This webinar explores international policy and practice in integrated person-centred long- term care and support. We will hear from the Laurel consortium, a EU HORIZON-funded project that aims to create actionable policies and training tools to support high-quality integrated long-term care across Europe. This will be complemented by information on WHO Europe’s work programme to support transformation of long-term care eco-systems, promoting quality and leveraging digital and social innovations.The session will also feature an example of social innovation and intergenerational practice in Shared Lives Plus, the membership organisation supporting Shared Lives schemes and carers, and the home of the Homeshare UK Network.
Giulia is responsible for managing EU-funded projects, focusing on the role of informal carers in the provision of Long-Term Care, and integrated person-centred care. Her background is in social policy research, in particular working on gender, socio-economic inequalities, the care economy, and LGBTQIA+ inclusion. Prior to Eurocarers, she worked in a variety of research and policy roles in EU institutions, NGOs, government and research consulting in the EU, UK and India.
Dr. Anam Ahmed
Senior Research Consultant, Panaxea
Driven by her ambition to create and facilitate bridges between health sciences and practice, Anam uses her scientific background and experience in consultancy to evaluate healthcare innovations and support evidence-based decision-making. She specializes in applying mixed-methods approaches in health services research and pursued a PhD focusing on the interconnectivity of components of integrated, person-centred care for vulnerable groups.
Dr. Stefania Ilinca Technical Officer for long-term care with the WHO Regional Office for Europe, Senior Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, Salzburg Global Seminar fellow
Dr. Stefania Ilinca has extensive experience working at the interface between policy and research, dividing her time between policy advice, technical support, applied research and advocacy efforts. At WHO Europe, her portfolio covers the transformation of long-term care eco-systems, informed by equity, sustainability and demographic change concerns, with particular attention to strengthening care delivery for people with complex needs, supporting integrated care models, promoting quality in long-term care delivery and leveraging digital and social innovations.
Nicola Watson Homeshare and Nations Officer, Shared Lives Plus
Nicola has worked in social care for 18 years, largely supporting people with learning disabilities to life their lives to the full. This includes nine years working as part of an award-winning Shared Lives scheme in Scotland, empowering self-employed Shared Lives carers to provide relationship, home and community based support.Nicola previously worked on an IMPACT (Improving Adult Care Together) project in collaboration with older people and those who support them in Moray to produce recommendations for service development on the topic of Reducing Loneliness in Rural Areas.
