Awaiting committee decision
2018/2077(INI) Care services in the EU for improved gender equality
Lead committee dossier: FEMM/8/11379
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| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | FEMM | PIETIKÄINEN Sirpa (EPP) | ZOANĂ Maria Gabriela (S&D) |
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2018/06/14
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2018/2077(INI)
2018/07/13
FEMM
314 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified by the European Union and all Member States,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) - having regard to the Commission communication of 6 June 2014 on an EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020 1a _________________ 1aeur- lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smart api!celexplus!prod!DocNumber≶ =EN&ty pe_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2014ν_doc= 0332
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the reduction of public care facilities for children, the elderly and persons with disabilities is the result of drastic cuts in Member States’ social budgets that have been imposed in a coordinated manner on the basis of the EU’s fiscal austerity rules and guidelines, especially since the financial crisis; whereas the degradation of public care is a key symptom of the shrinking social welfare state;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. Whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights, jointly proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017, reflects the unanimous support by all EU institutions and the Member States on the principles and rights of the Pillar, including gender equality, equal opportunities, support to children or inclusion of people with disabilities.
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas supporting measures, such as the Swedish tax deduction system for domestic services, the French ”service employment voucher” or the Belgian “service voucher”, have proven their effectiveness in reducing undeclared work, improving working conditions and granting regular labour rights to domestic and care workers;
Amendment 103 #
Eb. whereas in a number of EU Member States there is lack of quality professional care services that are available to all regardless of income;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas over 80 million persons with disabilities are living in the EU and whereas one in four Europeans has a family member with a disability, that very often is acquired with age; whereas a shift from institutional to community-based care for persons with disabilities has been taking place in recent times, with a trend suggesting a shift from purely public provision into public-private joint investments;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas a shift from institutional to community-based care for persons with disabilities has
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Recital ΣΤ F. whereas a shift from institutional to
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. Stresses that while responsibility for the organisation and content of early childhood education and care systems as well as provision for long-term care rests with the individual Member States, cooperation at European level together with the efficient use of EU funds, can contribute to the development of quality care services by supporting and complementing measures taken at regional and national level as well as helping Member States to address common challenges;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. Whereas public investment should be increased in care infrastructure and services and evidence in OECD countries shows that increased investment of GDP in care industry would lead to an increase of women’s employment;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) - having regard to the Eurofound survey of 17 November 2016 entitled ‘the 6th European Working Conditions Survey: 2015’,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. Whereas there is a lack of sufficient infrastructure offering quality and accessible childcare for all income levels; whereas achieving quality services means investing in childcare workforce training1c; _________________ 1cEurofound(2015), Early childhood care: working conditions, training and quality of services – A systematic review
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas deinstitutionalisation is an EU priority, and whereas the shift from institutional to community-based care is also one of the objectives of the European Structural and Investment Funds;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas children and adults with low functioning autism are likely to have a hard time completing daily activities alone, and generally require assistance with most activities;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. Points out that while complementing the central role of the family, quality ECEC provides many short-term and long-term benefits for individuals and society, including those with a socioeconomically disadvantaged background or with special educational needs and persons with disabilities;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas social service sector, including long-term care service for the elderly and childcare service, is one of the fastest growing economic sectors and therefore it is necessary to secure an adequate and qualified supply of formal carers in order to function effectively;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas the prohibition of institutional facilities is an ex-ante conditionality for obtaining funding from the European Structural and Investment Funds;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. Whereas most of the jobs created in formal home care for older relatives are poorly paid and require a low level of qualifications 1d _________________ 1dEurofound(2013), Caring for children and dependants: Effect on careers of young workers.
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F c (new) Fc. whereas long-term care services and childcare are oftentimes devalued and in many Member States this profession has a rather low profile and status, which is reflected by low wage level, unequal representation of women and men in the labour force, poor working conditions, and the absence of a formal employment contract;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F c (new) Fc. Underlines that provision of high- quality early childhood education is an effective investment providing foundation for successful lifelong learning, addressing inequalities and challenges faced by disadvantaged children;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F d (new) Fd. whereas elderly people sometimes suffer from ageism and sexism and elder abuse is a social problem in all Member States, which is found in different types of care settings;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 b (new) - having regard to the Eurofound survey of 23 January 2018 entitled ‘European Quality of Life Survey 2016: Quality of life, quality of public services and quality of society’,
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F e (new) Fe. whereas long-term care users may have difficulties in affording private care services, which are usually more expensive than the care services provided by the public sector; whereas women are always more affected than men because of gender pay and pension gaps and they have to spend a higher share of their income on long-term care;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F f (new) Ff. Whereas it is reported that people from disadvantaged backgrounds are facing particular challenges when there is limited availability of high-quality care services, such as those from low-income families, living in rural areas, and children with ethnic minority or migrant backgrounds;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the gender employment gap widens substantially once families have children, which reflects the difficulties that women face in reconciling child-raising and care responsibilities with their work
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the
Amendment 125 #
1. Notes that the gender employment gap often widens
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Welcomes the inter-institutional proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and recalls its principles which include: - equality of treatment and opportunities between women and men, regarding participation in the labour market; - right to equal opportunities and access to employment regardless of age and disability; - right to suitable leave, flexible working arrangements and access to care services for parents and people with caring responsibilities; - right to affordable long-term care services of good quality;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the feminisation of poverty is the result of several factors including the gender pay gap, the pension gap, care responsibilities and related breaks as well as insufficient support and taxation systems affecting households headed by single mothers; underlines that multiple discrimination that women face on the grounds of, among others, their gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics, contributes to the feminisation of poverty;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Draws attention to the difficult situation of families looking after a child or relative with a disability, given that the care in these cases is life-long;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Draws attention to the lack of respite services for parents of children with a disability; points out that this lack of support very often makes it totally impossible for the parents to work; notes, in this connection, the alarming lack of facilities for people with severe autism;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) - having regard to the Council conclusions on Enhancing Community- Based Support and Care for Independent Living,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on work-life balance for workers and carers and emphasises, in this context, the importance of the individual rights of leave and flexible working arrangements for helping working individuals to manage their private and professional lives;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on work-life balance for workers and carers and emphasises, in this context, the importance of the individual rights of leave and right to ask for flexible working arrangements for helping working
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on work-life balance for workers and carers and emphasises, in this context, the importance of the individual rights of leave and flexible working arrangements for helping working individuals to manage their private and professional lives; believes that for the purposes of future development, the aim should be to come up with a new maternity leave proposal, to progressively extend parental and care leave9 , and to ensure non-transferable parental leave, guarantees in relation to dismissal, return on the same or equivalent post and protection from discrimination carried out on the basis of leave-taking decisions, and the extension of rights to those who need to take leave in order to care for dependents other than children;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on work-life balance for workers and carers and emphasises, in this context, the importance of the individual rights of leave and flexible working arrangements for helping working individuals to manage their private and professional lives; Reminds that work life balance policies should promote men to take up care responsibilities on equal basis with women; believes that for the purposes of future development, the aim should be to progressively extend pa
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on work-life balance for workers and carers and emphasises, in this context, the importance of the individual rights of leave and flexible working arrangements for helping working individuals to manage their private and professional lives, with appropriate safeguards to prevent the abuse of flexibility by employers; believes that for the purposes of future development, the aim should be to progressively extend parental and care leave9, and to ensure non-
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on work-life balance for workers and carers and emphasises, in this context, the importance of the individual rights of leave and flexible working arrangements for helping working individuals to manage their private and professional lives; believes that for the purposes of future development, the aim should be to progressively extend parental and care leave9 , which should be paid at an adequate level, and to ensure non-transferable parental leave, guarantees in relation to dismissal, return on the same or equivalent post and protection from discrimination carried out on the basis of leave-taking decisions, and the extension of rights to those who need to take adequately paid leave in order to care for dependents other than children; _________________ 9 As called for in www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do? pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA-2010- 0373+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on work-life balance for workers and carers and
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls the European Commission to come forward with an initiative on regularizing the caring sector, introducing a general framework for the professionalization of care, leading to the recognition and standardisation of the relevant professions and skills; Furthermore, calls for a set of measures to be introduced in European level in order to reassure that those who act as informal carers, are not deprived from social protection and services. Examples of measures to be introduced shall address the challenges of informal carers that go beyond employment legislation, such as continuing income support, access to health care, the recognition of time spent in informal care in pension credits, and access to services such as peer counselling, psychological support, day-care and respite care facilities;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified by the European Union and all Member States
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Call to the European Commission to come up with an initiative on the social protection and services for informal carers, that could modify the unattractive perception of the carer’s sector for employment, attracting mainly women and migrant workers, such as access to health care, the recognition of time spent in informal care in pension credits, and access to services such as peer counselling, psychological support, day- care and respite care facilities.
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that while responsibility for the organisation and content of early childhood education and care systems as well as provision for long-term care rests with the individual Member States, cooperation and exchange of best practice at European level can contribute to the development of quality care services by supporting and complementing measures taken at regional and national level as well as helping Member States to address common challenges;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls upon the European Commission to come up with an initiative on the social protection and services for informal carers, that could address the challenges of informal carers that go beyond employment legislation, such as continuing income support, access to health care, the recognition of time spent in informal care in pension credits, and access to services such as peer counselling, psychological support, day- care and respite care facilities
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Expresses its concern at the unfavourable developments in the field of parental leave and rights related to parenting, such as the withdrawal of the draft Directive on the prolongation of maternity leave and the recent ruling by the European Court of Justice, which considers lawful the dismissal of a pregnant worker as part of collective redundancies, and calls on the Commission very rapidly to fill the gaps appearing in EU legislation;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Underlines that provision of high- quality early childhood education lies within the competence of the Member States and is an effective investment providing foundation for successful lifelong learning, addressing inequalities and challenges faced by disadvantaged children; points out that while complementing the central role of the family, quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) provides many short- term and long-term benefits for individuals and society, including those with a socioeconomically disadvantaged background or with special educational needs and persons with disabilities;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises, however, that the availability of diverse, quality, accessible and affordable care infrastructure and services, and support for childcare, and care for other depend
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises, however, that the availability of diverse, quality, accessible and affordable care infrastructure, and support for childcare and care for other dependants either at home or in home-like situations, has proved to be a crucial aspect of work-life balance policies
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises, however, that the availability of diverse, quality, accessible and affordable public or private care infrastructure, and support for childcare and care for other dependants either institutional, at home or in home-like situations, has proved to be a crucial aspect of work-life balance policies that help women make a swift return to and remain in the labour market;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises, however, that the availability of diverse, quality, accessible and affordable care infrastructure and services, and support for childcare and care for other dependants either at home or in
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) - having regard to the Council conclusions on Enhancing Community- Based Support and Care for Independent Living;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises, however, that the availability of diverse, quality, accessible and affordable public or private care infrastructure, and support for childcare and care for other dependants either institutional, at home or in home-like situations, has proved to be a crucial aspect of work-life balance policies that help women make a swift return to and remain in the labour market;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises, however, that the availability of diverse, quality, accessible and affordable care infrastructure and services, and support for childcare and care for other dependants
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Takes note that one fourth of women remain in the category of unpaid contributing family workers, meaning they receive no direct pay for their efforts, and there is a clear segregation of women in sectors that are generally characterized by low pay, long hours and often informal working arrangements which lead to fewer monetary, social and structural gains to women than the typical working male;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Believes that the provision of care services should not negatively impact the level of the carer’s wage, or the social or pension benefits; Calls in this context for the assurance of separate taxation of spouses to promote gender equality in implementation of work life balance policies;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Reminds that the absence of public care services is a major factor contributing to the underrepresentation of women in the labour market, as it makes it more difficult to balance work and family responsibilities, leading to some women dropping out of the labour market entirely, working less hours in paid employment and spending more time fulfilling unpaid care responsibilities, with consequential harmful repercussions on their social security entitlements, in particular pensions, and an increased risk of poverty and social exclusion, especially during old age;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Asks that Member States develop mechanisms to ensure that the accumulation of pension rights is sufficient even during those times when the income level of a carer is temporarily lower due to caring duties, a situation which mainly concerns women;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Recalls that the 2013 European Parliament Own Initiative Report entitled ‘Impact of the crisis on access to care for vulnerable groups’ (2013/2044) specifically calls for a Directive on Carers’ Leave;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to undertake research on the numbers of young carers and on the impact of carer role to their well-being and livelihoods; calls further on the Member States to undertake measures which address the specific needs of young carers;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 e (new) 3e. Believes that the provision of care services should not negatively impact the health and well-being of the informal carer; Calls on Member States to provide adequate services for respite and counselling for informal carers;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Believes that every person
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 b (new) - having regard to the Economic Policy Committee and European Commission Joint Report on Health Care and Long-Term Care Systems & Fiscal Sustainability of October 2016
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Believes that every person should have the right to choose quality care services that are suitable for them and their family; reiterates, however, that the right to choose does not relieve the welfare state of its obligation to develop a reliable and scientifically sound network of public care services which is as comprehensive as possible;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Believes that every person with support needs should have the right to choose quality care services that are suitable for them and their family;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Believes that every person should have the right to choose quality care services that are suitable and accessible for them and their family;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out that, in many cases, dependent persons receive care from family members living with them under the same roof; considers that these non- professional caregivers should receive monetary benefits for the provision of such services in the family, in line with the degree of dependence of care recipients and their financial situation, should be allowed to pay social security contributions so as to avoid exclusion from the labour market and should also be given access to training programmes;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Believes that as the choices for care services are further developed they should be reflective of the changing nature of work;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes a variety of care services, such as early childhood care and education, care services for the elderly and care for persons with disabilities and/or chronic diseases who have long lasting health and care need, and that differing policy approaches have therefore been developed; Is of the opinion that care could be provided by formal and informal carers;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes a variety of care services, such as early childhood care and education, care services for the
Amendment 167 #
5. Notes a variety of care services, such as early childhood care and education, care services for
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes a variety of care services, such as early childhood care and education, care services for
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes a variety of care services, such as early childhood care and education, care services for the elderly and care or support for persons with disabilities, and that differing policy approaches have therefore been developed;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) - having regard to the Council conclusions on Enhancing Community- Based Support and Care for Independent Living
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Believes that direct home care arrangements should be encouraged, allowing disabled people to live independently and obtain the services of qualified professionals caring for them in their own homes, especially in cases of more severe disability;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. whereas there is an urgent need for further investment in community- based or home-based long-term care services in line with the European Social Pillar of Social Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Is of the opinion that regardless of the differences between the users to which they cater, care services should be developed in a person-centered and comprehensive fashion in order to meet women’s and men’s needs for a work-life balance and bring about equal representation in the labour market;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Is of the opinion that regardless of the differences between the users to which they cater, care services should be developed in a comprehensive fashion in order to meet wo
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Is of the opinion that regardless of the differences between the users to which they cater, care services should be
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Is of the opinion that regardless of the differences between the users to which they cater, care services should be developed in a comprehensive fashion in order to meet women and men’s needs for a work-life balance and bring about
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that the private for-profit sector plays an important role in the provision of long-term care services for persons with disabilities and older persons, and that issues around the accessibility and quality of such services have been raised across the EU; calls on the European Commission to assess the situation in the market of care services and to take the necessary regulatory initiatives to control and monitor the quality of the services being offered in such settings;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Emphasizes that a wide range of care services is of particular importance to informal carers, which will be complementary to informal care and help to increase informal carer’s participation in employment;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Believes that the approach to the development of care services should take into account all categories of users and their differences and diverse preferences for the types of care services they require, including people with disadvantaged backgrounds, such as ethnic minorities, migrant families, people living in remote and rural areas, low income families; Bears in mind that the family concept used in legislation and policies should be understood in a broad sense;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Believes that the approach to the development of care services should take into account all categories of users and their differences and diverse
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) - having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee “EU Action Plan 2017-2019 Tackling the gender pay gap” 1a _________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52017DC0 678
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Considers it necessary to improve public childcare services and services to prevent situations of dependency and encourage personal autonomy, such as telecare, home help (for domestic and personal care requirements) day centres (providing specialised care for the elderly and for those under 65), night care centres, residential centres (residences for dependent elderly people and care centres for dependent people, providing services in line with their degree of disability);
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Considers that quality care is above all about the quality of services and their ability to respect the dignity and human rights of those using them, including by ensuring their inclusion in the community. The transition towards community-based services is, in this regard, a welcome development, that should involve monitoring in terms of the quality of the services being developed; such a transition should not increase the burden of informal carers;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Considers that quality care is above all about the ability of services to respect the dignity and human rights of those using them, including by ensuring their inclusion in the community. The transition towards community-based services is, in this regard, a welcome development, that should involve monitoring in terms of the quality of the services being developed; such a transition should not increase the burden of informal carers;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to recognise that families are not homogeneous and that policy and programming need to adapt to the changing notion of family;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Recognises that low socioeconomic status and low education levels are barriers to accessing care services for many people, adding also to their challenges to achieve a work-life balance, and that this requires explicit programming and policy;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Believes that, in line with the right to long-term care proclaimed in the European Pillar of Social Rights, long- term care should be regarded as a branch of social protection and that access to quality and person-centred long-term care should not depend on a beneficiary’s or her/his family’s income;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Quality, affordability and accessibility of care
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Believes that care services should be designed in such a way as to provide genuine choices for all users, their family members and their carers, be they in full- or part-time employment, self-employed or unemployed;
Amendment 188 #
8a. Points out that quality care provisions in the EU vary greatly within and between the Member States, between private and public settings, between urban and rural areas, as well as between age groups, takes note that high proportion of childcare and long-term care provision is undertaken by families, especially grandparents in case of childcare, which is particularly evident in southern and eastern Europe1b. _________________ 1bEurofound 4th European Quality of Life Survey overview report (4th EQLS) (January 2018) https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/def ault/files/ef_publication/field_ef_docume nt/ef1733en.pdf
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Points out that quality care provisions in the EU vary greatly within and between the Member States; takes note that a high proportion of childcare and long-term care provision is undertaken by families;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) - having regard to the Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation of 22 May 2018 on High Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Systems (COM(2018)271) and the Commission staff working document of 22 May 2018 accompanying the document Proposal for a Council Recommendation on High Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Systems (SWD(2018)173),
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility and that there should therefore be a range of care service provisions, both public and private, and for care at home and in home- like settings; considers, furthermore, that family members should either be able to voluntarily provide care or be subsidised to procure care services; notes that family members that choose to provide informal care to their relatives should receive adequate compensation and access to social rights on an equal basis with other care providers;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility and that there should therefore be a range of care service provisions, both public and private, and for care at home and in home- like settings; considers, furthermore, that family members should
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility and that there should therefore be a range of care service provisions, both public and private, a
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility and that there should therefore be a range of care service provisions, both public and private, and for care at home and in home- like settings; considers, furthermore, that family members should either be able to voluntarily provide informal care or be subsidised to procure care services;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility and that there should therefore be a range of care service provisions,
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Considers that the development of quality care services for children, the elderly and persons with disabilities is linked to quality employment relationships and decent pay for the workers who provide these services; deplores the phenomena of precariousness and law of the jungle as regards employment that are spreading in this sector and supports the legislative initiatives for the certification and recognition of professional carers; considers that good employment relationships for professional carers of children, the elderly and persons with disabilities have a beneficial effect on the ability of the women who are mainly responsible for such care to balance work and personal life;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Emphasizes that the quality of care services should be understood in multiple dimensions, including the quality of facilities and services, quality of teaching programs for children, professionalism of carers, quality of the premises and environment, the education levels of carers and their working conditions;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Urges the Commission to provide EU funding and other assistance to Member States for the development of facilities that offer high-quality and affordable childcare services to the poorest members of society;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 1, 3, 5, 27, 31, 32, 33 and 47 thereof,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) - having regard to the European Economic and Social Committee opinion of 21 September 2016 on the rights of live-in care workers
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Notes that care services should be developed so as to enhance the continuity of care, preventive health and social care, rehabilitation and,
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Notes that care services should be developed so as to enhance the continuity of care, preventive health and social care, rehabilitation and, where relevant, independent living;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Underlines that information about available care services and service providers should be accessible for parents, the elderly, people with disabilities and/or with chronic diseases who are in need of long-term care as well as informal carers;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the fact that the prohibitive costs of childcare have a negative impact on children from low income families, putting them at a disadvantage from an early age; emphasises that every child has the right to good-quality care and to early childhood development
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the fact that the prohibitive costs of childcare have a
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the fact that the prohibitive costs of childcare have a negative impact on children from low income families, putting them at a disadvantage from an early age; emphasises that every child has the right to good-quality care and to early childhood development,
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the fact that the prohibitive costs of childcare have a
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the fact that the prohibitive costs of childcare have a negative impact on children from low income families, putting them at a disadvantage from an early age; emphasises that every child has the right to good-quality care and to early childhood development, including a full range of social stimuli; notes that the excessive costs of care services also affect dependent people from low income families, placing them at a disadvantage;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the fact that the unavailability of public services and the prohibitive costs of childcare have a negative impact on children from low income families, putting them at a disadvantage from an early age; emphasises that every child has the right to good-quality care and to early childhood development, including a full range of social stimuli;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Finds it worrying that over the last decade the number and share of places have increased in private care homes to a greater extent than in public care homes in almost all member states 1f _________________ 1fEurofound (2017) “Care homes for older Europeans: Public, for-profit and non-profit providers
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Is of the opinion that the lack of investment in high-quality childcare for children below 3 years of age would extend women’s career breaks and create difficulties when they return to work;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Believes that those planning, programming and providing care services have a responsibility to take cognisance of users’ needs and that care services for the elderly and persons with disabilities must be planned and developed with the participation of the users and should be designed and implemented in a rights- based approach in order to prevent elder abuse;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Believes that those planning, programming and providing care services have a responsibility to take cognisance of users’ needs and that care services for the elderly and persons with disabilities must
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Believes that those planning, programming and providing care services have a responsibility to take cognisance of users’ needs and that care services for the
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Believes that those planning, programming and providing care services have a responsibility to take cognisance of users’ needs and that care services for
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Is concerned about the working conditions in many care services, such as long working hours, inadequate pay, lack of training and weak occupational health and safety policies; is concerned that care work is seen as an unattractive sector for employment, attracting mainly women and migrant workers; highlights that these conditions have also an impact on the quality of care delivered; therefore calls on the Member States for a revalorisation of care as a career choice and on the Commission to establish a legal framework for minimum standards for workers in the sector, in collaboration with the Social Partners and launch an initiative on quality in long-term care, taking inspiration in available civil society-led voluntary tools and initiatives such as the European Quality Framework for long-term care services and the recent proposal for a Recommendation on Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on all Member States to encourage fathers to make the most of paternity leave as an effective way of encouraging them to accept responsibility for looking after their own children and families; whereas, this is also a useful means of achieving genuine equality between women and men;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Notes the positive experiences from the participatory development of infrastructure and services for persons with mental and intellectual disabilities which enhance their independent living and quality of life;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Believes that national programmes should be strengthened to improve the quality of life of older women, particularly those with memory disabling diseases, and their carers, who are often themselves elderly women; proposes that Alzheimer associations should be consulted to map and implement such measures;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) - having regard for the European Parliament report on the role of women in an ageing society (2009/2205(INI));
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to develop guidance for Member States on developing comprehensive employment- friendly and accessible care services which include childcare, care services for the elderly and care for persons with disabilities and/or chronic diseases who are in need of long-term care, and which are based on the participation of and consultation with the intended users of the services to ensure their accessibility
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to develop guidance for Member States on developing comprehensive employment- friendly, person-centred, community- based and accessible care services which include childcare, care services for
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to develop guidance for Member States, in line with the proposals made in this report, on developing comprehensive employment-
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to develop guidance for Member States on developing comprehensive employment- friendly and accessible care services which include childcare, care services for the elderly, care for persons who are chronically ill, and care for persons with disabilities, and which are based on the participation of and consultation with the intended users of the services to ensure their accessibility;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to develop guidance for Member States on developing comprehensive employment- friendly person-centred, community-based and accessible care services which include childcare, care services for the elderly and care for persons with disabilities, and which are based on the participation of and consultation with the intended users of the services to ensure their accessibility;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Further calls on the Commission to
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Further calls on the Commission to collect gender disaggregated data and to develop harmonised definitions and indicators to assess the gender dimension, accessibility, quality and efficiency of care services for children, persons with disabilities and the elderly at an EU level while finding ways to avoid increasing the monitoring burden on care professionals; calls on the Commission to monitor their implementation and promote corrective action where and when may be needed;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Further calls on the Commission to develop harmonised definitions and indicators to assess the accessibility, quality, availability and efficiency of care and support services for children, persons with disabilities and
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Further calls on the Commission to develop sector-specific statistics, harmonised definitions and indicators, to improve data collection and to assess the accessibility, quality and efficiency of care services for children, persons with disabilities and/or chronic diseases who are in need of long-term care and the elderly at an EU level; calls on the Commission to monitor their implementation and promote corrective action where and when may be needed;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Further calls on the Commission to develop harmonised definitions and indicators to assess the accessibility, quality and
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 14 June 2017on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Further calls on the Commission to develop
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Further calls on the Commission to develop
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Believes that every person with support needs should have the right to choose accessible and personalised care services;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Member States to develop national plans for improving care
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Member States to develop national plans for improving care services by paying heed not only to users’ needs, but also to the work-life balance and working conditions of the large numbers of carers; calls on the Member States to monitor their implementation and adopt corrective actions where and when may be needed;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Member States to improve and to facilitate carer’s access to education, professional training and lifelong learning in order to ensure the quality and sustainability of care services;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Asks the Commission to propose an action plan containing measures to ensure the quality of care and the quality of the working conditions of carers;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Calls on the Member States to take measures to improve carers’ working conditions, such as ensuring their rights in paid leave and that a formal employment contract is signed, and to significantly raise the wage level in the care sector;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) - having regard to the report of 2011 of Eurofound entitled ‘Company initiatives for workers with care responsibilities for disabled children or adults’,
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 c (new) 15c. Notes that informal carers should be better supported by trainings and recognition of acquired skills, psychological counselling and by carers’ breaks, which will benefit both informal carers and care recipients;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Takes note of various practices in the Member States, for example public childcare and child-rearing allowance (vårdnadsbidrag) in Sweden or guaranteed day care in Denmark; calls on the Commission to serve as a platform to exchange best practices among the Member States with regard to different models of provision for care services tailored to individual situation and financial capabilities to address care challenges;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission to monitor rigorously the spending of EU Funding, especially under the European Structural and Investment Funds in the area of social care services and long-term care and ensure that investments are in line with the human rights obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the EU Charter for Fundamental Rights.
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission to monitor rigorously the spending of EU Funding, especially under the European Structural and Investment Funds in the area of social care services and long-term care and ensure that investments are in line with the human rights obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the EU Charter for Fundamental Rights.
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Is of the opinion that regardless of the differences between the users to which they cater, care services should be developed in individualized and comprehensive fashion in order to meet the needs for a work-life balance and bring more equal representation of women and men in the labour market;
Amendment 249 #
16a. Calls on the Member States to ensure the coverage of care services, both in urban and rural areas, in order to improve the accessibility and availability of carer services for people with disadvantaged backgrounds, including people living in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 b (new) - having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 16 October 2014 on developing services to the family to increase employment rates and promote gender equality at work,
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission to serve as a platform to exchange best practices among the Member States with regard to different models of provision for care services tailored to individual situation and financial capabilities to address care challenges;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Member States, in providing pre-school childcare, to place emphasis not only on accessibility, but also on the quality of that care, in particular for children from disadvantaged backgrounds and children with disabilities;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission to better take into account care services and carers when developing research and policy, in particular with respect to the European Social Fund, Disability Strategy and the Health Programme;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Notes the disproportionate impact that insufficient investment in public care structures and services has on single parents, the vast majority of whom are women, and for families living in poverty and at risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 c (new) 16c. Calls on the Commission to monitor rigorously the spending of EU Funding, especially under the European Structural and Investment Funds in the area of social care services and long-term care and ensure that investments are in line with the human rights obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the EU Charter for Fundamental Rights.
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to revise upwards the Barcelona targets and targets on early childhood education and calls on all Member States and the Commission to step up their efforts to meet the targets and to place the provision of all forms of care high on their politic agenda;
Amendment 256 #
17. Invites the Commission to revise the Barcelona targets and targets on early childhood education; calls on the Commission to ensure that these targets are ambitious and rapidly make up for the enormous delay in the years since they were first set and are accompanied by recommendations for a generous increase in resources to help attain them;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to revise the Barcelona targets and targets on early childhood education especially for children below three years of age, to avoid a gap between the end of well-paid leaves and the effective entitlement to childcare. Closing this gap is crucial to enable parents, especially mothers, to return into paid employment;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to revise
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to revise the Barcelona targets and targets on early childhood education, in consultation with Member States, given the individual progress reached and the existing needs of European families;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 c (new) - having regard to its resolution of 14 June 2017 on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap,
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to revise the Barcelona targets and targets on early childhood education following consultations with the Member States;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Underlines that the current challenge of reaching the Barcelona targets is to increase the provision of childcare for children between 3 and 4 years of age; welcomes the Commission’s recommendation to extend the target of Education and Training 2020 Strategy to offer childcare places for at least 95% of children between 3 years of age and the mandatory school age;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to set up targets on care services for the elderly and for persons with disabilities,
Amendment 266 #
18. Calls on the Commission to set up targets on care services for the elderly and for persons with disabilities and/or chronic diseases who are in need of long-term care, in consultation with the Member States and civil society;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to set up indicators and targets on long-term care services for the
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to set up corresponding targets on care services for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, in consultation with the Member States;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on Member States to monitor and ensure that institutions and places which provide care are safe and motivating places to work and that there is adequate investment into the well-being and occupational health of those who provide caring services;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 20 a (new) - having regard to the joint report of 10 October 2014 by the Social Protection Committee and the European Commission on ‘Adequate social protection for long-term care needs in an ageing society’,
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the exchange of experiences and good practices on quality, accessibility and affordability of childcare and long- term care services, and to support peer learning and peer counselling among the Member States;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Calls on the Commission to develop, as part of lifelong learning programmes, trainings and recognition of the acquired skills of informal carers;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Believes that ensuring the well- being of carers is essential to prevent the abuse of those being cared for;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 d (new) Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to include care for the elderly and for persons with disabilities in its monitoring and review of data in the European Semester and in the annual report on gender equality; calls on the
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to include care for the elderly and for persons with disabilities and/or chronic diseases who are in need of long-term care in its monitoring and review of data in the European Semester and in the annual report on gender equality; calls on the Member States to consider including assessments of care services for the elderly and persons with disabilities
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to include care for the children, the elderly and for persons with disabilities in its monitoring and review of data in the European Semester and in the annual report on gender equality; calls on the Member States to consider including assessments of care services for the children, the elderly and persons with disabilities in their country reports; encourages the Member States to adopt and use corrective measures should progress prove to be slow;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. 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 of these carers for society as a whole;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Believes that, in line with the right to long-term care proclaimed in the European Pillar of Social Rights, long- term care should be regarded as a branch of social protection and that access to quality and person-centred long-term care should not depend on a beneficiary’s or their family’s income;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 20 b (new) - having regard to the report of 2014 of Eurofound entitled ‘Residential care sector: Working conditions and job quality’
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on the Member States to ensure equal access and fair treatment in care services for the elderly, children, and for persons with disabilities and/or chronic diseases who are in need of long- term care, with a particular focus on persons with disadvantaged backgrounds;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the status of care professions, to raise public awareness of recognizing the value of care services, to tackle the gender stereotypes that assume women should take the role of carers while men should be the breadwinner and support the family financially, and to promote men’s involvement in caring activities; addresses that informal carers play important roles in taking up caring responsibilities and they should be recognized as equal actors in care service provisions;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 c (new) 19c. Invites the Member States to improve national Quality Frameworks of ECEC services by taking into account the Council Recommendation on High Quality Early Childhood Education and Care systems and encourages the Member States to review five crucial areas of ECEC services which are mentioned in the Recommendation: access, workforce, curriculum, evaluation and monitoring, governance and funding;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the Member States to increase investment in care services and improve the quality of care, and to increase investment in special measures that enable carers to maintain an active professional life; calls, to that end, on the Member States to reverse the policies to reduce public spending on the social welfare state which they have implemented particularly over the past decade;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the Member States to increase investment in care services and infrastructures for children, specially early childhood, and for care for other dependents, to ensure the universal access to such services, to improve the quality of care, and to increase investment in special measures that enable carers to maintain an active professional life;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the Member States to increase investment in care services to tackle existing investment deficits and improve the quality of care, and to increase investment in special measures that enable carers to maintain an active professional life;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the Member States to increase investment in care services and improve the quality, availability and affordability of care, and to increase investment in special measures that enable carers to maintain an active professional life;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the Member States to increase public investment in care services and improve the quality of care, and to increase investment in special measures that enable carers to maintain an active professional life;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Notes the importance of gender mainstreaming at all stages of implementation of the various policies and crucially at the programming stage; Calls on Member States to ensure that the gender dimension is fully integrated into the National Reform Plans (NRP) with support of the European Social Fund but equally of other EU Funds which provide resources for general social infrastructure which should be used by Member States for development of the care services;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 20 c (new) - having regard to the report of 2015 of Eurofound entitled ‘Working and caring: Reconciliation measures in times of demographic change’,
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the Commission to make sure the European Semester process and the application of the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact contribute to the realisation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, leaving effective room for Member States to fund and sustain their funding for care services;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the Commission to make sure the European Semester process and the application of the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact contribute to the realisation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, leaving effective room for Member States to fund and sustain their funding for care services;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Supports the inclusion in the Commission’s Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) of measures focusing on investment in childcare facilities and fiscal disincentives preventing second earners - mainly women - to work or to work more, and on other measures to address the gender pay gap;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Is of the opinion, that care services should be, in cases where this is relevant, aimed at a comprehensive family support (such as help with the household, tutoring, childcare);
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Calls on the Commission to make sure the European Semester process and the application of the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact contribute to the realisation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, leaving effective room for Member States to fund and sustain their funding for care services;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. 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 whose purpose is to fund social infrastructure; calls on the Commission’s proposals for the new post- 2020 Multiannual Financial Framework to reflect this support;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the provision of funding for all types of care services, with special regard to the transition from institutional to community-based care services through the European Social Fund+ and other financial instruments whose purpose is to fund social infrastructure;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified by the European Union and all Member States,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 20 d (new) - having regard to the European Economic and Social Committee opinion of 21 September 2016 on the rights of live-in care workers,
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the provision of funding for all types of care services, with special regard to the transition from institutional to community-based care services, through the European Social Fund+ and other financial instruments whose purpose is to fund social infrastructure;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. 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 whose purpose is to fund social infrastructure, without any prejudice to negotiations on the next Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Commission to consider making social security contributions applicable across borders, so that a person’s Member State of origin could finance the placement of that citizen into a social service facility in another Member State (in cases where such a facility is not available in the Member State of origin);
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Is concerned about the working conditions in many care services, such as long working hours, inadequate pay, lack of training, psychological support and often insufficient occupational health and safety practices; is concerned that care work is seen as an unattractive sector for employment;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide support for young carers, especially young women carers, in cooperation with NGOs and educational establishments, in order to reduce their burdens and to improve their participation in education and training activities;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Points out that the potential for public-private investment in provision of care services needs to be better analysed with a view to existing company initiatives for workers with care responsibilities for persons with disabilities and adults;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Encourages Member States to prioritise funding for childcare and long- term care using the European Structural and Investment Funds;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Calls on the Member States to increase public expenditure on childcare for children aged below 3 and encourages the Member States to take measures, such as providing minimum levels of free childcare, subsidies for new parents and childcare providers, and tax breaks for families to improve the use of ECEC, with a particular focus on low income families;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Encourages Member States to design efficient funding models, including targeted funding, which strikes the right balance between public and private investment in accordance with national and local circumstances;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 a (new) - having regard to the opinion of 26 May 2010 of the Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship of the European Economic and Social Committee on “The professionalisation of domestic work” 3a _________________ 3a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD oc.do?type=TA&reference=P8-TA-2016- 0203⟨ uage=EN˚=A8-2016- 0053#def_1_11
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Calls on the Commission to serve as a best-suited platform for the exchange of best practices among the Member States concerning the different models of provision for care services;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 c (new) 21c. Calls on the Commission to ensure EIGE has adequate resources to monitor the development of care infrastructure and the implementation of the work-life balance policies and to analyse whether and how the policies are achieving the intended improvements in gender equality;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 c (new) 21c. Welcomes that some Member States have introduced fiscal incentives for companies that provide childcare for their employees to improve work-life balance;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 d (new) 21d. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the provision of European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) to support the provision of childcare facilities in rural areas, and to further utilize European Funds for Strategic Investments for funding ECEC projects;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 e (new) 21e. Encourages the Member States to promote a more efficient distribution of resources to increase the access and affordability of care services by targeting extra funding towards disadvantaged and vulnerable groups;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 a (new) - having regard to the European Institute for Gender Equality’s 2017 Gender Equality Index Report: Measuring gender equality in the European Union 2005-2015;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by the Council Decision of 26 November 2009;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) - having regard to the European Economic and Social Committee opinion of 21 September 2016 on the rights of live-in care workers;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 a (new) - having regard to the publication of WeDo project in 2012 entitled ‘European Quality Framework for Long-term Care Services: Principles and guidelines for the wellbeing and dignity of older people in need of care and assistance’,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the achievement of gender equality has been slow and across the European Union women remain underrepresented in the labour market;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the achievement of gender equality has been slow and across the European Union women remain underrepresented in the labour market and continue to suffer inequality as regards pay, opportunities to improve their skills and career opportunities; whereas the evidence suggests that one of the main causes of this is caring responsibilities which are borne disproportionately, and often almost exclusively, by women;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the achievement of gender equality has been slow and across the
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the achievement of gender equality has been slow and across the European Union women remain underrepresented in the labour market with the EU gender employment gap still standing at 18.21a ; whereas the evidence suggests that one of the main causes of this is caring responsibilities; _________________ 1a[1] European Commission, “2018 Report on Equality between men and women”
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas ‘care’ means work carried out in public or private institutions or in a private household or households in order to provide personal care for children, elderly, ill or people with disabilities; whereas care work is to be performed by professional carers who may be employed by public or private entities or families or be self-employed, yet it is also informally and unpaid performed by non-professional carers, who are usually family members;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas in the EU, 10% of women in working age (15-64) either do not work or work part-time because of caring responsibilities (compare to 0.5% of men); whereas women tend to spend disproportionately more time than men on caring activities, around 38% of women are engaged in care for children, grandchildren, older people and/or people with disabilities every day for at least 1 hour (compare to 25% of men)1a; _________________ 1aEIGE, Gender Equality Index 2017 Report: Measuring Gender Equality in the European Union 2005-2015,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. Whereas the cumulative effect of the multiple career gaps affecting women (pay, career duration, childcare breaks, part timework, care for dependent adults)contributes substantially to the gender pay gap and gender pension gap, resulting in a higher risk of exposure to poverty and social exclusion for women, with negative impacts also extending to their children and families;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas 80 % of all care provided across the EU is provided by unpaid informal carers; and 75% of these carers are women; whereas limited national statistics show that approximately 6-7% of carers in EU Member States are young carers under the age of 17 and five times as many young women aged 15-24 are engaged in care work than young men in this age group;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights aims to deliver new rights for citizens of the Union and in its Principle 9 on Work-life Balance establishes that “Parents and people with caring responsibilities have the right to suitable leave, flexible working arrangements and access to care services”;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas women spend up to 26 hours per week on unpaid care and domestic activities, compared to nine hours for men, resulting in a unequal distribution of such tasks between men and women within the same family unit;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas women still remain the main carers of children and older people and the main contributors to domestic care; whereas this is most visible in couples with the youngest child under 7, as women spend on average 32 hours per week on paid work but 39 hours on unpaid work, compared to men who do 41 hours paid and 19 hours of unpaid work per week; Whereas 27,4% of women working part-time is due to looking after children or adults with care needs compared to 4,6% of men1b; _________________ 1bEuropean Commission, “2018 Report on Equality between men and women”
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the lack of formal care services for children, elderly people, persons with disabilities and/or chronic diseases who are in need of long-term care can lead working carers, in particular women, to reduce their working hours, work part-time and to drop out of the labour market; whereas there is a gender gap between women and men working full-time at the EU level, which is 18.2%;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 b (new) - having regard to the Report of the UN Secretary-General, “Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals1a; _________________ 1a http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp ?symbol=E/2017/66⟪ =E
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the domestic work and care sector employed some 52 million people around the world in 2010, according to ILO figures, and a further 7,4 million domestic workers under the age of 15, accounting for between 5 % and 9 % of all employment in industrialised countries;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. Whereas the average amount of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work is more than threefold higher for women than men; whereas available data indicate that time spent on domestic chores accounts for a large proportion of the gender gap in unpaid work;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas it is mainly women who assume the task of caring for dependent children and family members who are elderly or ill, forcing them to choose between their careers and the demands of their private lives;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas women are at a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion than men, which has a direct negative impact on their children and families;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas domestic work, mainly performed by women, poses a particular challenge with regards to precarious and undeclared work, as the work is atypical and, by nature, invisible; whereas in order to tackle all forms of precarious and undeclared work, a complex and tailored range of policy approaches and measures is needed;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas evidence shows that 80% of care in the EU is provided by unpaid informal carers and 75% of them are women; whereas the traditional care model is not sustainable since there is an increased number of women being active in employment who are facing pressures from balancing work with caring responsibilities;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas elderly people face a higher risk of poverty than the general population, reaching a rate of around 19% of those aged 65 years and over in 2008, while in 2000 it was 17%, and whereas the at-risk-of poverty rate for women aged over 65 years is 5 points higher than for men;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the financial crisis and the imposed austerity measures have severely affected the citizens and residents of the EU, while aggravating job precariousness, poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, and leading to limited or no access to public and social services;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas young people who have caring responsibilities face particular barriers in accessing education and training, and in reconciling education with caring responsibilities; whereas there is a gender gap between young women and young men aged 15-24 who have caring responsibilities and 15% of young women involved in care at least 1 hour per day (compare to 3% of young men) 1a; _________________ 1aEIGE, Gender Equality Index 2017 Report: Measuring Gender Equality in the European Union 2005-2015,
Amendment 59 #
Ad. whereas many family members that are in need of care live in areas where lack of public services persists, and isolation or other circumstances make it difficult for them to have access to professional caring services, and whereas these dependants may be looked after only by non-professional carers who, very often are women family members;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 b (new) - having regard to the UN Convention of 18 December 1979 on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A e (new) Ae. whereas young carers carry out significant caring tasks and assume adult responsibilities, whereas the juggling of overlapping of such heavy responsibilities impacts the education, health and livelihoods of young carers;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A f (new) Af. whereas young carers may be providing care, assistance and support to a parent, sibling, grandparent or other relative who is disabled, has a chronic illness or has a mental health problem from which the need for care or support stems;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A g (new) Ag. Notes that informal carers that also remain in employment balance several responsibilities and use of time; whereas the provision of care services should not require a trade-off in the personal care and leisure time of the unpaid carer;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas Europe is facing
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas Europe is facing an ageing population, which leads to increasing care needs
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas Europe is facing an ageing population, which leads to increasing care needs; whereas an estimate of 80% of long-term care is provided informally; whereas most informal carers are women, including many older women;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas, according to estimations, care in the EU is currently being provided by informal, unpaid carers who have to respond to increasing pressures to provide more sophisticated and technical levels of care; whereas 80 % of all caregivers are women, and that this affects employment levels among women, work-life balance, gender equality and healthy ageing; whereas the unequal distribution of child and informal long-term care between parents has a significant impact on the gender pension gap, standing at 37%;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the EU population is projected to grow older, with the proportion of the population aged 65 and over rising from 17.1% in 2008 to 30% in 2060, and rising for people aged 80 and over from 4.4% to 12.1% over the same period;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas 80 million Europeans have a disability, and that number is increasing;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 c (new) - having regard to SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, and especially SDG Target 5.2: Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the growing demand for care services, for the children, the people with disabilities and the elderly has contributed to the rising of feminisation of migration inside and to Europe;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas the burden of care and family responsibilities is much greater for women than it is for men and is not evaluated in monetary terms or in terms of a recognition of its value; whereas there is a correlation between the rate of female employment and women’s family responsibilities; whereas over 20 million Europeans (two-thirds of whom are women) care for adult dependent persons, which prevents them from having a full- time job and therefore increases the gender pay gap and leads to a higher risk of poverty in old age for women who are approaching retirement;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas care related jobs are poorly paid in many Member States, often not offering formal contracts or other basic labour rights and have low attractiveness because of the high risk of physical and emotional stress, the threat of burnout, and a lack of career development opportunities; whereas the sector offers few training opportunities and, moreover, its employees are predominantly ageing people, women and migrant workers;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B e (new) Be. whereas the majority of current national policy models for care services are not suitable for meeting the needs of the Union´s ageing society, and whereas most Member States have not addressed demographic challenges in their respected policy and social care initiatives and systems up to now;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas closing the gender
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas closing the gender employment gap is conditional on the fulfilment of basic social rights and the provision of basic social services; whereas the unequal distribution of child and informal long-term care between men and women has a significant impact on the gender pension gap, standing at 37%; whereas older women face a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas closing the gender employment gap is conditional on the
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. Whereas the gender pay gap in the EU stands at 16 % meaning that women in the EU, across the economy, earn on average 16% less per hour than men do; whereas investing informal care facilities and in adequate family related leaves for both women and men contributes to reducing the gender pay gap, as it leads to fewer career interruptions and less discontinuous employment for women;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) - having regard to the Economic Policy Committee and European Commission Joint Report on Health Care and Long-Term Care Systems & Fiscal Sustainability of October 2016,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the unequal distribution of child and informal long-term care between men and women has a significant impact on the gender pension gap, standing at 37%; whereas older women face a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the current Education and Training 2020 strategy’s EU benchmark on participation of children from 4 to start of primary school has been virtually met and whereas the Barcelona targets have been generally reached in the EU 28 for children under the age of 3 with substantial differences persisting among the Member states suggesting need for continued efforts; whereas the Barcelona targets of providing childcare to at least 33 % of children under 3 years of age (target 1) and to at least 90 % of children between the age of 3 and the mandatory school age (target 2) have been met in
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the current Education and Training 2020 strategy’s EU benchmark on participation of children from 4 to start of primary school has been virtually met and whereas the Barcelona targets has been generally reached in the EU 28 for children under the age of 3 with substantial differences persisting among the Member States suggesting need for continues efforts; whereas the Barcelona targets of providing childcare to at least 33
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Δ D. whereas the Barcelona targets of providing childcare to at least 33 % of children under 3 years of age (target 1) and to at least 90 % of children between the age of 3 and the mandatory school age (target 2) have been met in just 12 Member States since 2002, with achievement rates in some Member States worryingly low, which represents a failure by the EU to achieve the Barcelona targets;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the Barcelona targets of providing childcare to at least 33 % of children under 3 years of age (target 1) and to at least 90 % of children between the age
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the rise of women’s participation in the labour market increases the need for high-quality and affordable childcare, and the demand of places in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services across Europe is higher than the supply; whereas evidence shows that the childcare for children from 0 to 3 years of age is used mainly on a part-time basis (less than 30 hours per week) in more than half of Member States; whereas a full labour market participation of women requires childcare to be available full-time and to meet the demands during parents ‘working hours;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the lack of high-quality childcare facilities and services at affordable prices is, to an increasing extent, forcing mothers to choose between working part-time or giving up their jobs to take care of their children, with repercussions on the family income and pension savings;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas, under Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, everyone has the right to an independent life and inclusion in the community, which requires the provision not only of independent housing, but also of support services that reflect the needs of persons with a disability;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas public investment in childcare is a win-win strategy and the extra tax revenue generated by the increased participation of parents in labour market is enough to cover the cost of childcare; whereas the public expenditure on childcare of Member States is mostly on childcare for children from 3 to the mandatory school-going age;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) - having regard to the Economic Policy Committee and European Commission Joint Report on Health Care and Long-Term Care Systems & Fiscal Sustainability of October 2016;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D c (new) Dc. whereas high-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) is effective in tackling inequality that affects children from early ages, preventing early school leaving therefore it has long-term effects on children’s life;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D d (new) Dd. whereas due to the lack of financial support and limited provision of childcare, 16.2% and 3.9% of parents do not use formal ECEC services, respectively;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas although the number of care homes for the elderly has increased over the last 10 years in nearly all Member States, the demand is still outstripping the availability of care; whereas a lack of disaggregated information at a national level, including on financial investments,
Amendment 93 #
E. whereas although the number of care homes for the elderly has increased over the last 10 years in nearly all Member States, the demand is still outstripping the availability of care; whereas a lack of disaggregated information at a national level, including on financial investments,
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas although the number of care homes for the elderly has increased over the last 10 years in nearly all Member States, the demand is still outstripping the availability of care; whereas a lack of disaggregated information at a national level, including on financial investments, and a lack of quality indicators makes
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas although the number of care homes for the elderly has increased over the last 10 years in nearly all Member States, the demand is still outstripping the availability of care; whereas a lack of disaggregated information at a national level, including on financial investments, and a lack of quality indicators makes this important part of care infrastructure difficult to monitor; whereas in many Member States there has been a reduction in the number of public care homes for the elderly and a large increase in the number of private/for profit care homes;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas although the number of care homes for
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas although the number of care homes for the elderly has increased over the last 10 years in nearly all Member States, the demand is still outstripping the availability of care and there is urgent need for further investment in community-based, or home-based long- term care services; whereas a lack of disaggregated information at a national level, including on financial investments, and a lack of quality indicators makes this important part of care infrastructure difficult to monitor;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas although the number of care homes for th
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas although the number of care homes for the
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