TOPIC – The Online Platform For Informal Caregivers
Motivation When someone becomes beyond recovery with diseases like Alzheimer’s, dementia or sclerosis, the caretaking is often done by his or her relatives. Due to demographic change, it is likely that the proportion of elderly informal caregivers will rise in the future. For many of the (mostly unskilled) caregivers domestic care quickly becomes more challenging than a full-time job and goes along with physical, mental and emotional stress. Objectives and approach The European project TOPIC aims to obtain a profound…