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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7636

19 January 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 56
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social
Belgium to submit to Lisbon Summit the problem of care for the elderly and ask for an exchange of good practice to be established in the field at European level

Brussels, 18/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - The society in which we currently live has to face demographic changes and an ageing of its population, with as consequence that an increasing number of employees - up to 5% in Europe- have to stay away from their place of work one day a month to provide care for parents, relations or friends, and especially the elderly. This situation is becoming a real problem as people are often obliged, for this reason, to abandon their full-time job. Setting out...

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