French benefit: Ajpa the caregiver or compassionate leave allowance This is a daily payment to compensate for time taken off work to look after a close relative
Explainer: What help is there for people who are carers in France? We explain the leave and compensation rights for people who care in a non-professional capacity for someone close to them
French care home staffing levels are 鈥榥owhere near鈥� adequate A care worker in France shares her experience and responds to the care home abuse story
news Paid holiday for carers in France next year People who need time off work to care for disabled, elderly or ill relatives should have the right to paid leave from next year under plans.
Test 鈥楢lzheimer Village鈥� prepares to greet residents Work on France鈥檚 first 鈥淎lzheimer Village鈥�, where people with dementia can live in a stimulating, non-medicalised environment, is progressing with the first residents expected in 2020.
French city has students living in elderly care homes Students in Montpellier are addressing the issue of elderly loneliness and benefitting from cheaper rent themselves in an exchange that is permitting young people to live in elderly care homes.
Lifeline lets older people pick up their lives again Riviera Lifeline helps with the parallel need to give assistance to people struggling in their own homes
