap and gender pension gap because of the proportion of women working in formal and informal care;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M e (new) Me. whereas an equal distribution of unpaid care and household work has a clear positive impact on the proportion of women in paid employment and reduction of the gender pay gap; whereas access to affordable and quality formal long-term care services for the dependent family members and distribution of unpaid care and household work present crucial factors in determining whether women enter into and stay in employment and the quality of the jobs they perform1a; _________________ 1a EIGE report (2021) Gender inequalities in care and consequences for the labour market.
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M f (new) Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M g (new) Mg. whereas despite being emotionally gratifying for a large majority of carers, care often generates negative effects on carers’ physical and mental health and difficulties in reconciling care with paid work, which is particularly significant in the case of female carers1a; _________________ 1a European Commission & Social Protection Committee (2021) 2021 Long- term care report.
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M h (new) Mh. whereas care remains one of the main fields of reproduction of gender archetypes, which are further reinforced by the lack of investment in quality services and gender bias in other policies that disproportionally affect women’s self- determination in social and professional life, such as tax benefit system;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas several Member States and regions in the EU are still failing to meet the goal of providing childcare for 90 % of children between the age of three and mandatory school age and for 33 % of children aged three and under; whereas enrolment rates of children with disabilities, children from the Roma and other minority communities, migrant children, children living in poverty and children from other disadvantaged groups, who would benefit the most from early childcare, remain much below the average1a; _________________ 1a European Social Partners joint statement on childcare provisions in the EU. https://www.etuc.org/en/document/europe an-social-partners-joint-statement- childcare-provisions-eu
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 d (new) — having regard to the study about policies for long term carers of November 2021 provided by the European Parliament Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies,
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas several Member States and regions in the EU are still failing to meet the non-binding goal of providing childcare for 90 % of children between the age of three and mandatory school age and for 33 % of children aged three and under;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas several Member States and regions in the EU are still failing to meet
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) Na. whereas there is a lack of sufficient infrastructure offering quality and accessible childcare for all, specially early childhood services as most of Member States’ public expenditure on childcare is for children aged between three and the mandatory school-going age;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) Na. whereas there is alack of sufficient infrastructure offering quality and accessible childcare for all, in particular early childhood services; whereas the lack of access to early childhood care particularly disproportionately affects children from disadvantaged families;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) Na. whereas access to various care services is more difficult in rural areas than in urban ones, and in view of the existence of medical deserts, including in the wealthiest Member States;
Amendment 375 #
Na. whereas the availability, accessibility and affordability of high- quality childcare facilities are crucial for enabling people, especially women with caring responsibilities to participate in the labour market;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) Na. whereas the presence of their father in the home in the early years of a child’s life is important in consolidating the emotional bonds that promote maturity and psychological development;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas in 2019, 22.2 % of children in the EU – almost 18 million – were at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas children from low-income families, homeless children, children with a disability, children with a migrant background, children with a minority ethnic background, particularly Roma children, children in institutional care, children in precarious family situations, single-parent families, LGBTIQ+ families, and families where parents are away to work abroad face serious difficulties, such as severe housing deprivation or overcrowding, barriers in accessing fundamental and basic services, such as access to quality care, adequate nutrition and decent housing; whereas children with disabilities in the EU are disproportionately more likely to be placed in institutional care than children without disabilities, and appear far less likely to benefit from efforts to enable a transition from institutional to family-based care1a; whereas the European Child Guarantee is an EU instrument whose objective is to
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas in 2019, 22.2 % of children in the EU – almost 18 million – were at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas the European Child Guarantee is an EU instrument whose objective is to prevent and combat poverty and social exclusion by guaranteeing free and effective access for children in need to key services; whereas the expansion of comprehensive childcare from the child's 1st birthday and an extension of opening hours could be measures to relieve care burdens from families;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas in 2019, 22.2 % of children in the EU – almost 18 million – were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, although statistics vary to a great extent across different Member States; whereas the European Child Guarantee is an EU instrument whose objective is to prevent and combat poverty and social exclusion by guaranteeing free and effective access for children in need to key services;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) — having regard to Directive 2000/43/EC of the Council of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin,
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas access to quality care services, especially long-term care, is increasingly preconditioned on individual and family income; whereas households with low incomes, lower educational levels, and migrant households experience the greatest difficulties in accessing formal home-based long-term care services; whereas across the EU, one third, and in five Member States even more than half of the households, report that they are in need of professional long- term care services but cannot access them due to financial reasons1a; _________________ 1a Social Protection Committee and the European Commission (2021) Long-term care report
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas access to quality care services, especially long-term care, is increasingly preconditioned on individual and family income, geographical availability as well as free capacities of the providers; whereas two in three persons in need for care are estimated to not have access to care services, mainly due to their unavailability and unaffordability; whereas persons with lower incomes are also a group in which care needs are more prevalent;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas access to quality care services, especially long-term care, is increasingly preconditioned on individual and family income; whereas two in three persons in need for care are estimated not to have access to it, mainly for reasons of cost and availability; whereas persons with lower incomes are also a group in which care needs are more prevalent;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas access to quality care services, especially long-term care, is increasingly preconditioned on individual and family income; whereas two in three persons in need for care are estimated not to have access to it, mainly for reasons of cost and availability; whereas persons with lower incomes are also a group in which care needs are more prevalent;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas access to quality care services, especially including long-term care, is increasingly preconditioned on individual and family income; whereas access to healthcare and care should be universal, irrespective of economic conditions or residence or migration status;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas access to quality care services, especially long-term care, is increasingly preconditioned on individual and family income; whereas access to healthcare and care should be universal, irrespective of economic conditions or residence or migration status;
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas access to quality care services, especially long-term care, is increasingly preconditioned on individual and family income; whereas in some Member States the competence and the organisation of care lies on regional level;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas access to quality care services, especially long-term care, is increasingly preconditioned on individual and family income as well as their place of residence;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas access to quality domestic and care services, especially long-term care, is increasingly preconditioned on individual and family income;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas women facing intersectional discrimination face additional barriers in accessing healthcare and care services and special attention must be put to address the effects of implicit biases in accessing private and public services generated due to persisting stereotypes and the underrepresentation of certain groups in these institutions;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) — having regard to the Ministerial Declaration adopted at the fourth UN Economic Commission for Europe Ministerial Conference on Ageing in Lisbon on 22 September 2017 entitled ‘A Sustainable Society for all Ages: Realizing the potential of living longer’,
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas a 2021 Eurocarers survey suggests that 78% of informal carers never used care-related technologies; whereas digital technologies have the potential to support both formal and informal carers and reduce the burden they face, for example, in transporting patients to consultations that could be held online;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas caring is more demanding on mental health than a lot of other work, with nearly half of carers considering their job mentally and emotionally draining, while for many it is also physically exhausting; mental and physical fatigue is more characteristic of workers in the elderly care sector;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas more than one third of people over 65 years of age are living with two or more non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity or respiratory diseases1a; _________________ 1a https://www.efpia.eu/media/636465/its- time-to-power-up-health-systems.pdf
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas some Member States and regions struggle with a severe outflow of trained workforce (i. e. ‘care drain’) to other Member States with better employment, working and living conditions, which exacerbates their existing challenges;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas unions play an important role in representing employees’ interests, as well as raising and maintaining standards across the care sector in non- profit, for-profit and public settings;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas particular attention should be paid to the very old in order, where necessary, to help people who have lost their independence and prevent them from becoming isolated;
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas the European Union can complement and support Member State action in improving care services, for those who are cared for and those who provide care;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas trade union representation and collective bargaining are critical for the defence of the rights and interests of care workers in all care settings;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas the care sector has long been facing workforce shortages and in the years 2019 to 2020, 421.000 workers left the residential care sector;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas the importance of prevention and geriatric rehabilitation for healthy and dignified aging should be taken duly in account;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 — having regard to the revised European Social Charter, in particular its articles 15 on the right of persons with disabilities to independence, social integration and participation and 23 on the right of older persons to social protection,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) — having regard to the Commission’s Communication A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (COM(2020) 152 final), of 5 March 2020,
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. whereas there is a need to reshape nursing care by providing, where possible free, or affordable in-home nursing support;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P b (new) Pb. whereas demographic change and accompanying ageing of the population will increase the demand for care services; whereas care jobs are not likely to be replaced or reduced by automation; whereas this should motivate the EU and Member States to invest into the care economy as a promising job creating sector, in the framework of the digital transition, in order to increase the number of qualified staff and attract more people to this sector;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P b (new) Pb. whereas digitalisation and legal framework for the internet of things in the care sector needs to be taken duly in account; whereas research and pilot projects should be encouraged, to test practicability and effectivity;
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P b (new) Pb. whereas organisation of care services lies in the exclusive competences of Member States and any activities at EU level shall respect the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P b (new) Pb. whereas the Acquired Rights Directive (2001/23/EC) must be applied whenever employee contracts are transferred to an acquiring care provider;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P b (new) Pb. whereas overall, even with unchanged conditions, the workforce in the EU is expected to grow by at least 50% by 2030.
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P b (new) Pb. whereas digitalisation should not substitute completely the human interaction related to care;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P b (new) Pb. whereas quality standards for care, especially for social care services, remain absent or inadequate;
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P b (new) Pb. whereas many care workers face increased psychosocial risks due to growing workforce shortages;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P c (new) Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) — having regard to the Commission A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (COM(2020)152 final), of 5 March 2020,
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P c (new) Pc. whereas it is crucial to understand the interaction between formal and informal care; whereas formal care services can provide support to informal carers, for example, by making it possible for them to take time off as well as by giving them training; whereas the lack of official recognition of informal carers and related lack of data about them and their needs is a barrier to this interaction;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P c (new) Pc. whereas formal and informal carers mental health have been disproportionately affected during coronavirus pandemics: whereas women's informal care role also had considerable effects on their mental health; whereas mental problems have increased during the pandemic increasing the care burden;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P c (new) Pc. whereas the delivery of care depends on well financed and properly functioning public services and social protection systems;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P d (new) Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P d (new) Pd. whereas the commodification of care and the growth of multinational care companies puts profit-making before the needs of care workers and care recipients;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P d (new) Pd. whereas the increased investment in the care economy in line with Sustainable Development Goals would result in 300 million additional jobs by 20351a; _________________ 1a ILO (2022) Care at work: Investing in care leave and services for a more gender equal world of work.
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P e (new) Pe. whereas neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of memory disabling diseases, remain underdiagnosed in most European countries; whereas there is a clear indication that the current number of 9 million confirmed cases of people with dementia is going to double by 2050; whereas women continue to be disproportionately affected by dementia1a; _________________ 1a Alzheimer Europe, Dementia in Europe Yearbook 2019 (2020) Estimating the prevalence of dementia in Europe.
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P f (new) Pf. whereas in February 2021, the European Ombudsman opened an own- initiative inquiry into the role of the Commission in the process of deinstitutionalisation in the EU, focusing on the fulfilment of Commission’s obligation to ensure that the Member States use the EU funds in a manner that promotes transitioning away from residential care institutions and towards independent living and participation in community life;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P g (new) Pg. whereas the mechanism provided for by the 2001 directive on temporary protection has been activated for the first time as a response to the mass influx of refugees, above all women with children and other dependant persons, who are fleeing the war in Ukraine, guaranteeing the displaced persons equal access to the labour market and housing, medical assistance, and access to education for children; whereas activation of the aforementioned mechanism will have significant direct impact on the care sector, increasing the number of persons in the EU in need of comprehensive and personalised care services but also the numbers of both informal and formal carers;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P h (new) Ph. whereas the data on quality of care services is almost exclusively based on non-standard client satisfaction surveys;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 a (new) — having regard to the European Parliament's resolution of 7 July 2021 on an old continent growing older – possibilities and challenges related to ageing policy post-2020;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P i (new) Pi. whereas difficulties associated with the provision of adequate, decent and affordable housing, especially for older people, single persons, persons with disability, persons at risk of poverty and social exclusion, families with young children and single parents, significantly hinder access to quality care services;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P j (new) Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P k (new) Pk. whereas unions play an important role in representing employees’ interests, as well as raising and maintaining standards across the care sector in non- profit, for-profit and public care;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P l (new) Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P m (new) Pm. whereas more than half of care workers say they do not earn enough to cover basic needs such as housing and food, and 31% do not have adequate access to personal protective equipment1a; _________________ 1a https://www.finanzwende- recherche.de/wp- content/uploads/2021/10/Finanzwende_B ourgeronMetzWolf_2021_Private-Equity- Investoren-in-der-Pflege_20211013.pdf
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P n (new) Pn. whereas despite the substantial resourcing needs in the Member States care systems, as well as the EU citizens’ expectations for a more social Europe after the pandemic, social targets, including investment in quality care services, have been left out of the EU recovery mechanisms;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P o (new) Po. whereas in 2018, the estimated annual investment gap in social infrastructure stood at 100-150 billion euro1a; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files /economy-finance/dp074_en.pdf
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Calls on the Commission to put forward in its upcoming Care Strategy an ambitious proposal for a “Care Deal for Europe” which should include a set of policies, programmes and recommendations, combined with an specific care investment package, aiming at fostering a transition towards a feminist care economy that recognizes care as a right and value it as the backbone of our society;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is vital to ensure dignity, independence, autonomy and wellbeing across the life course and that quality care across the life course is major tool to support this; underlines the importance of the accessibility, availability and affordability of care, and that all users and their carers should have a genuine choice when it comes to care services, meaning the form of care (home care, community-based care and other forms of patient-centred care), the place and intensity of care; highlights also that the family and community of a person in need for care should be able to decide whether or not to provide informal care, and with which intensity;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is vital to ensure
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is vital to ensure
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is vital to ensure quality care across the life course; underlines the importance of the accessibility, availability and affordability of care, and that all users and their carers should have a genuine choice when it comes to care services; is concerned about citizens’ reports that whether and what type of care and support services they will use is currently principally dependent on structural limitations, especially financial constraints;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is vital to ensure quality care across the life course; underlines the importance of the accessibility, availability and affordability of
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is vital to ensure quality care across the life course; underlines the importance of the accessibility, availability and affordability of care, and that all users and their carers
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is vital to ensure quality care across the life course; underlines the importance of the accessibility, availability and affordability of care, and that all users and their carers should have a genuine choice when it comes to care services; highlights that the right of affordable long time care services of good quality is enshrined in the European pillar of social rights;
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is vital to ensure quality care across the life course; underlines the importance of the quality, accessibility, availability and affordability of care, and that all users and their carers should have a genuine choice when it comes to care services;
Amendment 436 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Believes that every person should have the right to choose quality care services that are suitable for them and their family; believes that the approach to the development of care services should take into account all categories of users and their differences and the wide range of preferences for the types of care services they require; notes that care services should be developed so as to enhance the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation and independent living;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that according to the principle 18 in the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) ‘Everyone has the right to affordable long-term care services of good quality, in particular home-care and community-based services’; notes that expanding the care workforce and increasing the provision of care services will be a prerequisite for fulfilling this principle;
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a Stresses that particular attention should be paid to the very old, in order, where necessary, to help people who have lost their independence and prevent them from being isolated;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights that the genuine choice should extend to the family and community of a care recipient and should entail the decision on whether or not to provide informal care, and with what intensity;
Amendment 442 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Invites the Commission to study if and how remote care management (e.g. telemedicine) and assistive technologies can be beneficial for older persons;
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Underlines the paramount importance of fully protecting the right to care and support for older people, enabling their access to affordable, quality and holistic care and support services, adapted to individual needs, and promoting well-being, autonomy, independence and community inclusion, without any form of discrimination; emphasises the key role of adequately funded social protection schemes in making care affordable and truly accessible;
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes that care services are of varying types -- from early childhood care and education, to care services for elderly and care for persons with disabilities --, and notes that care and its differing policy approaches need to be developed and recreated according to individuals’ needs;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of an integrated approach to common European action on care that pays equal attention to people’s physical, psychological and social needs, paving the way for better links between health and social systems as well as between formal and informal care; underlines the necessity of developing an inclusive European care strategy that focuses on vulnerable groups of individuals and contributes to social fairness; is convinced that alongside horizontal, sectoral integration, there is a need for a better coordination of local, regional and national care policies;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of an integrated approach to common European action on care that pays equal attention to people’s physical, psychological and social needs;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of an integrated approach to common European action on care that pays equal attention to people’s physical, psychological and social needs; that leaves no one behind; which also puts focus on economic, social and cultural participation; stresses that information campaigns can be of high value in helping dependents and relatives in care to overcome fears; social exclusion and loneliness;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of an integrated approach to common European action on care that pays equal attention to people’s physical, psychological and social
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) — having regard to the Commission proposal of 28 October 2020 for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on adequate minimum wages in the European Union (COM(2020)682),
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of an integrated approach to common European action on care that pays equal attention to people’s physical, psychological and social needs
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of an integrated approach to common European action on care that pays equal attention to
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of an integrated approach to common European action on care that pays equal attention to people’s physical, psychological and social, personal and household needs;
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of an integrated approach to common European action on care that pays equal attention to people’s physical, psychological
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of an integrated approach to common European action on care that pays equal attention to people’s physical, psychological, emotional and social needs;
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of an integrated approach to common European action on care that pays equal attention to people’s physical, mental, psychological and social needs;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the urgency of moving from a male breadwinner model to an ‘equal-earners-equal-carers’ model, in which both women and men share earnings and caring responsibilities throughout the life-cycle; recalls the gender impact of the male breadwinner model, including in the pension gap; stresses the urgency to provide care credits for pension rights for both women and men to compensate for periods of caring responsibilities throughout the life- cycle; stresses that caring responsibilities are linked to human rights and that States must recognise and assure equal access to quality care and support services and treatments, based on the concrete needs, as well as fair working conditions for carers;
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Supports the Commission's ambition for a proposal for a Council Recommendation on a “European Care Strategy”; urges the Commission to adopt a comprehensive and holistic approach to care which includes adequate use of screening, early detection and prevention for non-communicable diseases (NCDs); urges the Commission to focus on strengthen EU's resilience in crises situations such as health crises; urges the Commission to promote research, innovation as well as business development in life-science;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that promoting an equal- earner/equal carer model, where men and women engage equally in paid work in the labour market and unpaid work in domestic and care responsibilities, should be a goal of all EU actions in the field of care, labour markets and social services; reminds of the importance of applying gender mainstreaming to all policies;
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that promoting an equal- earner/equal carer model, where men and women engage equally in paid work in the labour market and unpaid work in domestic and care responsibilities, should be a goal of all EU actions in the field of care; reminds of the importance of applying gender mainstreaming to all policies;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) — having regard to European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Opinion SOC/535- EESC- 2016 of 21 September 2012 entitled "The rights of live-in care workers",
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to endorse PHS activities as being fully part of the care sector and ensure that personal and household services are recognised as qualified professional work;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Welcomes the Commission’s “NCD Roadmap” and its focus areas which include: cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, mental health and neurological disorders and determinants of health; urges the Commission to address the broader societal burden of NCD's including the gender-related inequalities for NCD carers; regrets, however, that other important NCDs have not been included in the scope such as Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.;
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Notes that tackling entrenched gender norms and stereotypes is a first step in redistributing responsibilities for unpaid care and domestic work between men and women;
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Stresses the importance of educational programmes and awareness raising campaigns that aim to bring more men into care by tackling gender stereotypes about the role of women and men in this sector;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls for a dedicated investment package to promote the EU care economy; Highlights the need to increase public funding for both
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal care across the EU to guarantee equal access for dependants to affordable quality care services, as well as an active professional life for carers, and therefore calls on the Member States to make the best use of the European structural and investment funds, including the ESF+, as well as the Recovery and Resilience Facility, for investing in care
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the need to increase public funding for both formal and informal care across the EU to guarantee universal and equal access for
Amendment 467 #
3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal care across the EU to guarantee equal access for
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal care across the EU to guarantee equal access for dependants to affordable quality care services, as well as an active professional life for carers, and therefore calls on the Member States to make the best use of the European structural and investment funds, including the ESF+, as well as the Recovery and Resilience Facility, for investing in care; calls on the Commission to support the Member States in the increasing use of the structural funds for investment in public childcare and care for older and dependent people;
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal care across the EU to guarantee equal access for
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 a (new) — having regard to the 2021 Long- term care report prepared by the Social Protection Committee (SPC) and the European Commission (DG EMPL) on “Trends, challenges and opportunities in an ageing society”,
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal care across the EU to guarantee equal access for
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal care across the EU to guarantee equal access for dependants to affordable quality care services, as well as
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the dire need to increase funding for both formal and informal care across the EU to guarantee equal access for
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls for a specific and increased EU investment package dedicated to promote the care economy; Highlights the need to increase public funding for
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal PHS and care across the EU to guarantee equal access for
Amendment 475 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the need to
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the need to increase public funding for both formal and informal care across the EU to guarantee equal access for dependants to affordable, adequately staffed, quality care services, as well as an active professional life for carers, and therefore calls on the Member States to make the best use of the European structural and investment funds, including the ESF+, as well as the Recovery and Resilience Facility, for investing in care;
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal care across the EU to guarantee equal access for
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal care
Amendment 479 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal care across the EU to guarantee equal access for dependants to affordable quality care services, as well as an active professional life for carers wishing to have one, and therefore calls on the Member States to make the best use of the European structural and investment funds, including the ESF+, as well as the Recovery and Resilience Facility, for investing in care;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 a (new) — having regard to the opinion of the Expert Panel on effective ways of investing in health on supporting mental health of health workforce and other essential workers of 23 June 2021,
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new) Calls on Member States to invest into the care sector and ensure sustainable and adequate funding, at all levels of government, of public services, and ensure that public procurement is conditioned on respect for fundamental rights at work, decent working conditions and collective bargaining; calls on the Member States to make respect for fundamental labour rights a mandatory exclusion criterium in public tenders;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Underlines that in order to reduce undeclared work in the formal care it is important to provide public funding for genuine care service providers within social security systems or through tax expenditure which will make legal and fair care service provision affordable and less expensive than care services provided by undeclared carers;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recognises that models and patterns of organising care are diverse in the Member States and believes that every person has the right to choose quality care services best suitable for their and their family’s individual situation, emphasizes that this right needs to be guaranteed;
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on Member States to ensure universal health coverage, to increase investment in healthcare; Calls on Member States to urgently remove existing barriers to healthcare for all, including undocumented migrants, with particular attention to women facing intersectional discrimination;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on Member States to invest in a care economy and ensure sustainable and adequate funding, at all levels of government, of public services, and ensure that procurement prioritises equality, wellbeing and sustainability, above lowest financial cost;
Amendment 485 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the provision of funding for all types of care services through the European Social Fund+ and other financial instruments which aim to fund social infrastructure;
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Recalls the obligations and commitments of the EU and the Member States for transition from congregated institutional settings to community- and homebased care; calls on the Member States to use the available European and national funds to accelerate transition to community-based care and to support the individual autonomy and independent living with full adherence to the provisions and objectives of the UNCRPD, general comments and recommendations of the committee monitoring its implementation; urges the Commission to take effective measures to prevent the use of EU funds that prolongs institutional care;
Amendment 487 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Calls on Member States to ensure universal health coverage, increase investments in healthcare, and prioritise funding towards community and primary care; Calls on member states to urgently remove existing barriers to healthcare for all, including for undocumented migrant and with special attention to women facing intersectional discrimination; Calls to ensure higher and fair pay and decent working conditions for care workers, healthcare assistants and other support staff;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Call on the European Investment Bank to ensure its annual budget is directed to the development of the care economy as part of its implementation of its own Strategy on Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment
Amendment 489 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that a substantial proportion of care models, services and facilities are outdated and that care recipients should be placed at the centre of care plans; stresses that people centricity is tied to increased integration of care and more holistic care pathways, which are essential to improve benefits to patients as well as quality of care; recognises that integration of care across Europe is currently limited due to lack of appropriate incentives and structures;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 a (new) — having regard to European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Opinion SOC/535- EESC- 2016 of 21 September 2012 The rights of live-in care workers,
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that a substantial
Amendment 491 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that a substantial proportion of care models, services and facilities are outdated
Amendment 492 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that a substantial
Amendment 493 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that a substantial proportion of care models, services and facilities are outdated and that care recipients should be placed at the centre of care plans; which needs to be easily accessible; notes that a diversification and flexibility of different training opportunities will generate a greater workforce;
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that a substantial proportion of care models, services and facilities are outdated
Amendment 495 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that a substantial proportion of care models, services and facilities are outdated and that care recipients should be placed at the centre of care plans, through among others exploring innovative solutions, new models and tools for care delivery, promoting social inclusion and multi- generation understanding;
Amendment 496 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that a substantial proportion of care models, services and facilities are outdated
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that a substantial proportion of care models, services and facilities are outdated and that care recipients should be placed at the centre of care plans; highlights the need to guarantee access to care across the EU, including in rural areas;
Amendment 498 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that a substantial proportion of care models, services and facilities are outdated a
Amendment 499 #
4. Emphasises that
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 — having regard to the revised European Social Charter, in particular its articles 15 on the right of persons with disabilities to independence, social integration and participation and 23 on the right of older persons to social protection,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 a (new) — having regard to the 2022 ILO report Care at work: Investing in care leave and services for amore gender equal world of work,
Amendment 500 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Stresses the need to utilise digital solutions to their full capability to support those requiring care to live independent and autonomous lives, including providing tailored health and person- centred care through suitable tools, while ensuring that there is quality human contact for persons in need of care and support;
Amendment 501 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) Amendment 502 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Emphasises that significant part of the live-in care services are cross-border and calls on the Commission and Member States to lift barriers in the free provision of care services;
Amendment 503 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Emphasises that most of the live-in care services are cross-border and calls on the Commission and Member States to lift barriers in the free provision of care services;
Amendment 504 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Believes that the development of care should take into account all categories of users and their differences and diverse preferences for the types of care services needed; underlines the importance of user-based approach in developing services and the empowerment of different types of service users so that their different needs and preferences are the default in tailoring personal service packages, including social budgeting;
Amendment 505 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Believes that those planning, programming and providing care services have the responsibility to be aware of the users’ needs and that care services for elderly and persons with disabilities must be planned and developed with the participation of the users;
Amendment 506 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to exchange information and best practices with a view to developing a common European quality framework for care, encompassing all care settings, encouraging upward social convergence and guaranteeing equal rights for all citizens, as well as to examine and exchange best practice on how best to support societal groups with particular care needs, including single parents, and parents with children with serious illnesses such as cancer;
Amendment 507 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to exchange information and best practices with a view to developing a common European quality framework for care, encompassing all care settings, encouraging upward social convergence and guaranteeing equal rights for all citizens; notes that the existing offers and patterns of care vary on regional level, whereas in some Member States the competence and the organisation of care lies on regional level;
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to exchange information and best practices with a view to developing a common European quality framework for formal and informal care, encompassing all care settings, encouraging upward social convergence and guaranteeing equal rights for all citizens; calls for the Commission to support Member States in improving their data collection infrastructures in line with this quality framework;
Amendment 509 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to exchange information and best practices with a view to developing a common European quality framework for care, based on the rights to independence and autonomy and inspired by the WHO framework to support countries achieving an integrated continuum of long-term care, encompassing all care settings, en
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 a (new) — having regard to the 2022 ILO report Care at work: Investing in care leave and services for a more gender equal world of work,
Amendment 510 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to exchange information and best practices with a view to developing a common European quality framework for care, based on the rights to independence and autonomy and inspired by the WHO Framework to suport countries achieving an integrated continuum of long-term care encompassing all care settings, ensuring, encouraging upward social convergence and guaranteeing equal rights for all citizens;
Amendment 511 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to exchange information and best practices with a view to developing a common European quality framework for care,
Amendment 512 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to exchange information and best practices with a view to developing a common European quality framework for care, encompassing all care settings, encouraging upward social convergence, strengthening quality of life, and guaranteeing equal rights for all citizens;
Amendment 513 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to exchange information and best practices with a view to developing a common European quality framework for care, encompassing all care settings,
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to exchange information and best practices with a view to developing a common European quality framework for care, encompassing all care settings
Amendment 515 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Emphasises that the increase of care needs, due to the aging of the European population, demands a joint EU approach to address the challenges, and calls for a concrete European strategy on preventive healthcare as part of the solution to the growing pressure on the healthcare system;
Amendment 516 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious targets for care services in consultation with the Member States
Amendment 517 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 518 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious targets for the access and quality of care services in consultation with the Member States as well as other relevant stakeholders including the organisations representing informal carers and persons in need for care and support with the particular focus on persons with disabilities;
Amendment 519 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious targets for care services in consultation with the Member States that can set short, medium and long-term goals;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 b (new) — having regard to the ILO Resolution concerning a global call to action for a human-centred approach from the COVID-19 crisis that is inclusive, sustainable and resilient, adopted at the 109th Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2021,
Amendment 520 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious targets for care services in consultation with the Member States and with respect for their competence and the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 521 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious targets
Amendment 522 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to set new ambitious targets for funding and ensure universal care services, in consultation with the Member States
Amendment 523 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious targets for care services in consultation with the Member States and relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 524 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious targets for the access and quality of care services in consultation with the Member States;
Amendment 525 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious targets for the care
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to put forward a Care Deal for Europe, which should ensure a transition towards a caring economy that takes an integrated, holistic, gender-sensitive and life-long approach to care; stresses that this should include legislative measures and investment at EU level in order to promote decent working conditions and fair wages, increase the attractiveness of work in the care sector as well as tackle discrimination and poverty;
Amendment 527 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to establish a framework for excellence in long-term care to be promoted in Member States and to be a base for public procurement in care;
Amendment 528 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to promote equal participation and opportunities for women and men in the labour market in care services;
Amendment 529 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses the importance of highlighting the need for an European approach to care in the debates and final report of the Conference on the Future of Europe, as care is a key sector for Europe’s future;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 Amendment 530 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission to include care services in its monitoring and review of data in the European Semester and in the annual report on gender equality;
Amendment 531 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls on the Commission to develop a European Care Guarantee that ensures that all Europeans in need of care services are guaranteed to have high quality, accessible and affordable care by Member States and that adequate services and social benefits are provided in all cases;
Amendment 532 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious European care strategy that builds on everyone’s right to
Amendment 533 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious European care strategy that builds on everyone’s right to affordable, accessible and high-quality care
Amendment 534 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious European care strategy that builds on everyone’s right to affordable, accessible
Amendment 535 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious European care strategy that builds on everyone’s right to affordable, accessible and high-quality care, as well as on other principles set out in the EPSR and EU strategic documents, and the individual rights and needs of both care recipients and carers, and that encompasses the entire life course, targeting and responding to the needs of people at critical periods throughout their lifetime, laying the ground for continuity of care services throughout the lifespan and fostering solidarity between generations; calls for a European care strategy that is based on reliable and comparable data, and includes concrete and progressive goals with a timetable and indicators to evaluate progress;
Amendment 536 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious European care strategy that builds on everyone’s right to affordable, accessible and high-quality care, as well as on other principles set out in the EPSR and EU strategic documents, and the individual rights and needs of both care recipients and carers, and that encompasses the entire life course, is based on reliable and comparable data, and includes concrete and progressive goals with a timetable and indicators to evaluate progress; is persuaded that this strategy should promote fair and equal working conditions and adequate wages in order to maintain the attractiveness of the care sector for both women and men;
Amendment 537 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious European care strategy that builds on everyone’s right to affordable, accessible and high-quality care, as well as on other principles set out in the EPSR and EU strategic documents, and the individual rights and needs of both care recipients and carers, and that encompasses the entire life course, is based on reliable
Amendment 538 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious European care strategy that builds on everyone’s right to affordable, accessible and high-quality care, as well as on other principles set out in the EPSR and EU strategic documents, and the individual rights and needs of both care recipients and carers, and that encompasses the entire life course, is based on reliable and comparable data disaggregated by sex, age, disability, availability and affordability, type of care provided or received and environment in which it takes place (private or public), and includes concrete and progressive goals with a timetable and indicators to evaluate progress;
Amendment 539 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to present
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 a (new) — having regard to the EPSCO Council conclusions ST/8884-21 of 14 June 2021 on the Socio-Economic Impact of Covid-19 on Gender Equality,
Amendment 540 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious European care and domestic work strategy that builds on everyone’s right to affordable, accessible and high- quality care, on tackling undeclared work, as well as on other principles set out in the EPSR and EU strategic documents, and the individual rights and needs of both care recipients and carers, and that encompasses the entire life course, is based on reliable and comparable data, and includes concrete and progressive goals with a timetable and indicators to evaluate progress;
Amendment 541 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious European care strategy that builds on everyone’s right to affordable, accessible and high-quality care, as well as on other principles set out in the EPSR and EU strategic documents, and the individual rights and needs of both care recipients and carers, and that encompasses the entire life course, respecting personal and family choices, is based on reliable and comparable data, and includes concrete and progressive goals with a timetable and indicators to evaluate progress;
Amendment 542 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious European care strategy that pushes forward a care economy build
Amendment 543 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious, robust and future-proof European care strategy that builds on everyone’s right to affordable, accessible and high-quality care, as well as on other principles set out in the EPSR and EU strategic documents, and the individual rights and needs of both care recipients and carers, and that encompasses the entire life course, is based on reliable and comparable data, and includes concrete and progressive goals with a timetable and indicators to evaluate progress;
Amendment 544 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious European care strategy that builds on everyone’s right to affordable, accessible and high-quality care, as well as on other principles set out in the EPSR and EU strategic documents, and the individual rights and needs of both care recipients and carers, and that encompasses the entire life course, is based on reliable and comparable data, and includes concrete and progressive goals with a timetable and indicators to evaluate progress and tackle inequalities;
Amendment 545 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that the European care strategy should be based on reliable and comparable data, and should include concrete and progressive goals with a timetable and quality indicators to evaluate progress and measure social impact; emphasises that the strategy should promote social innovation through partnerships between public authorities, social care providers, and service users in an integrated way, invest in digital as well as other technologies including AI, modernise social infrastructure, strengthen the social economy sector, improve working conditions, pay, and social protection for care workers, ensure the choice of providers by enabling plurality and fair competition, and enhance volunteerism in social care;
Amendment 546 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) Amendment 547 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission to address in the European care strategy the challenging working and employment conditions of all personal and domestic workers; stresses the importance of adopting measures that facilitate the recognition of all personal and household workers; Calls for a targeted revision of Directive 89 / 391 /EEC to ensure the inclusion of domestic servants within its scope;
Amendment 548 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission not to falter in the task of recognising the fundamental role of the family in our society as the natural context for the optimum development of care recipients at all stages of life, and to encourage Member States to promote and support the family, in order to ensure that it constitutes that space of stability and trust that is of particular importance for those in need of help;
Amendment 549 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Considers that the care economy ought to be a pillar of the post-covid economies and the value created in this sector must be accounted for in the calculation of GDP; Calls on the Commission to design statistical analysis and indicators to measure care, its provision and their impact on well-being, welfare and gender equality;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 29 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 550 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Emphasises the need to consult all relevant stakeholders, at both EU, national and local levels, including informal carers representatives and patients organisations, in the preparation of the European Care Strategy to avoid silo policies and to take into account the diversity of situations and needs;
Amendment 551 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Encourages the Member States to set up community care centres and volunteering and lifelong learning opportunities targeting older people close to schools and nurseries, and to work to foster intergenerational ties by encouraging exchanges between these services;
Amendment 552 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission to provide guidelines to Member States to ensure that earmarked investments for the care economy are included in (revised) national Recovery and Resilience Plans, Cohesion Funds and all other relevant EU financial instruments;
Amendment 553 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that the Strategy should clearly identify its target groups;
Amendment 554 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to, alongside responding to the immediate care needs, adopt the policies and measures to tackle their causes, poverty, social exclusion and other structural barriers that stand in the way of equal access to quality care, before everything the challenges related to employment, education and training, as well as decent and affordable housing;
Amendment 555 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to regulate the sale of real estate and other assets in the care sector to prevent debt pushdowns on care providers through company-internal loans; encourages Member States to review and revise relevant taxation regulations;
Amendment 556 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the Commission to recognise and support those families and individuals who, in situations of difficulty, including living with suffering, are able to overcome it and who provide us with inspiring role models;
Amendment 557 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Underlines that the emerging silver economy could turn into one of the main economic drivers, particularly in rural areas, and could provide opportunities for the health and long-term care sectors to offer high-quality care in a more efficient way;
Amendment 558 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls the EU Commission to establish an EU Equal Care Day, every leap day of 29 of February, in order to raise awareness about the undervaluation and invisibility of caring and carers in our societies;
Amendment 559 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Underlines the importance of programmes for lifelong health promotion and education, disease prevention and regular examination and to undertake new initiatives such as better disease prevention policies and more effective health care programmes to stimulate the process of healthy ageing; calls on the Commission and the Member States to actively engage in the WHO Decade of Healthy Ageing by drawing up healthy ageing plans in the EU that cover access to health and care services, as well as strategies for health promotion and prevention; calls on the Commission to set up an ambitious research agenda on physical and mental health as part of the Horizon Europe programme; encourages the Member States to consider using the funds provided by the multiannual financial framework and Next Generation EU for this purpose;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 29 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 560 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Calls on the Commission to address in the European care strategy the challenging working and employment conditions of all workers in personal and household services, including care and not care work; stresses the importance of adopting measures that facilitate the recognition of these workers;
Amendment 561 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Calls on the Commission to explicitly include the fight against all forms of abuse of older persons in the European care Strategy in order to combat the worrying phenomena such as non-assistance, neglect and the undue use of physical or chemical restraints, particularly in the field of long-term care and support; calls on the Member States to develop trainings for informal and formal carers to avoid such abuse as well as establish independent and effective mechanisms for reporting and redressing it;
Amendment 562 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 Quality childcare for
Amendment 563 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 564 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the Commission’s plans for the revision of the Barcelona objectives as part of the European care strategy package; calls for upward convergence to be encouraged and for further investment in high-quality care for every child in the EU, amongst else by significantly raising the level of ambition for accessibility of childcare for children under 3 years of age and setting specific refined indicators for access to childcare for children aged below 1 year; calls on the Commission to integrate in the objectives a new target for provision of childcare after school hours;
Amendment 565 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the Commission’s plans for the revision of the Barcelona objectives as part of the European care strategy package; calls for upward convergence to be encouraged and for further investment in high-quality care for every child in the EU;
Amendment 566 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the Commission’s plans for the revision of the Barcelona objectives as part of the European care strategy package; calls for upward convergence to be encouraged and for further investment in high-quality care for every child in the EU and for the revised targets to include a focus on increasing access to quality care for children aged 0-3 and for those facing poverty, social exclusion and intersecting vulnerabilities;
Amendment 567 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the Commission’s plans for the revision of the Barcelona objectives as part of the European care strategy package; calls for
Amendment 568 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Member States that are lagging behind the 2002 Barcelona objectives to adopt all the necessary measures to reach the target of providing childcare to at least 90% of children between 3 years old and the mandatory school age and at least 33% of children under 3 years of age as soon as possible;
Amendment 569 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Underlines the importance of accessibility, availability and affordability of quality childcare that meets the demands during the parents’ working hours and is at the same time able to meet the specific needs of children and their parents, related to e. g. disability, illness and work in the specific sector, as one of the major factors of women’s full participation in the labour market;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 b (new) — having regard to the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Opinion SOC/535- EESC- 2016 of 21 September 2012 The rights of live-in care workers,
Amendment 570 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Member States to design childcare, education and other policies and measures in support of children and their families in an inclusive manner
Amendment 571 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Member States to design childcare, education and other policies and measures in support of children and their families in an inclusive manner and one that upholds the swift and efficient implementation of the European Child Guarantee; including the commitment to a legal entitlement to high quality early childhood education, regardless of the employment status of the parents, socio-economic background, country of birth, residence status or ethnic background;
Amendment 572 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Member States to design childcare, education and other policies and measures in support of children and their families in an inclusive manner and one that upholds the swift and efficient implementation of the European Child Guarantee and provides free child- care; calls on the Commission to guide public investments in child care services in the use of the EU’s financial instruments;
Amendment 573 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Member States to design childcare, education and other policies and measures in support of lawfully resident children and their families in an inclusive manner and one that upholds the swift and efficient implementation of the European Child Guarantee, taking into account the specific features of individual Member States;
Amendment 574 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Member States to ensure more public investment in early childhood services, and to design childcare, education and other policies and measures in support of children and their families in an inclusive and integrated manner and one that upholds the swift and efficient implementation of the European Child Guarantee;
Amendment 575 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Member States to design childcare, education as well as access to after-school activities such as sports, and other policies and measures in support of children and their families in an inclusive manner and one that upholds the swift and efficient implementation of the European Child Guarantee;
Amendment 576 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses the need for childcare to meet parent’s needs for care during their working hours and school holidays; highlights the importance of developing affordable early childhood education and care to facilitate parent’s return to work, especially women, and to strike a good work-life balance; calls on the Member States to respect a minimum duration for maternity and paternity leave, regardless of the status of the person concerned;
Amendment 577 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Underlines the importance of accessible, available, affordable and inclusive quality childcare and early childhood education, using a child- centred approach, with particular attention to the need for social inclusion of children in vulnerable situations, in or at risk of poverty and social deprivation, as well as migrant children and children from minorities;
Amendment 578 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on Member States to establish pro-natalist policies, including easier and low-cost access to childcare services and a revaluation of family benefits, aiming to overturn European population decline and mitigate population ageing
Amendment 579 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Highlights the importance to address the specific needs of children with disabilities, notably to ensure inclusive access to education and empowerment of children with disabilities; calls on the Member States to develop personal assistance services for children with disabilities and ensure decent and attractive working conditions to those professionals accompanying children with disabilities;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 Amendment 580 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on Member States to consider the situation of parents in education or training, by providing appropriate childcare services located close to the place of learning.
Amendment 581 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that social protection and support to families is essential and calls on the competent national authorities to ensure adequate and accessible social protection systems and integrated child protection systems, including effective prevention, early intervention and family support, in order to ensure safety and security for children without or at risk of losing parental care, as well as measures to support the transition from institutional to quality family and community-based care; calls on the Member States to scale up investment in child protection systems and social welfare services as an important part of implementing the Child Guarantee;
Amendment 582 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that social protection and support to families with the special focus on big families, single parent families or families with a child with disabilities is essential and calls on the competent national authorities to ensure adequate and accessible social protection
Amendment 583 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that adequate and accessible social protection systems and support
Amendment 584 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that social protection and support to families
Amendment 585 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that social protection and support to individuals and families is essential and calls on the competent national authorities to ensure adequate and accessible social protection systems and integrated child protection systems;
Amendment 586 #
10. Recalls that social protection and support to families is essential and calls on the competent national authorities to ensure universal, adequate and accessible social protection systems and integrated child protection systems;
Amendment 587 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that social protection and support to families is essential and calls on the competent national authorities to ensure universal adequate and accessible social protection systems and integrated child protection systems;
Amendment 588 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including parental entitlements and
Amendment 589 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including parental entitlements and measures that encourage a more substantial role for men in the sharing of care responsibilities, including for very young children; reminds that gender imbalances in care and employment have life-time scarring consequences on many women’s career progressions, resulting in an important gender gap in pensions and high differences in poverty rates in older age;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 Amendment 590 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including parental entitlements and measures that encourage a more substantial role for men in the sharing of care responsibilities, including for very young children; reminds that gender imbalances in care and employment have life-time scarring consequences on many women’s career progressions, resulting in an important gender gap in pensions and high differences in poverty rates in older age;
Amendment 591 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including parental entitlements and adequate translation of the value created during the periods of maternity and parental leave into the retirement pension schemes; Calls on the Member States to adopt measures that encourage a more substantial role for men in the sharing of care responsibilities, including for very young children;
Amendment 592 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic and integrated support to
Amendment 593 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including parental entitlements and measures that
Amendment 594 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 595 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including parental entitlements and measures that encourage a more substantial and equal role for men in the sharing of care responsibilities, including for very young children;
Amendment 596 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including paid parental entitlements and measures that encourage a more substantial role for men in the sharing of care responsibilities, including for very young children;
Amendment 597 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including parental entitlements and measures that encourage a more
Amendment 598 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Underlines that provision of quality childcare is largely determined by investments and improvements in the employment and working conditions of the workers in the childcare sector; reminds of the role that social dialogue plays in developing practical tools for improved access to, availability and affordability of childcare;
Amendment 599 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to collect standardized equality data, disaggregated by indicators such as country of origin, ethnicity or disability status;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 — having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 a (new) — having regard to the report of the European Commission and the Social Protection Committee entitled 2021 Long- term care report: Trends, challenges and opportunities in an ageing society1a, _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId =738⟨Id=en&pubId=8396
Amendment 600 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Equal access to quality care services and treatments
Amendment 601 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Equal access to quality care services and treatments
Amendment 602 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Equal access to quality care services and treatment
Amendment 603 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Equal access to affordable quality care services
Amendment 604 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) Amendment 605 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a personalised approach
Amendment 606 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to recognise care as a right and to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a personalised approach, in order to enhance the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation and, whenever possible, independent living, as well as integrating the care needs of carers and especially those who, as non-nationals with various statuses living in the EU, may face particular barriers in accessing care, intersectional discrimination, marginalisation and in-work poverty;
Amendment 607 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a personalised approach, in order to enhance the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation and, whenever possible, independent living; as well as integrating the care needs of carers and especially those who, as non-nationals with various statuses living in the EU, may face particular barriers in accessing care, intersectional discrimination, marginalisation and in-work poverty
Amendment 608 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a personalised approach, in order to enhance the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation and, whenever possible, independent living, focusing on those vulnerable groups who face specific obstacles, such as people with disabilities;
Amendment 609 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a personalised approach that prioritises the availability of in-home support, in order to enhance the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, and rehabilitation
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 30 a (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 26 April 2017 entitled ‘An initiative to support work-life balance for working parents and carers’(COM(2017)0252),
Amendment 610 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective and equal access to care services and treatments in a favourable and respectful time throughout the life course, taking a personalised approach, in order to enhance the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation, working conditions that do not aggravate the symptoms and, whenever possible, independent living;
Amendment 611 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and social protection systems in such a way as to provide public, adequate, effective and equal access to care services and treatments in a favourable and respectful time throughout the life course, taking a personalised approach, in order to enhance the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation and, whenever possible, independent living;
Amendment 612 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a personalised and patient-centered approach, in order to enhance access to care, the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation and, whenever possible, independent living and inclusion in the community;
Amendment 613 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and social protection systems in such a way as to provide public, adequate, affordable, effective and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a patient-centred personalised approach, in order to enhance the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation and
Amendment 614 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a personalised approach, in order to enhance access to care, the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation and, whenever possible, independent living;
Amendment 615 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective, comprehensive and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a personalised approach, in order to enhance the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation and, whenever possible, independent living;
Amendment 616 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective, timely and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a personalised approach, in order to enhance the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation and, whenever possible, independent living;
Amendment 617 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a patient-centred personalised approach, in order to enhance
Amendment 618 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a patient-centred, personalised approach, in order to enhance the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation and,
Amendment 619 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Member States to identify and eliminate the administrative barriers that stand in the way of a timely and effective response to individual care needs and to actively support the care recipients and their families in the process of seeking and accessing adequate care and support solutions;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 30 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 10 July 2020 on the EU’s public health strategy post-COVID-191a, _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0205.
Amendment 620 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) Amendment 621 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Member States to incentivise declared work by supporting personal household services, and other alternative employment models for home care services such as households as direct employers or intermediaries;
Amendment 622 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Member States to take action on the development of long-term, palliative and hospice care and care for people with brain disorders associated with memory problems and health support for carers;
Amendment 623 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote personal assistantships as an effective form of social services, conducive to maintain independence, dignity and activity of care recipients;
Amendment 624 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Member States to financially support ways to enhance independence, such as home adaptation or installation of digital detection systems and assistive technologies at home;
Amendment 625 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) Amendment 626 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that accessibility derives from a combination of availability of a diversified spectrum of care services, affordable costs and flexibility; believes that in this respect different forms of care service provision should be available,
Amendment 627 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility; believes that in this respect different forms of care service provision should be available, such as in in-home and community-based settings; calls for the development of funding models for hourly/daily care and evaluate and revise testing criteria for home visiting, promote the Quality Seal; to support the development of demand forecasts and an overall strategy for the further development of care services with quality specifications; as well local community health nurses;
Amendment 628 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that accessibility derives from a combination of availability of a diversified spectrum of care services, cost and flexibility; believes that in this respect different forms of care service provision should be available,
Amendment 629 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that accessibility derives
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 32 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 7 July 2021 on an old continent growing older – possibilities and challenges related to ageing policy post-2020,
Amendment 630 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that accessibility derives from a combination of availability of a diversified spectrum of care services, cost and flexibility; believes that in this respect different forms of care service provision should be available,
Amendment 631 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility; believes that in this respect different forms of care service provision should be available, such as in in-home and community-based settings; recalls that accessibility should go hand in hand with adequate infrastructure; encourages the Member States to increase spending from the ESF+, the ERDF and the Just Transition Fund for adapting public infrastructure, including transport, and public spaces for all;
Amendment 632 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility; believes that in this respect different forms of care service provision should be available, such as in in-home and community-based settings; recognises the importance of personal and household service providers, including live-in carers, in this regard; consequently calls on Member States to invest in the professionalisation of the sector;
Amendment 633 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility; believes that in this respect different forms of care service provision should be available, such as in in-home and community-based settings, both public and private, care at home and in home-like settings, and that furthermore a family member should either be able to voluntarily provide care or be subsidised to procure the care services;
Amendment 634 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that accessibility of care derives from a combination of
Amendment 635 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility; believes that in this respect different forms of care service provision should be
Amendment 636 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility; believes that in this respect different forms of care service provision should be available, such as in in-home, and community-based and work-related settings;
Amendment 637 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility; believes that in this respect different forms
Amendment 638 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Highlights the need to support the development of online services, the training to increase digital competencies of the cared and their carers, and improving of internet access and connections to improve the quality of care and to benefit from technology in offering quality care in all stages of life; notes that health technology can be the biggest unequalizer or connector depending on its genuine accessibility;
Amendment 639 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Notes that digital technologies are a promising development in supporting care provision, especially for people with low and moderate care needs, but only if they are developed from a user-based starting point and are modular and tailored;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 33 a (new) — having regard to the Commission's communication "A Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas" of 2021,
Amendment 640 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Member States to improve personal care, which is the resource most in demand from people with disabilities, in order that they can live independent lives;
Amendment 641 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Stresses the need to ensure that care is not commodified;
Amendment 642 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Highlights the need to support the development of online services, the training to increase digital competencies of the cared and their carers, and improving of internet access and connections to improve the quality of care and to benefit from technology in offering quality care in all stages of life;
Amendment 643 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Calls on the Member States to explore the possibility of integrating in their social protection systems solutions that allow a more personalised approach;
Amendment 644 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Notes that the populations benefitting from long-term care go beyond the elderly and include people living with rare diseases for whom care is provided throughout all lifecycles, with a majority of rare diseases having their onset during childhood;
Amendment 645 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Believes that those planning, programming and providing the care services have the responsibility to be aware of the users’ needs and that long- term care services must be developed with the participation of the intended users;
Amendment 646 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 d (new) 13d. Notes that platform work and the so-called ‘uber-isation of care’ is on the rise in the care sector, including in long- term care, which gives rise to additional challenges due to the vulnerability of care recipients, the potential lack of monitoring of care, and health and safety concerns when performing work in the care recipient’s home;
Amendment 647 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop the tools required for the regular assessment of the accessibility
Amendment 648 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop the tools required for the regular assessment of the accessibility, availability and affordability of care services and a comprehensive benchmark for monitoring the quality of both formal and informal care services; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote accessible, available, affordable and quality care by ensuring a work-life family balance, promoting healthy lifestyles, setting quality standards of care services and organising quality assurance, ensuring the availability of care services in rural areas, and ensuring affordability;
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop the tools required for the regular assessment of the accessibility of care services and treatments and a comprehensive benchmark for monitoring the quality of both formal and informal care services; urges the Commission and Member States to support research and access to treatment to temporary disabling neurological diseases that impact the quality of life of people affected and those under their care.
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 34 a (new) — having regard to the ETUI/EPSU report on Pay transparency and role of gender-neutral job evaluation and job classification in the public services,
Amendment 650 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop the tools required for the regular assessment of the accessibility of care services and treatment and a comprehensive benchmark for monitoring the quality of both formal and informal care services;
Amendment 651 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop the tools required for the regular assessment of the accessibility of care services and a comprehensive benchmark for monitoring the quality of both formal and informal care services; Stresses the importance of identifying skills gaps and evaluating future needs, profession by profession, sector by sector, region by region, in order to train a sufficient number of workers to meet the demand;
Amendment 652 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop the tools required for the regular assessment of the accessibility of care services and treatments and a comprehensive benchmark for monitoring the quality and adequate, needs-based staffing levels of both formal and informal care services; calls on the Commission and Member States to privilege outcome-based indicators for access to care, such as reported unmet needs for care;
Amendment 653 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop the tools required for the regular assessment of the accessibility of care services and a comprehensive benchmark for monitoring the quality of both formal and informal care services; calls for standards for carers of people with MS that will promote consistency of practice and nursing care across Europe and bring equal benefits to those people who live with MS;
Amendment 654 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop the tools required for the regular assessment of the accessibility of care services and a comprehensive benchmark for monitoring the quality of both formal and informal care services; calls on the Commission and Member States to privilege outcome- based indicators for access to care, such as reported unmet needs for care;
Amendment 655 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the
Amendment 656 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop the tools required for the regular assessment of the accessibility of care services and a comprehensive benchmark for monitoring the quality and adequate staffing levels of both formal and informal care services;
Amendment 657 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop the
Amendment 658 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Commission to lay the foundation in the European care strategy for recognition, regulation and professionalization of personal and household services, as a way of effective tackling of high share of undeclared work in the care sector and guaranteeing social protection, safe and decent working conditions for workers;
Amendment 659 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop quality care standards for the provision of care in all settings (home based, private and public), including necessary competencies and training requirements, and to monitor the effective application of those standards;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 34 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 10 March 2022 on the EU Gender Action Plan III,
Amendment 660 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises that care services, particularly live-in care services, are often provided on a cross-border basis; Stresses that the free movement of persons and workers is one of the key pillars of the EU, but that challenges to cross-border care remain;
Amendment 661 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses that the free movement of persons and workers is one of the key pillars of the EU, but that challenges to cross-border care remain and that care drain can worsen situations of labour shortages, weakening the ability to provide timely access to care in emigration regions or countries; calls for the protection of the social security rights of all migrant and mobile care workers and care receivers, as this contributes to both dignified working conditions and reducing the propensity toward undeclared work; encourages the development of cross-border training, notably in cross-border regions, in order to share best practices for care staff and facilitate cross-border care;
Amendment 662 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses that the free movement of persons and workers is one of the key pillars of the EU
Amendment 663 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses that the free movement of persons and workers is one of the key pillars of the EU, but that challenges to cross-border care remain; calls for the protection of different societal models and the social security rights of all mobile care workers and care receivers; recognises national differences in social policy and stresses that respect for subsidiarity is of the essence;
Amendment 664 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses that the free movement of persons and workers is one of the key pillars of the EU
Amendment 665 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses that the free movement of persons and workers is one of the key pillars of the EU, but that challenges to cross-border care remain; calls for the protection of the social security rights of all migrant and mobile care workers and care receivers, as this contributes to both dignified working conditions and reduction of the propensity toward undeclared work;
Amendment 666 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses that the free movement of persons and workers is one of the key pillars of the EU, but that challenges to cross-border care remain; calls for the protection of the social security rights of all mobile care workers and care receivers, including care-credits for pension rights for both women and men;
Amendment 667 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses that the free movement of persons and workers is one of the key pillars of the EU, but that challenges to cross-border care remain; calls for the protection of the social security rights of all mobile care workers and care receivers in accordance with the legislation of the care recipient’s Member State;
Amendment 668 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Stresses that a territorialized organization of care according to the density and needs of the population is likely to allow a rationalized and adapted care offer, while fighting against inequalities in access to services and care; calls on the Member States to secure timely access to care across their territories, by putting in place incentives to tackle labour shortages, investing more in care facilities and facilitating access to digital solutions such as telemedicine;.
Amendment 669 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Recognises the essential role and contributions of both intra-EU mobile workers and non-EU migrant workers, including undocumented workers, in providing care in the European Union;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 35 a (new) Amendment 670 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Repeats its call for a
Amendment 671 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Repeats its call for a common definition of disability, as well as mutual recognition of disability status in the Member States
Amendment 672 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Repeats its call for a common definition of disability,
Amendment 673 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Re
Amendment 674 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 675 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Repeats its call for a common definition of disability, temporary incapacity or activity limitation, as well as mutual recognition of disability status and prioritisation of disabling diseases such as neurological and mental diseasesin the Member States;
Amendment 676 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Repeats its call for a common definition of disability defined by a body set up by the professional community reflecting the specialisations, expertise and geographical locations of the Member States, as well as mutual recognition of disability status in the Member States;
Amendment 677 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 678 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 679 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Repeats its call for a common definition of disability, as well as mutual recognition of disability status in the Member States; also calls for rapid implementation of the European Disability Card in all the Member States;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 35 b (new) — having regard to the report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) entitled ‘The Employment Generation Impact of Meeting SDG Targets in Early Childhood Care, Education, Health and Long-Term Care in 45 Countries’, published on 19 December 2019,
Amendment 680 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Repeats its call for a framework for a common definition of disability, as well as mutual recognition of disability status in the
Amendment 681 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Repeats its call for a common definition of disability, temporary incapacity or activity limitation, as well as mutual recognition of disability status and rights in the Member States;
Amendment 682 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Considers that the Care Strategy should contribute to the achievement of the goal of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of transitioning from institutional to family or community-based care;
Amendment 683 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the prioritisation of mental health within public health policy at EU level; calls on the Commission to put forward a European mental health strategy, identifying the challenges pertaining to mental health of all generations in all the relevant settings, including early age, education, the world of work, as well as later in life, with special emphasis on most vulnerable groups and strategies for prevention, detection and prompt access to adequate treatment of mental health disorders;
Amendment 684 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the prioritisation of mental health within public health and care polic
Amendment 685 #
17. Calls for the prioritisation of mental health within public health policy at EU level and to ensure, particularly in the context of long-term care, that mental health and access to mental health care are effectively available, affordable and of good quality and as such, able to contribute to the improvement of quality of life;
Amendment 686 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the prioritisation of mental health within public health policy at EU level and to ensure particularly in the context of long-term care that mental health and access to mental health care are effectively available, affordable and of good quality to ensure they contribute to the improvement of quality of life;
Amendment 687 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the prioritisation of mental health within public health policy at EU level by adopting a horizontal “Mental Health in all policies approach” providing for comprehensive prevention measures on Mental Health determinants and seeking to reduce inequalities including on access to support and treatment services;;
Amendment 688 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the prioritisation of mental health and disabling diseases within public health policy at EU level;
Amendment 689 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the prioritisation of mental health and disabling diseases within public health policy at EU level;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 36 Amendment 690 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the prioritisation of mental health within public health policy at EU and Member States' level;
Amendment 691 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the prioritisation of mental health within public health policy at care policies EU level;
Amendment 692 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the prioritisation of mental health within
Amendment 693 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the provision and access to palliative care for all persons diagnosed with a long-term condition or disability; emphasises that palliative care comprises a spectrum of services improving quality of life with a health condition or disability beyond medication, such as emotional, psychological and spiritual care and support as well as mental health services;
Amendment 694 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the provision and access to palliative care for all persons diagnosed with a long-term condition or disability; emphasises that palliative care comprises a spectrum of services improving quality of life with a health condition or disability beyond medication, such as emotional, psychological and spiritual and religious care and support;
Amendment 695 #
17a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the provision and access to palliative care for all persons diagnosed with a long-term condition or disability; emphasises that palliative care comprises a spectrum of services improving quality of life with a health condition or disability beyond medication, such as emotional and psychological care and support as well as mental health services;
Amendment 696 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Recognises the key role played by local bodies, particularly municipalities, in receiving requests for care and in providing care services in the first instance;
Amendment 697 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) Amendment 698 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls for nurses to have easier access to services offering support for mental and physical health;
Amendment 699 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Calls on the Member States to guarantee immediate and full access of persons enjoying temporary protection to quality care services, without discrimination on any ground and with special attention to their physical and psychological needs generated by the circumstances of war and their displacement, and to secure, at the same time, equal and decent working and employment conditions and fair pay for the persons enjoying temporary protection who will seek employment in the care sector; underlines that additional capacities and investment in the care sector are essential to this end;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 — having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 36 — having regard to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) Gender Equality Index 2021 and its thematic focus on health and the evolution of data in the domain of time,
Amendment 700 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Calls for recognition of the exact physical risks care workers face, including the health risks associated with lifting care recipients;
Amendment 701 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 c (new) 17c. Points out that the risk of having their long-term needs unmet is particularly high for older women, who represent a majority of population in the need of long-term care while experiencing the greatest difficulties in covering the long-term care expenses due to persisting gender pay and pension gaps, more career breaks and interruptions due to care obligations, as well as higher propensity to take on precarious or part-time work;
Amendment 702 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 Amendment 703 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to establish a comprehensive set of indicators
Amendment 704 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 705 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to establish a framework and a comprehensive set of specific indicators for long-term care quality, and corresponding targets
Amendment 706 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to establish a comprehensive
Amendment 707 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 708 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to establish a comprehensive set of indicators for long-term care, and corresponding targets and tools for monitoring the accessibility, affordability and quality of care, especially taking into account vulnerable groups such as the elderly and people with disabilities, similar to the Barcelona objectives for childcare;
Amendment 709 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to establish a comprehensive set of indicators for long-term care embedded in a human rights framework, and corresponding
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 a (new) — having regard to the ILO Resolution concerning a global call to action for a human-centred approach from the COVID-19 crisis that is inclusive, sustainable and resilient adopted at the 109th Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2021, which highlights the need to invest in the care economy,
Amendment 710 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to establish an ambitious and comprehensive set of qualitative and quantitative indicators for long-term care, and corresponding targets and tools for monitoring the accessibility, affordability, staffing levels and quality of care, similar to the Barcelona objectives for childcare;
Amendment 711 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to establish a comprehensive set of indicators for long-term care, including for those with disabilities and older persons, and corresponding targets and tools for monitoring the accessibility, affordability and quality of care, similar to the Barcelona objectives for childcare;
Amendment 712 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to establish a comprehensive set of indicators for long-term care, and corresponding targets and tools for monitoring the timely accessibility, affordability and quality of care and treatment, similar to the Barcelona objectives for childcare;
Amendment 713 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to establish a comprehensive set of indicators for long-term care, and corresponding targets and tools for monitoring the accessibility, affordability, staffing levels and quality of care, similar to the Barcelona objectives for childcare;
Amendment 714 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls for quality indicators that are based on the rights of the persons in need for care, the maintenance of their independence and autonomy as well as social inclusion, and focussing on the expected outcomes of long-term care, such as the improvement of well-being of persons in need for long-term care and support, the evolution of healthy life years and other indicators putting entire care experience of a person in need for care in the centre of attention;
Amendment 715 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls for an EU right to care and for everyone to have access to high quality formal care services based on need; underlines that to guarantee this right, long-term care needs must be integrated into national social protection systems, as recommended by the Social Protection Committee5a, which are for equity and efficiency reasons best placed to deliver; _________________ 5a https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId =738⟨Id=en&pubId=7724
Amendment 716 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls for an EU right to care and for everyone to have access to high quality formal care services based on need; underlines that to guarantee this right, long-term care needs must be integrated into national social protection systems, as recommended by the Social Protection Committee, which are for equity and efficiency reasons best placed to deliver;
Amendment 717 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Encourages the Member States to promote the provision of adequate, inclusive and accessible care, technical aids and housing for people with disabilities of all ages, as well as support to their families and network; notes that special efforts should be made to promote de-institutionalization including in the field of mental health;
Amendment 718 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. is concerned about the fact that the choice of the initial care provider tends to be made in a context of stress of users and their close ones, financial constraints and limited availability of services, evidencing a lack of a clear link between personal choice, quality and competition;1a _________________ 1a Social Protection Committee and European Commission (2021), Long-term care report: Trends, challenges and opportunities in an ageing society, vol. 1
Amendment 719 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on the Commission to form a platform and to call up a summit of experts, social partners, interest groups, patient organisations, carers organisations and care recipients and their representatives to discuss and develop community-based care fit for 2030;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 a (new) Amendment 720 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on the Member States, should it be necessary, to make it possible to establish national registers of care service providers in order to monitor minimum standards and legal requirements; notes that such registers could be mutually recognised by the Member States;
Amendment 721 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls for a framework directive on long-term, formal and informal, care that would lay down fundamental principles and provide evidence-based criteria for accessible and integrated quality long- term care and support services across the EU;
Amendment 722 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) Amendment 723 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Highlights that providing disaggregated data and quality indicators by the use of digital care technology could reduce the burden of care workers and also improve the productivity of their work
Amendment 724 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls in particular for the reduction of inequality in access to long- term care to be taken into account when developing a set of access targets;
Amendment 725 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Stresses the need to evaluate the impact of care with indicators on the healthy life expectancy and the quality of life of beneficiaries;
Amendment 726 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on the Commission to guide public investments in long term care services in the use of the EU’s financial instruments;
Amendment 727 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Insists on the pivotal role of training for formal and informal carers to support the delivery of quality care;
Amendment 728 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Calls for quality indicators that are based on the rights of the persons in need for care, the maintenance of their independence and autonomy as well as social inclusion, and focussing on the expected outcomes of long-term care, such as the improvement of well-being of persons in need for long-term care and support, the evolution of healthy life years and other indicators putting entire care experience of a person in need for care in the centre of attention;
Amendment 729 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Stresses that older age, disability, severe illness or other circumstances leading to long-term care needs do not present an obstacle for active participation of individuals in the society and community life; reminds that social exclusion of dependent persons is above all a product of widely spread negative perceptions, socially constructed self- images and the persisting structural discrimination;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 a (new) — having regard to the activities of the ELA and in particular its collaboration with Member States in tackling undeclared work,
Amendment 730 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. takes note of certification systems developed by authoritative non-profit organisations to acknowledge long-term care providers’ performance, such as the certification developed by the Swedish Dementia Centre to recognise providers where 80% of the staff have followed certain courses to strengthen their competence in the field of patients with dementia;
Amendment 731 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Recognises the essential role and contributions of both intra-EU mobile workers and non-EU migrant workers, including undocumented workers, in providing care in the European Union;
Amendment 732 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Calls on the Commission to start an initiative on environmentally sustainable care and pay attention and support green care projects and greening of care overall;
Amendment 733 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Calls in particular for the reduction of inequality in access to long- term care to be taken into account when developing a set of access targets;
Amendment 734 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Deems interesting the existence of practices within the Member States regarding mandatory consultancy and assistance visits for people receiving informal care, developed to assist informal carers and facilitate access to quality care;
Amendment 735 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Notes that care infrastructures have also significant negative environmental impacts that need to be solved and mitigated, for example pharmaceuticals and exceptionally big amounts of disposable waste;
Amendment 736 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Recognises that in many cases this care is being provided undeclared or under-declared, in exploitative conditions, impacting on the rights and well-being of workers and their families;
Amendment 737 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) Amendment 738 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Calls on the Commission to introduce stronger mandatory quality controls and whistle-blower systems for non-profit franchises and for-profit care chains;
Amendment 739 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18d. Stresses that the sets of targets for quality long-term care should inevitably include the reduction of inequality in the access to long-term care;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 38 b (new) — having regard to Directive (EU) 2022/431of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2022 amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work,
Amendment 740 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 d (new) 18e. Calls for quality indicators for long-term care that are based on the rights of the persons in need of care, the maintenance of their independence and autonomy as well as social inclusion, and focusing on the expected outcomes such as the improvement of well-being of persons in need for long-term care and support, the evolution of healthy life years;
Amendment 741 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Notes that between 40 and 50 million people in the EU provide informal care on a regular basis; notes that this work tends to be long term and can hinder formal labour market participation, resulting in a loss of income and aggravating the gender pension gap; To enable people to continue to be cared for in their own homes, mobile care and support needs to be expanded and further developed to relieve the burden on family caregivers, thus allowing relatives in care to carry on their employments; and to work towards the compatibility of care and work;
Amendment 742 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Notes that between 40 and 50 million people in the EU provide informal care on a regular basis, most of whom are women; notes that this work tends to be long term
Amendment 743 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Notes that between 40 and 50 million people in the EU provide informal care on a regular basis, the majority of whom are women; notes that this work tends to be long term and can hinder formal labour market participation, resulting in less career’s opportunities or even acceptance of jobs below the level of skills of the informal carer, leading to a loss of income and aggravati
Amendment 744 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Notes that between 40 and 50 million people in the EU provide informal care on a regular basis; notes that this work tends to be long term and
Amendment 745 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Notes that between 40 and 50 million people in the EU provide informal care on a regular basis; notes that this work tends to be long term and
Amendment 746 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Notes that between 40 and 50 million people in the EU provide informal care on a regular basis; notes that this work
Amendment 747 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Notes that between 40 and 50 million people in the EU provide informal care on a regular basis; notes that this work tends to be long term and can hinder or rule out formal labour market participation, resulting in a loss of income and aggravating the gender pay and pension gaps, which contributes to the feminisation of poverty, as the majority of informal carers are women;
Amendment 748 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Notes that between 40 and 50 million people in the EU provide informal care on a regular basis with 75% of them being women, including disabled women; notes that this work tends to be long term and can hinder
Amendment 749 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Notes that
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas social rights are part of human rights and constitutional rights; whereas the EPSR Action Plan sets out concrete initiatives for the implementation of principles that are essential for building a stronger social Europe for just transitions and recovery, such as gender equality, equal opportunities, work-life balance, childcare and support to children, inclusion of persons with disabilities and long-term care;
Amendment 750 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Highlights the fact that the fundamental role of family members wishing to fulfil their responsibility of caring for those closest to them should be promoted, since the emotional ties that bind them together are key in carrying out their tasks, going beyond simple physical acts; considers that this care is invaluable, and cannot be expressed in financial terms. Considers, therefore, that such carers should receive public support because they are meeting a social need, and that solutions should be found so that they are not disadvantaged because of their working activities being compromised; in the same way, believes their access when re-entering the workforce should be facilitated and that they should not be adversely affected when they retire;
Amendment 751 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Highlights the necessity to overcome the lack of sharing of unpaid domestic work and care responsibilities mainly performed by women and strengthen the fight against gender stereotypes, as well as to introduce family- friendly working arrangements, such as adaptable working hours and the possibility of teleworking, in order to allow women and men to better reconcile their professional life with their private life;
Amendment 752 #
19a. Notes that informal care is an extremely gendered issue as women are overrepresented in providing informal care activities, making up around 60% of informal carers, and providing informal care for more hours than men;
Amendment 753 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Highlights that an ageing European population has led to a growing prevalence of NCDs which has increased the number of informal carers in the EU; underlines that most informal carers in the EU are women;
Amendment 754 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Notes that the involvement of children in the provision of informal care can negatively impact their mental and physical health, educational attainment and social inclusion;
Amendment 755 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Notes that women’s overrepresentation in informal care acts as a brake on gender equality and may limit the possibility to work formally especially for younger informal carers;
Amendment 756 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on the Member States and relevant authorities to recognise the pivotal role of informal carers and to integrate them into regular health and care teams;
Amendment 757 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Calls on the Member States and relevant authorities to recognise the pivotal role of informal carers, especially women, not only though awareness activities but also through adequate support including financial compensation;
Amendment 758 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Notes that of elderly people aged more than 65, 8% or more than 7 million people receive informal care in the EU; for people aged 75 and above, the number relying on informal care amounts to 11%;
Amendment 759 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Notes that risk of poverty, worse mental and physical health, and social exclusion are associated with intensive informal care-giving;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EPSR Action Plan sets out concrete initiatives for the implementation of principles that are essential for building a stronger social Europe for just transitions and recovery; whereas expanding the care workforce will be a prerequisite for the implementation of these initiatives, including those pertaining to the principle 18 in the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 760 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 c (new) 19 c. Notes that at least 8% of all children in Europe are involved in the provision of informal long-term care, with a negative impact on their physical and mental health, educational experience, employability and social inclusion;
Amendment 761 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 c (new) 19 c. emphasizes the need of informal carers to be closely involved and supported by care professionals;
Amendment 762 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 d (new) 19d. stresses that, without undermining the need for informal care, investing in formal care services can significantly relieve the pressure on informal carers, notably women, and avoid some of the detrimental effects on their work-life balance and career’s prospects, therefore contributing to gender equality;
Amendment 763 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 d (new) 19d. Stresses that informal carers must have their needs assessed and addressed in their own right, without being conditional on the services or supports of the cared-for person;
Amendment 764 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 765 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 766 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Highlights the need for a common European minimum definition for informal care, including respect for the right to self- determination of persons receiving care; highlights the need to conclude “Exit- Strategies” to help informal carers and relatives in care to re-enter the labour market, after the need to care has ended; due to rehabilitation or deceased dependent;
Amendment 767 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Highlights the need for a common European minimum definition for unpaid informal care,
Amendment 768 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Highlights the need for a common European minimum definition for unpaid informal care,
Amendment 769 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Highlights the need
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EPSR Action Plan sets out concrete initiatives for the implementation of principles that are essential for building a stronger social Europe for just transitions and recovery, whereas principles 17 and 18 jointly promote an individual right to long-term care and define the aim of care and inclusion services to support full participation in society;
Amendment 770 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Highlights the need for a common European minimum definition for informal care and domestic work, including respect for the right to self-
Amendment 771 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the Member States to better acknowledge the value of informal care, to improve social protection and the various forms of support for informal carers, to provide professional support, training and peer counselling for informal carers, and to introduce, in close cooperation with social partners, different forms of periodic relief for family members caring for older people, especially those needing respite care and day-care services, and support services including flexible working arrangements; encourages the Member States to put forward targeted strategies to help informal carers and recognise their contribution to care for older people, and to put forward proposals for adequate relief services; emphasises that providing informal care should be a choice and that formal care services should be promoted;
Amendment 772 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the Commission to make Member States aware of the enormous responsibility assumed by people who care for others and notes that a solution must be sought that ensures that respect for the life, dignity and health of individuals is always respected;
Amendment 773 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Urges the Member States to promote active labour and employment policies aimed at unpaid informal carers, to support their reintegration and progress in the labour market and to recognise the skills acquired in informal settings;
Amendment 774 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls for common European guidelines and status for informal carers as informal care is currently not adequately recognized and acknowledged in terms of different forms of informal care;
Amendment 775 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Calls on the Commission to highlight the need for everyone to receive the most appropriate multidisciplinary treatment to alleviate their suffering, taking into account the health, psychological, emotional and spiritual dimensions that are part of the human condition, and with absolute respect for life;
Amendment 776 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 c (new) 20c. Urges the Member States, when they are planning care, to take into account the views and wishes of those receiving care in line with respect for life and human dignity;
Amendment 777 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care,
Amendment 778 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, and calls on the Member States to consider different financial support options based on their different needs and realities, with a view to guaranteeing carers financial support and other additional support services, including time off for carers, and a work- life balance and rehabilitation services for carers and care recipients
Amendment 779 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EPSR Action Plan sets out concrete initiatives for the implementation of principles that are essential for building a stronger social Europe for just transitions and recovery; whereas principle 17 and 18 jointly promote an individual right to long-term care and define the aim of care and inclusion services to support full participation in society;
Amendment 780 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, and to guarantee carers financial support and
Amendment 781 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, and, where the competences are at the national level, calls on the Member States to support this European strategy by ambitious and coordinated actions to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, and to guarantee carers minimum standards of rights, financial support and other additional support services, including time off for carers, a
Amendment 782 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, and to guarantee carers financial support
Amendment 783 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, to facilitate employment to be declared and ensure insurance and social protection coverage and to guarantee carers financial support and other additional support services, including time off for carers, and a work- life balance and rehabilitation services for carers and care recipients, regardless of their migration or residence status;
Amendment 784 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe,
Amendment 785 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission
Amendment 786 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, and to guarantee carers financial support and other additional support services, including time off for carers, and a work-life balance and rehabilitation services for carers and care recipients, including psychological support for carers;
Amendment 787 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level, respecting the competence of Member States, on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, and to guarantee carers financial support and other additional support services, including time off for carers, and a work-life balance and rehabilitation services for carers and care recipients;
Amendment 788 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission to pr
Amendment 789 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, and to guarantee carers financial support and other additional support services, including time off for carers, access to affordable and qualitative PHS and a work-life balance and rehabilitation services for carers and care recipients;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EPSR Action Plan sets out concrete initiatives for the implementation of principles that are essential for building a stronger social Europe for just transitions and recovery; whereas principle 17 and 18 jointly promote an individual right to long-term care and define the aim of care and inclusion services to support full participation in society;
Amendment 790 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe
Amendment 791 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) Amendment 792 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Commission to recognize challenges limiting access to appropriate care for persons with specific diseases that require increased level of care like rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs); Highlights that for persons with RMDs, the biggest obstacle in accessing appropriate care is the lack of rheumatologists and medical training in rheumatology in the Member States; Calls therefore on the Member States to make Rheumatology a standard element of the medical training curriculum and to increase the number of practicing rheumatologists;
Amendment 793 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Underlines that this package of actions needs to recognise and acknowledge the different forms of informal care and carers, ensure the personal and societal recognition of carers and acknowledging that carers would also have rights and obligations as a part of their role as a carer; as well as respect of the right to self-determination of the persons receiving care, set a certain criteria for carers to receive social support and other additional support services including time-off for the carer;
Amendment 794 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive, in particular regarding carers’ leave; stresses that only an equal share of care responsibilities between men and women by means of adequately paid leave periods would enable women to increasingly engage in full-time employment and achieve a work-life balance; underlines the importance of non-transferrable parental leave for equalising childcare responsibilities between women and men;
Amendment 795 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Member States to introduce ‘care credits’ through labour and social security legislation for both women and men as equivalent periods for building up pension rights in order to protect those taking a break from employment to provide informal, unpaid care to a dependant or a family member, and to recognise the value of the work that these carers do for society as a whole;
Amendment 796 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Member States to introduce ‘care credits’ through labour and social security legislation for both women and men as equivalent periods for building up pension rights in order to protect those taking a break from employment to provide informal, unpaid care to a dependant or a family member, and to recognise the value of the work that these carers do for society as a whole;
Amendment 797 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support civil society organisations supporting and representing informal carers, in order for these organisations to bring their perspective and contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of policies concerning informal care;
Amendment 798 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support civil society organisations and social partners representing informal carers and to take their contributions into account in the design, implementation and evaluation of policies concerning informal care;
Amendment 799 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on Member States to place a value on the time informal carers spend caring for their loved ones through financial assistance or tax incentives, and through valuing the time dedicated to this social investment in terms of pension entitlements;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 — having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EPSR Action Plan sets out concrete initiatives for the implementation of principles that are essential for building a stronger social Europe for just transitions and recovery, including one specifically on long-term care;
Amendment 800 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Reiterates the mental and physical health stress, associated with caregiving, and stresses the importance of ensuring carers' access to information and advice about care and care-life balance;
Amendment 801 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Member States to facilitate the labour market reintegration of workers who took a long career break to provide care to relatives, including through up-skilling and re-skilling;
Amendment 802 #
21b. Stresses the importance of addressing the over-reliance on informal care through formalisation and recognition of carers' skills through a certification process, allowing for the advancement of mutual recognition of skills, as well as implement targeted upskilling and reskilling activities, using among others, the European Skills Agenda, the Pact for Skills, ESF+, the Youth Employment Initiative, the Just Transition Fund, and EU4Health;
Amendment 803 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Stresses the importance of involving informal carers representatives in the drafting of the European Care Strategy in order to take into account the diversity of their situations and needs;
Amendment 804 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 c (new) 21 c. Urges the Commission to come up with guidelines to the Member States for the support of informal carers;
Amendment 805 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 Decent working conditions and training opportunities for all workers in the care sector
Amendment 806 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 Decent working conditions for all workers in the care and domestic work sectors
Amendment 807 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 Decent and attractive working conditions for all workers in the care sector
Amendment 808 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 Decent working conditions, fair pay for all workers in the care sector
Amendment 809 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to place adequate staffing levels and investment in care staff at the centre of their care policies, and to support the creation of quality jobs in the sector; calls on the Member States to ensure adequate working and employment conditions in medical and care occupations and to invest in education and training as a means of guaranteeing the quality of care provided; calls for the creation of incentives to take up the profession of carer for older people;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EPSR Action Plan sets out concrete initiatives for the
Amendment 810 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to
Amendment 811 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to place adequate staffing levels and investment in care staff at the centre of their care policies, and to support the creation of quality jobs
Amendment 812 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to place adequate staffing levels and investment in care staff at the centre of their care policies, and to support the creation of quality jobs in the sector with clear, sustainable and attractive career paths that allow permanent professional and personal development; underlines the need for initiatives and projects that would make work in the care sector more appealing to young people and encourage more men to take up care professions;
Amendment 813 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to place adequate staffing levels and investment in care staff at the centre of their care policies, and to support the creation of quality jobs in the sector; calls for the need to train healthcare providers in areas where the lack of knowledge is one of the principal barriers to equality and provision of treatment, such as mental health, neurological diseases or MS
Amendment 814 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to place adequate staffing levels and investment in care staff at the centre of their care policies, and to support the creation of quality jobs in the sector; calls for the need to train healthcare providers in areas where the lack of knowledge is one of the principal barriers to equality and provision of treatment, such as mental health and neurological diseases.
Amendment 815 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to place adequate staffing levels and investment in care staff at the centre of their care policies, and to support the creation of quality jobs in the sector; notes that the diversification of education models, through vocational training, care studies on universities of applied sciences, or re- skilling can help to overcome the shortages in workforce;
Amendment 816 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to place adequate staffing levels and investment in care staff at the centre of their care policies, including skills development and career progression opportunities for care workers, as part of the efforts to make care work more attractive, and to support the creation of quality jobs in the sector;
Amendment 817 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to recognise care professions in their importance in supporting fundamental rights and well-being and to place adequate staffing levels and investment in care staff at the centre of their care policies, and to support the creation of quality jobs in the sector;
Amendment 818 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to recognise care professions in their importance in supporting fundamental rights and well-being and to place adequate staffing levels and investment in care staff at the centre of their care policies, and to support the creation of quality jobs in the sector;
Amendment 819 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to reverse the undervaluation of care professions and to place adequate needs-based staffing levels and investment in care staff at the centre of their care policies, and to support the creation of quality jobs in the sector;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the European Platform tackling undeclared work has become a permanent working group of the European Labour Authority (ELA), with the aim of increasing cooperation with Member State authorities in tackling undeclared work;
Amendment 820 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to place adequate staffing levels and investment in care staff, in compliance with community- based living principles, at the centre of their care policies, and to support the creation of quality jobs in the sector;
Amendment 821 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to place adequate staffing levels and investment in care staff, including their training and knowledge acquisition, at the centre of their care policies, and to support the creation of quality jobs in the sector;
Amendment 822 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Urges the Member States to place adequate staffing levels and investment in care staff and in their training at the centre of their care policies, and to support the creation of attractive, quality jobs in the sector;
Amendment 823 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on the Member States to ensure enforcement of labour standards for all workers in the sector, regardless of migration or residence status, work arrangements (live-in, live-out, single or multiple employers), employment relationship (placement agencies, provider organisations, contract with end- users or domestic workers operating as self-employed). This must include, in particular, providing information and effective complaints mechanisms that enable workers to know their rights, file a complaint, and access remedies without any immigration enforcement consequences;
Amendment 824 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Urges the Member States to place adequate staffing levels and investment in the care personnel at the centre of their care policies, in order to reduce the physical and psychological pressures on workers, to avert the requests for short- notice work, rapid and severe workforce outflows and to increase resilience of the care systems for future crises; stresses the benefits of maintaining healthy work-life balance and recalls the severe toll of the pandemic on physical and mental health and well-being of the care professionals;
Amendment 825 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on the Commission to set up an EU Skills for Care Initiative to support Member States to improve up- and reskilling opportunities for professionals in the care sector, identifying skill gaps and needs, promising practices and successful initiatives. It should also develop a framework to recognise skills acquired through experience, such as through informal care work to facilitate access to formal employment in the sector;
Amendment 826 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on the Member States to support quality training for health care assistants and providers; strongly encourages the Member States, with the support of EU funds, to provide training to care staff on the rights of persons in need of care, particularly the rights enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 827 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Regrets that the EU Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications does not set out harmonised minimum training requirements for long- term care workers, hampering the automatic recognition of these workers throughout the Union;
Amendment 828 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on the Member States to increase investments in care services and their quality, and in special measures that allow carers to maintain an active professional life;
Amendment 829 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Highlights that both job creation perspectives and existing labour shortages are showing the urgent need to make those occupations more attractive;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas it is necessary to recognise that all human beings are in need for care throughout the life-cycle, including during childhood, on many occasions in old age, and when challenged in the activities of daily living in cases of a disability or health condition;
Amendment 830 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Highlights the central role of education and training as well as of programmes for reskilling and upskilling of workers for provision of quality care services and professionalization of care; underlines the central role of paid educational and in-work training in the process of transition from residential to community- and home-based care;
Amendment 831 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Recognises the role of personal and household services workers in guaranteeing EU citizens have a genuine choice when it comes to choosing their preferred care model, and calls on the Member States to invest in the development and professionalisation of the personal and household services sector;
Amendment 832 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Urges the Member States to tackle the exploitative conditions applied by private recruitment agencies, often engaged in organising the rotation of care workers in and out of exploitative conditions;
Amendment 833 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Encourages the Member States to reflect periods spent on care responsibilities in pension schemes, with a view to reducing and eventually closing the gender pension gap;
Amendment 834 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22 c. Emphasises that care work is an essentially interpersonal service that requires a range of complex skills, some of which are not recognised and remunerated;
Amendment 835 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers in the care sector,
Amendment 836 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers in the care sector, both formal and informal, and to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in line with and beyond the ambition of the recently adopted EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027; stresses the importance of fully respecting the Working Time Directive in particular for those who are providing live-in care, as well as reasonable accommodation provided for the carer and vigilance for additional broader job descriptions that go beyond the role of a carer;
Amendment 837 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers in the care sector, both formal and informal, also as a means of tackling care drain in certain Member States which have seen an outflow of long-term care workers to other Member States with better employment, working and living conditions, which exacerbates their existing challenges, and to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in line with and beyond the ambition of the recently adopted EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027;
Amendment 838 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions and the right for all workers in the care sector, both formal and informal, to join a representative trade union and to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in line with and beyond the ambition of the recently adopted EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027; and to ratify the relevant ILO conventions, in particular the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (n. º 189);
Amendment 839 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers in the care sector, both formal and informal, and to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in line with and beyond the ambition of the recently
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas still the societal value that care work creates is not recognized in the economic statistics or taken into account in macroeconomic policies; whereas the value of care work, both paid and unpaid, needs to be put at the centre of our economies;
Amendment 840 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Member States to ensure the right to join and establish trade unions and to engage in collective bargaining, decent working conditions for all workers in the care sector, both formal and informal, and to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in
Amendment 841 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers in the care sector, both formal and informal, including respect for minimum wages, and to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in line with
Amendment 842 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions and the right for all workers to join a representative trade union in the care sector, both formal and informal, and to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in line with and beyond the ambition of the recently adopted EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027;
Amendment 843 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions and adequate pay for all workers
Amendment 844 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers in the care sector, both formal and informal, and to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety and inclusion, in line with and beyond the ambition of the recently adopted EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027;
Amendment 845 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers in the care sector
Amendment 846 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Recalls that certain medicinal products contain one or several substances which meet the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (categories 1A or 1B), mutagenic (categories 1A or 1B) or reprotoxic (categories 1A or 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No1272/2008 and therefore fall under the scope of Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxics at work; looks forward for the foreseen publication in 2022 of the guidelines for handling those substances as well as for the development of a definition and indicative list of such Hazardous Medicinal Products;
Amendment 847 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Calls on the Member States to establish minimum standards for live-in care work in the areas such as: working time, remuneration and accommodation of carers, in order to take into account specificity of their work; especially the fact of living and working in a common household with a person in need of care; an average working time should be calculated as carers work in shifts; remuneration level shall depend on the care needs as well as skills of the carers; in-house carers who live together with dependants shall have access to separate room, access to toilet, kitchen and, if possible, internet;
Amendment 848 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Calls on the Member States to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in line with and beyond the ambition of the recently adopted EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027, paying special attention to the specific challenges of work in the care sector, which often includes exposure of workers to hazardous substances or medicinal products, work in the potentially infectious environments, as well as mental and psychosocial risks related to emotionally demanding work and encountering adverse social behaviour;
Amendment 849 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Urges Members states to promote reforms to recognize the rights of caregivers and care receivers and implement actions to protect fundamental labour rights and improving working conditions of care workers addressing the often precarious situations they faced such as informality, long working hours, inadequate pay, a lack of training and poor occupational health and safety policies and instances of abuse, harassment and violence among others;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas people are inherently interdependent as they all rely on care to different degrees depending on age, social status, physical endowment and personal background;
Amendment 850 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. 23a new. recalls, in this context, the fourth revision of Directive 2004/37/EC and the inclusion of work involving exposure to hazardous medicinal products meeting the criteria for classification as carcinogenic, mutagenic and/or toxic for reproduction category 1A or 1B as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, in order to ensure the best possible general and individual protection measures for workers handling these products;
Amendment 851 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Calls on the Member States to develop specific measures for women, girls, and gender-non conforming people whilst addressing gender-based violence and harassment at home and in the workplace, including in the care sector, Calls on the EU and member states to ratify the ILO convention no.190 on Violence and Harassment and adopt the necessary measures to ensure a work environment free of violence and harassment;
Amendment 852 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Urges the Member States to address the irregular conditions seen in work allocated via platforms or through private employment agencies when they organise care worker rotas;
Amendment 853 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Highlights the negative consequences of occupational psychosocial risks and ask for a dedicated directive on occupational psychosocial risks factors;
Amendment 854 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Calls on the Member States to tap in the domestic and care sectors’ promising and unexploited job creation potential to increase the labour force;
Amendment 855 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) Amendment 856 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b. Stresses that specific attention should be paid to the mental health of care workers which has been particularly impacted by the pandemic; Welcomes, in this regard, the contribution of the expert panel on effective ways of investing in health (EXPH) in its opinion on supporting mental health of health workforce and other essential workers; Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure adequate follow-up and implementation of these recommendations;
Amendment 857 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b. Regrets that only 8 member states have ratified the ILO Convention No189 on domestic workers that aims to provide legal recognition for domestic work, extend rights to all domestic workers, especially women, in the informal economy, and prevent violations and abuses; Calls on EU and all Member States to urgently ratify and implement this ILO Convention;
Amendment 858 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b. Repeats its call on the Commission to raise the level of ambition and to propose a broader and more comprehensive legislation that would allow better prevention and management of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and rheumatic diseases, as well as mitigate psychosocial risks and negative effects of care work on well-being of workers;
Amendment 859 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b. Calls on the Member States to identify the scope of live-in carers duties limited to those activities that satisfy the immediate own need of the patient and to activities, that the patient cannot do on its own due to its disability;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Amendment 860 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b. Calls on the EU and member states to ratify the ILO convention no.190 on Violence and Harassment and adopt the necessary measures to ensure a work environment free of violence and harassment;
Amendment 861 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 c (new) 23 c. Is concerned about the high share of minimum wage and sub-minimum earners among the care professionals, persistent gender pay gap and discrepancies in the pay levels of specific care professions; welcomes therefore the Commission proposals for a directive on adequate minimum wages, that would ensure a more decent pay to the lowest paid workers in the care sector, and for a pay transparency directive, tackling persistently inadequate enforcement of the fundamental right to equal pay for equal work of equal value in the EU;
Amendment 862 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 c (new) 23 c. Stresses that wage increases are associated with greater recruitment of long-term care workers, longer tenure and lower turnover according to OECD17e; Welcomes the proposal for a directive on adequate minimum wages to improve the adequacy of minimum wages and promote collective bargaining, which could have a positive impact on the care workforce whose pay are often too low; encourages public and private entities go beyond the minimum level of wages to make care professions more attractive; _________________ 17e https://www.oecd- ilibrary.org/docserver/92c0ef68- en.pdf?expires=1647941287&id=id∾cna me=ocid194994✓sum=D863115B583D2A 82CECF11D7D54A37B1
Amendment 863 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 c (new) 23 c. Regrets that only 8 member states have ratified the ILO Convention No189 on domestic workers that aims to provide legal recognition for domestic work, extend rights to all domestic workers, especially women, in the informal economy, and prevent violations and abuses; Calls on EU and all member states to urgently ratify and ensure compliance with the articles of this ILO Convention;
Amendment 864 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 d (new) 23d. Strongly encourages the Member States to provide, with the support of EU funds, training to care staff on the rights of care recipients, particularly the rights enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 865 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 d (new) 23d. Calls on the Member States to tap into the domestic care sectors' promising and unrealised job creation potential to increase the labour force;
Amendment 866 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 e (new) 23e. Calls on Member States to recognize COVID-19 as an occupational disease in the care sector;
Amendment 867 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 e (new) 23e. Calls on the Member States to ensure enforcement of labour standards for all workers in the sector;
Amendment 868 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions of both formal and informal carers, and for tackling the gender pay gap, and as the most effective tools for securing an increase in the minimum wage and in wages in general; stresses that these agreements should also aim to avoid loss of pension rights for those that need to decrease paid employment or leave employment in order to care for dependants; highlights that special attention should be paid to assuring the rights of migrant workers, who often work as live-in carers and have to be available 24 hours a day;
Amendment 869 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions and for tackling the gender pay gap, and as the most effective tools for securing an increase in the minimum wage and in wages in general; calls on the Member States to remove all obstacles to the creation of unions in this industry and to facilitate the process of union access to workers in order to ensure the right and freedom of association;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas all Member States and the EU are bound by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including the obligation enshrined in Article 19 of the UNCRPD to adopt effective and appropriate measures guaranteeing equal right of all persons with disabilities to live independently, to participate and be included in the community; whereas equal and effective access to affordable quality care and support services is an essential prerequisite for independent living of persons with disabilities, their participation in the community life and social inclusion;
Amendment 870 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, for those working in institutions, as well as in community- based settings, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions and for tackling the gender pay gap, and as the most effective tools for securing an increase in the minimum wage and in wages in general; calls for investigations into allegations of hindering workers’ representation in care services brought against some care providers;
Amendment 871 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions and for tackling the gender pay gap, and as the most effective tools for securing an increase in the minimum wage and in wages in general; stresses that especially mobile workers are not sufficiently aware or informed of the terms and conditions of employment applicable to them;
Amendment 872 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions and for tackling the gender pay gap, addressing the gender barriers, preventing the aggravation of health issues that mainly affect women such as migraine, and as the most effective tools for securing an increase in the minimum wage and in wages in general;
Amendment 873 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions and for tackling the gender pay gap,
Amendment 874 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, and including home and community-based settings, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions and for tackling the gender pay gap, and as the most effective tools for securing an increase in the minimum wage and in wages in general;
Amendment 875 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions
Amendment 876 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions and for tackling the gender pay gap
Amendment 877 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions and for tackling the gender pay gap
Amendment 878 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector,
Amendment 879 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both p
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas, following the pandemic, the UE has set itself the goal of stepping up the social dimension and creating a fairer, more sustainable and more resilient society; whereas, moreover, the instrument identified to assess progress in the social sphere is the European Semester and the Social Scoreboard;
Amendment 880 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Expresses its concern about the phenomenon of elderly abuse, including non-assistance, neglect and the undue use of physical or chemical restraints, particularly in the field of long-term care and support; calls for the development of trainings for informal and formal carers to avoid elderly abuse as well as for establishment of independent and effective mechanisms to report and redress situations of elderly abuse; calls on the Commission and the Member States to explicitly include the fight against elderly abuse in all its forms in the European Care Strategy;
Amendment 881 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Expresses its concern about the phenomenon of elder abuse, including non-assistance, neglect and the undue use of physical or chemical restraints, particularly in the field of long-term care and support; calls for the development of trainings for informal and formal carers to avoid elder abuse and of independent and effective mechanisms to report and redress situations of elder abuse; calls on the Commission and Member States to explicitly include the fight against elder abuse in all its forms in the EU Care Strategy;
Amendment 882 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Stresses that the role of caregivers should be, above all, to take care and therefore considers necessary to cut unnecessary red tape and avoid as much as possible assigning them administrative task which can be managed by administrative assistants or suitable digital tools;
Amendment 883 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Member States to position its public sector care providers as a model actor, to promote broader collective bargaining coverage and to provide greater access and information to unions seeking to represent and build membership among the care workforce;
Amendment 884 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Member States to evaluate how market forces affect the healthcare system, and stresses the utmost importance of the affordability, quality and accessibility of care;
Amendment 885 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote and support age-friendly working environments;
Amendment 886 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 b (new) 24b. Highlights that certain medical tasks can be shared with other health professionals (such as pharmacists or nurses), thus allowing a better distribution of workloads, more medical time to devote to patients, and closer collaboration between professionals, keeping in mind that multidisciplinary practices are also a guarantee of continuity of care and harmonization of care pathways;
Amendment 887 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 c (new) Amendment 888 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 d (new) 24d. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to address the issue of undeclared work in the care sector;
Amendment 889 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Acknowledge that the care workforce is increasingly relying on migrants, hence, calls on the Commission to include this aspect in the forthcoming European Care Strategy with a view to avoid illegal forms of employment, stresses that the Migrants care workforce specific challenges, such as access to work permit or to formal employment and social protection coverage should be adequately addressed and that undeclared work should be tackled; Recalls that mobile and migrant workers play a significant role in the provision of
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas we need to urgently respond to the social, gender equality and economic impacts of those with caring responsibilities; whereas care is essential for our wellbeing and sustaining our societies, particularly in view of demographic change;
Amendment 890 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Recalls that mobile and migrant workers play a significant role in the provision of
Amendment 891 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 Amendment 892 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Recalls that mobile and migrant workers play a significant role in the provision of both residential care and
Amendment 893 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Recalls that mobile and migrant workers play a significant role in the provision of both residential care and home care in the EU; is concerned about the working conditions of live-in carers and the lack of proper enforcement of their rights, in particular about the often unclear remuneration conditions, and the fact that they may face social isolation;3a _________________ 3a Social Protection Committee and European Commission (2021), Long-term care report: Trends, challenges and opportunities in an ageing society, vol. 1
Amendment 894 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Recalls that mobile and migrant workers play a significant role in the provision of both residential care and home care in the EU; it should be ensured that migrant workers providing care services to private households are protected and applicable labour laws are enforced and monitored;
Amendment 895 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Recalls that intra-EU mobile and non-EU migrant workers, including undocumented workers, play a significant role in the provision of both residential care and home care in the EU; insists that decent work should be integral to definitions and priorities around sustainable and quality care systems;
Amendment 896 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Recalls that mobile and migrant workers play a significant role in the provision of both residential care and home care in the EU, that migrant workers providing care services to private households should be protected and that applicable labour laws should be enforced and monitored;
Amendment 897 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Recalls that mobile and migrant workers play a significant role in the provision of both residential care and home care in the EU; whereas enabling the execution of the job whilst the nostrification process in ongoing, could help overcome short time shortages;
Amendment 898 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Recalls that mobile and legally resident migrant workers play a significant role in the provision of both residential care and home care in the EU;
Amendment 899 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Recalls that mobile and migrant workers play a significant role in the provision of
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) — having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as referred to in Article 6 TEU,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Amendment 900 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Recalls that mobile
Amendment 901 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Expresses its concern about the phenomenon of elder abuse, including non-assistance, neglect and the undue use of physical or chemical restraints, particularly in the field of long-term care and support; calls for the development of trainings for informal and formal carers to avoid elder abuse and of independent and effective mechanisms to report and redress situations of elder abuse; calls on the Commission and Member States to explicitly include the fight against elder abuse in all its forms in the EU Care Strategy;
Amendment 902 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Stresses, however, that due to a ‘care drain’ phenomenon (with many Long term care workers from Central and Eastern Europe moving to Western Europe for better salaries), certain Member States are facing labour shortages and therefore significant challenges to provide their population timely access to care; emphasizes the need for Member States to invest and develop all together the attractiveness of care professions to retain care workers;
Amendment 903 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Recognises that in many cases this care is being provided undeclared or under-declared, in exploitative conditions, impacting on the rights and well-being of workers and their families, as well as on care service users; stresses that decent work should be integral to definitions and priorities around sustainable and quality care systems;
Amendment 904 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls on the Member States to address the issue of undeclared work in the care sector, especially in the PHS and increase their working conditions as today, they often have limited access to labour rights and social protection benefits;
Amendment 905 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Reiterates its calls on the Member States which have not yet ratified and implemented ILO Convention No. 189 on domestic workers to ratify and implement it without delay;
Amendment 906 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 b (new) 25b. Reiterates its call on the Member States to establish legal frameworks, such as service voucher schemes, facilitating the lawful employment of domestic workers and carers and their enjoyment of their rights;
Amendment 907 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 b (new) 25b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to commit and set concrete actions to promote decent work for all care workers, regardless of their status;
Amendment 908 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 c (new) 25 c. Calls on Member States to combat undeclared work and to create a clear legal framework to promote quality jobs with social protection coverage for all care workers;
Amendment 909 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 d (new) 25d. Stresses that live-in care workers are predominantly organised through a complex chain of agencies posting workers who are thus covered by the Posting of Workers Directive;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas care encompasses services to address the physical, psychological and social needs of dependents, as well as support to guarantee the equal exercise of rights, dignity, autonomy, inclusion and well-being for all members of society; whereas care, support to the vulnerable individuals and groups and their empowerment, do not only present an individual right but a direct tangible contribution to social and economic well- being in the Member States and in the Union;
Amendment 910 #
Amendment 911 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 Amendment 912 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive and encourages them to go beyond the minimum standards laid down in the directive, promoting additional flexibility of work arrangements for groups of workers, such as parents with young children, single parents, parents with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities; stresses that only an equal share of care responsibilities between men and women by means of non-transferable and adequately paid leave periods would enable women to increasingly engage in full-time employment and achieve a work- life balance;
Amendment 913 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive; stresses that only an equal share of care responsibilities between men and women by means of non-transferable and adequately paid leave periods would enable women to increasingly engage in full-time employment and achieve a work-life balance; recalls that policies on work-life balance should encourage men to take up care responsibilities on an equal basis with women and stresses the need to progressively advance towards fully paid and equal length maternity and paternity leaves;
Amendment 914 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive; stresses that only an equal share of care responsibilities between men and women by means of equal, non-transferable and adequately paid leave periods would enable women to increasingly engage in full-time employment and achieve a work-life balance; urges the Member States to ensure the participation on women in the labour market as a mean to achieve personal and societal development and not as a response to the market needs;
Amendment 915 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive; stresses that only an equal share of care responsibilities between men and women by means of non-transferable and adequately paid leave periods would enable women to increasingly engage in full-time
Amendment 916 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive
Amendment 917 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive; stresses that only an equal share of care responsibilities between men and women by means of non-transferable and adequately paid leave periods would enable women to increasingly engage in full-time
Amendment 918 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive;
Amendment 919 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas persons in need for care and support are persons who are challenged in their basic activities of daily living by a disability or chronic health condition; whereas care encompasses all services to
Amendment 920 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive and to go beyond it; stresses that only an equal share of care responsibilities between men and women by means of non-transferable and adequately paid leave periods would enable women to increasingly engage in full-time employment and achieve a work-life balance;
Amendment 921 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive; stresses that only an equal share of care responsibilities between men and women by means of minimum non-transferable and adequately paid leave periods would enable women to increasingly engage in full-time employment and achieve a work- life balance;
Amendment 922 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive; stresses that only an equal share of care responsibilities between men and women by means of
Amendment 923 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) Amendment 924 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Recalls that policies on work-life balance should encourage men to take up care responsibilities on an equal basis with women and stresses the need to progressively advance towards fully paid and equal length maternity and paternity leaves;
Amendment 925 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Calls on the Member States to facilitate the labour market reintegration of workers after care leave, temporary disability or longer career breaks, including the reintegration and inclusion of people suffering from stigmatisation due to invisible pain coming from diseases such as mental health and neurological diseases;
Amendment 926 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Calls on the Member States to develop a set of comprehensive measures and incentives to encourage and facilitate the labour market reintegration of workers after care leave or longer career breaks and to guarantee workers’ return to the same or equivalent position;
Amendment 927 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Calls on the Member States to facilitate the labour market reintegration of workers after care leave or longer career breaks, particularly for stay-at-home mothers who wish to go back to work after raising their children;
Amendment 928 #
27. Calls on the Member States to facilitate the labour market reintegration of workers after care leave or longer career breaks paying special attention to women, whose career and income are more often affected by care leave;
Amendment 929 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Calls on the Member States to facilitate the labour market reintegration of workers, especially women and informal carers, after care leave or longer career breaks;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 930 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Calls on the Member States to facilitate the labour market reintegration of workers after care leave, temporary disability or longer career breaks;
Amendment 931 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on the Member States to promote broader collective bargaining coverage in the care sector, provide greater access and information to unions seeking to represent and build membership among the care workforce and remove unnecessary barriers in public sector workplaces, including private contractors working on public contracts, that impede unions’ ability to organize public sector workers and increase their membership;
Amendment 932 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on the Member States, in close cooperation with the social partners, to shore up career pathways so as to make it easier for people to adapt to the different situations they may face in their lives, in particular via lifelong vocational training, adequate unemployment benefits, the transferability of social rights, and active, effective labour market policies;
Amendment 933 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on the Member States to draw on the EU Skills Agenda to ensure further skilling and upskilling of care workers, and provide publicly-subsidised opportunities for all carers – including migrant informal carers and care workers - to participate in vocational education and training and gain qualifications;
Amendment 934 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Reiterates its demand that people in all employment relationships and the self-employed should be able to accumulate entitlements providing income security in circumstances such as unemployment, ill-health, old age, career breaks for child-raising or other caring situations, or for reasons of training;
Amendment 935 #
27a. Calls on Member States to draw on the EU Skills Agenda to ensure further skilling and upskilling of care workers, and provide opportunities for all carers to participate in vocational education and training and gain qualifications, paying special attention to women after care leave;
Amendment 936 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop adequate and targeted education, vocational training, mentoring and conflict management programmes for the Roma to facilitate their entry into the care sector;
Amendment 937 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) Amendment 938 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on Member States to provide greater access and information to unions seeking to represent and build membership among the care workforce;
Amendment 939 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on the Member States to develop mechanisms and tools for better monitoring of domestic care work;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas persons in need for care and support are persons who are challenged in their daily activities by disability or chronic health condition; whereas care encompasses all services to
Amendment 940 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) Amendment 941 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Calls on the Member States, in close cooperation with the social partners, to shore up career pathways so as to make it easier for people to adapt to the different situations they may face in their lives, in particular via lifelong vocational training, adequate unemployment benefits, the transferability of social rights, and active, effective labour market policies;
Amendment 942 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote and guarantee effective protection and equal pay for men and women, through a gender transformative legislation and policy responses that aims to tackle precarious employment, the undervaluation of certain feminised sectors such as care and guarantee career paths and proper social security coverage;
Amendment 943 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Stresses that the European directive on platform work and national legislation regulating platform economy should duly accommodate the specific nature of care work, providing minimum standards for the quality of services and decent working conditions for workers;
Amendment 944 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Calls for the Commission and Member States to promote the use of digital health applications, such as online medical consultations, where appropriate, in both formal and informal care contexts;
Amendment 945 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Member States should be encouraged to enshrine strong labour standards for recipients of public grants (namely from EU Funding), loans and contracts;
Amendment 946 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 c (new) Amendment 947 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 c (new) 27 c. Stresses that the forthcoming European care strategy should, amongst else, comprehensively address the impact of digitalisation on working conditions of workers and the effects of teleworking on mental health, as well as on the amount and unequal division of unpaid care and housework;
Amendment 948 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 c (new) 27 c. Calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for the review of the framework of the economic governance, in order to protect social expenditure in the European Semester and exclude public social investment for the purpose of the deficit rule
Amendment 949 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 c (new) 27 c. Calls on targeted revision of Directive 89 / 391 /EEC to ensure the inclusion of domestic servants within its scope.
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas persons in need for care and support are persons who are challenged in their activities of daily living by a disability or chronic health condition; whereas care encompasses all services to
Amendment 950 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 d (new) 27d. Calls on Member States to remove barriers in public sector workplaces that impede unions’ ability to organise public sector workers and increase their membership. This includes eliminating barriers to union organisers being able to talk with employees on public property about the benefits of organising a union.
Amendment 951 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 d (new) 27d. Calls on the Member States to present an adequate framework for declaration of personal and household services, and to invest in flexible quality professional services to halt precarisation of care and discourage consumption of care services that involve undeclared work;
Amendment 952 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 e (new) 27e. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to ensure that public contracts for care and social services are not spent on anti-union campaigns and that the anti-union campaign activities by contractors are publicly disclosed at the EU-level.
Amendment 953 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 e (new) 27e. Urges the Member States that have not yet done so to ratify and implement ILO conventions no. 189 concerning decent work for domestic workers, no. 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work and no. 149 on nursing personnel;
Amendment 954 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 f (new) 27f. Calls on Member States to recognise COVID-19 as an occupational disease in the long-term care sector. Member States should ensure that a mandatory every care service provider has an Infection Prevention and Control programme; Member States should conduct annual infectious disease training for all workers involved in direct patient care or come into contact with patient areas, provide workers up-to-date information on infectious diseases.
Amendment 955 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 f (new) 27f. Calls on targeted revision of Directive 89/391/EEC to ensure the inclusion of domestic workers within its scope;
Amendment 956 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 7 Recognising, equally sharing and valuing the role of care in our societies and economies
Amendment 957 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 7 Recognising, equally sharing and valuing the role of care in our societies and economies
Amendment 958 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 Amendment 959 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Stresses the utmost importance of mainstreaming care and measures for the empowerment of women,
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas care is a life-long issue that concerns everybody at some stage in their lives, both as carers and recipients of care, and encompasses services to address the physical, psychological, emotional and social needs of
Amendment 960 #
28. Stresses the utmost importance of mainstreaming care and measures for the empowerment of women,
Amendment 961 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Stresses the utmost importance of mainstreaming care and measures for the empowerment of women,
Amendment 962 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Stresses the utmost importance of mainstreaming care and measures for the
Amendment 963 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Stresses the utmost importance of mainstreaming care and measures for the empowerment of women,
Amendment 964 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) Amendment 965 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Underlines the need to recognise the entrepreneurial potential of women in the care sector who can contribute with innovations such as new technologies; notes that women are overrepresented as professionals working in the care sector and are an valuable and untapped source of entrepreneurial potential in Europe;
Amendment 966 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Stresses the need for men to participate equally in unpaid care work; calls on the European Commission and Members states to promote transformative actions such as awareness campaigns on the co-responsibility of care, eradicating the stereotyped idea of women as responsible for this work;
Amendment 967 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Stresses the need for men to participate equally in unpaid care work. calls on the EC and Members states to promote transformative actions such as awareness campaigns on the co- responsibility of care, eradicating the stereotyped idea of women as responsible for this work;
Amendment 968 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Recognises the value of the care provided in Europe by charitable and/or religious institutions, including the Catholic church, as is being demonstrated at the moment in particular through its support during the Ukrainian crisis;
Amendment 969 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Underlines the necessity of systematic implementation of gender and equality mainstreaming in all the stages of budgeting process, both within Commission’s central budgets as well as policies and programmes supported by the EU;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas care encompasses services to address the physical, psychological and social
Amendment 970 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Notes that there is a need to recognize and value care also economically in European economies, budgeting and statistics;
Amendment 971 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 b (new) 28b. Stresses the impact of green environments, daily access to different forms of nature and outdoors in good quality living conditions of people needing care, notes that studies show that access to nature has substantial benefits for both physical and mental health of all people, especially those needing care, and highlights the need to facilitate access to nature and outdoors for people dependent on care as well as to support nature-based solutions in the care sector;
Amendment 972 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 b (new) 28b. Strongly urges all Member States to encourage and ensure that fathers are able to take up their paternity leave without fear of adverse or discriminatory conduct by their employers, which is an effective way of encouraging them to accept responsibility for looking after their children and their families and a useful mean to achieving genuine gender equality;
Amendment 973 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 b (new) 28b. Strongly urges all Member States to ensure that fathers are able to take up their paternity leave without fear of adverse or discriminatory conduct by their employers, which is an effective way of encouraging them to accept responsibility for looking after their children and their families and a useful means of achieving genuine gender equality;
Amendment 974 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 b (new) 28b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to put care at the centre of recovery after the pandemic;
Amendment 975 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 c (new) 28 c. Firmly believes that the implementation of national recovery and resilience plans must include targeted actions for the improvement of gender equality in all spheres of life, including measures for reduction and redistribution of unpaid care and household work;
Amendment 976 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 Amendment 977 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 Amendment 978 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the principles of the EPSR and the SDGs in the context of the European Semester;
Amendment 979 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas care encompasses all services to
Amendment 980 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the principles of the EPSR and the SDGs
Amendment 981 #
29a. Calls on the Members States to adopt effective policies and programmes for tackling ableism, ageism, gender- based and other forms of discrimination that intersect with prejudice and stereotypes associated with care, paternalism and ideologies of dependency;
Amendment 982 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Stresses the importance of discouraging undeclared work and of promoting standardisation of care work, notably through better opportunities for declared care workers but also by formalizing means of covering expenses, for example via social vouchers;
Amendment 983 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) Amendment 984 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 b (new) 29b. Calls on the Member States and the European Commission to reverse the highly stigmatised image of formal and informal care occupations through national and European awareness-raising campaigns, targeting specifically but not exclusively gender stereotypes;
Amendment 985 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 b (new) 29b. Calls on the Commission to carefully consider the calls for a Care deal for Europe and to provide the ground for transition to care economy with relevant investment and legislation at the Union level;
Amendment 986 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the Commission and EIGE to help Member States
Amendment 987 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the Member States to depart from the narrow focus on market processes and monetised economy and to adopt approaches to measuring and valuing the contribution and outputs of care, in particular unpaid care and
Amendment 988 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the Member States to adopt approaches to measuring and valuing the contribution and outputs of care, in particular informal/unpaid care and housework, and to address the prevalence of undeclared or under-declared care work to ensure decent working conditions and avoid negative impact on the right and well-being of workers as well as of care recipients;
Amendment 989 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the Member States to adopt approaches to measuring and valuing the contribution and outputs of care, in particular informal/unpaid care and housework, and to address the prevalence of undeclared or under-declared care work, often in exploitative conditions, impacting on the rights and well-being of workers, their families, as well of care recipients;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas care encompasses the service
Amendment 990 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the Member States to adopt approaches to measuring and valuing the contribution
Amendment 991 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the Member States to adopt approaches to measuring and valuing the contribution and outputs of care, in particular unpaid care and housework; through adding informal care in the value chain;
Amendment 992 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the Member States to adopt approaches to measuring and valuing the contribution and outputs of care, in particular unpaid care and
Amendment 993 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the Member States to adopt approaches to measuring and valuing the contribution and outputs of care, in particular unpaid care
Amendment 994 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Recalls on the Commission and the Member States to fund and promote measures that address the disproportionate burden of unpaid work that women have to bear, and to support actions helping women workers moving from the informal to the formal economy; underlines that women and men should equally share unpaid care and domestic responsibilities; calls for concrete steps to be taken towards recognising, reducing and redistributing unpaid care and domestic work;
Amendment 995 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Calls on the Member States to increase investments and invest EU funds in care services and their quality, including the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the EU4Health Programme and the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), in care infrastructure and facilitate accessible and affordable services for all;
Amendment 996 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to foster the positive public image and attractiveness of work in the care sector for both men and women by planning educational and public information campaigns and supporting pilot projects advancing this goal;
Amendment 997 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 b (new) 30b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to investigate the causes of large proportion of COVID-19 infections and deaths that have occurred in residential services for older people, persons with disabilities and other social service facilities, in order to draw the necessary lessons and prevent reoccurrence of such tragedies in the future crises;
Amendment 998 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 b (new) 30b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the provision of funding for all types of care services through the European Social Fund+ and other financial instruments, which aim to fund social infrastructure;
Amendment 999 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 c (new) 30 c. Calls on the European Commission to secure funding for research projects on the social impact of rare diseases, from a patient-perspective, and to EU-wide networks and innovative projects that allow Member States to co- create and transfer good practices and innovative care models;
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