Care matters. Gender impact on carers of elderly and dependent people in times of Covid-19.

The aim of the conference is to present the results of the research project "CUMADE. Care matters. Gender impact on carers of the elderly and dependents in times of Covid-19" carried out between June 2020 and June 2021. The aim of the research is to reveal the social dynamics that have had an impact on the care of elderly and dependent people, in order to give visibility to the difficulties that carers have had to face the health crisis, as well as the strategies to face it from the point of view of creativity, empowerment and solidarity. It has been essential for the project to reconstruct the experiences of carers. For this reason, both researchers and people who have contributed their testimony to enable the study to be carried out will participate in the conference. The results of the research are available at the following link: https://www.antropologia.urv.cat/es/investigacion/proyectos/cumade/.

Programme:

9:30-9:45 Reception

9:45-10:00 Welcome. Gorka Moreno. Vice-Rector Campus of Bizkaia, UPV/EHU. Matxalen Legarreta. UPV/EHU. Laura Ruiz. Economists without Borders.

10:00-10:45 Care work in the context of a pandemic: some lessons learned. Dolors Comas d'Argemir Principal Researcher of the CUMADE Project. Rovira i Virgili University.

10:45-12:15 Impact of covid-19 in CAE care homes. Moderator: Marina Sagastizabal. UPV/EHU.

• Itziar Ferrón. Ex-worker in a private residence.
• Elixabete Abad. Director of the Lamourous Residence of Matia Fundazioa.
• Enrique de la Peña. Babestu-Association of relatives and users of residential homes in Bizkaia.
• Jone Bengoetxea. ELA Trade Union.

12:15-12:45 Coffee break

12:45-13:45 Emerging models of care. Moderator: Maider Barañano. UPV/EHU.

• Maria Juncay. SINA Cooperative and EMF-Sociosanitarias Association.
• Xanti Ugarte. Irauli Zaintza Platform.

13.45-14:00 Farewell and closure