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IV.01: “I Wasn’t Prepared for That” – The Voice for Family Carers

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Over 80% of the 460,000 receivers of carers benefits are cared for by family members. Since 2010, the interest group for family carers has been raising awareness for the often-hidden worries and concerns with the aim of improving the situation of family carers.

President, Interessengemeinschaft pflegender Angehöriger/Carers' Association, Vienna

Birgit MEINHARD-SCHIEBEL

President, Interessengemeinschaft pflegender Angehöriger/Carers' Association, Vienna

1961-1965 Acting School, Lamberg-Offer
1969 Stay Abroad, Israel
1969-1974 Staff Member, Advertising, Austrian Red Cross
1971-1972 University Course, Advertising and Sales, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Vienna
1974-1992 Education-Management for Professional Reintegration
1975-1992 Pedagogical Supervisor, "Scriptura-Berufsbildung"
1988-1990 University Course, Socialmanagement, Johannes Kepler University Linz
1992-2001 Head, Social Department, Austrian Red Cross, Vienna
since 2001 in Retirement
since 2005 Chairwoman, Green Seniors, Vienna
since 2009 Spokesperson, Seniors Green Party, Vienna
since 2010 President, Interessengemeinschaft pflegender Angehöriger/Carers' Association, Vienna
since 2012 Chairwoman, European Green Seniors

Health Symposium

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Kategorie: all Breakout Culture Partner Plenary Social
Genre : all

23.08.2015

15:00 - 15:45OpeningPlenary
15:45 - 17:00Health Policy between the Nanny State and NeoliberalismPlenary
18:00 - 21:00ReceptionSocial
18:30 - 19:30Young Talents – Crazy LadyCulture

24.08.2015

07:00 - 08:30Two-tier Medicine – An Insidious Inequality?Plenary
09:00 - 09:45The Social Determinants of our HealthPlenary
09:45 - 10:30Health Care Pioneers against Inequality – Introduction to the Themes and Players in the Breakout SessionsPlenary
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session I.01: HomelessStreetwork – Unbureaucratic Medical Provision for the HomelessBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session I.02: HPSS – Health Promoting Secondary Schools in IcelandBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session I.03: AmberMed – Medical Help for the UninsuredBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session I.04: Doctors for a Healthy Environment: Environmental Justice and PreventionBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session I.05: Health-E-Net – Remote Medical Second Opinions as a Tool for Equity in Access to HealthcareBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session I.06: Healthacross in Practice – Cross-border Access to the Healthcare Systems in Lower Austria and South BohemiaBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session I.07: Niko-TeenBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session I.08: SALTO – SALzburg Together against ObesityBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session I.09: LIGA – The Voice for Child and Youth Health in AustriaBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session I.10: Community Clinic Volunteers Fighting Austerity Measures Causing Deaths of Patients in GreeceBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session II.01: What Do I Have?Breakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session II.02: IT-based Medical Care for Chronic Illnesses for Large Population SegmentsBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session II.03: MyMind – Accessible, Preventative Mental Health Care for AllBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session II.04: Refugee Open Ware – Rapid and Low-Cost Prosthetics for War-Wounded RefugeesBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session II.05: Video Interpreting in the Health Care SystemBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session II.06: Esperity – Connecting Cancer Patients and Improving Their Quality of LifeBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session II.07: Open Innovation in Science – Crowd Sourcing in Health ResearchBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session II.08: Pathways for Change: An Engagement Journey with IntentionBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Brekout Session II.09: How a Community Participates in Deciding the Health Care it WantsBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session III.01: Transcultural Outpatient Clinic for Children and Young People at the University Clinic Hamburg EppendorfBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session III.02: We Accompany Health – For Female Migrants with Low Socio-Economic StatusBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session III.03: Hemayat – Care of Torture and War SurvivorsBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session III.04: projektXchange – Exchange Turns Strangers into FriendsBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session III.05: MiMi – With Migrants for MigrantsBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session IV.01: “I Wasn’t Prepared for That” – The Voice for Family CarersBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session IV.02: Child Hospice Network – Support for Terminally Ill Children and their FamiliesBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session IV.03: Early State of the Art Autism Therapy for Better Chances of Development and InclusionBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session IV.04: Ethics at the Sick Bed – We Reach Difficult Decisions TogetherBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session IV.05: The Globalisation of Care – Ageing in the PhilippinesBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session IV.06: Holistic Care for the Dying in Rural AreasBreakout
12:00 - 15:00Breakout Session IV.07: Down Syndrome Albania FoundationBreakout
15:30 - 18:00Reception on the HillSocial

25.08.2015

02:30 - 06:00Sunrise Hike with Peter Habeler to GratlspitzSocial
07:00 - 08:45Ideas against Inequality – Presentation of the Findings of the Breakout SessionsPlenary
09:15 - 10:50Tackling Health Inequality in the European UnionPlenary
10:50 - 11:00Summarising RemarksPlenary
11:15 - 12:45Health Talk: Throw-away Society – Who is Responsible?Social
13:30 - 15:00Partner Session 01: Primary Health Care – Daring to Change or Just More of the Same?Partner
13:30 - 15:00Partner Session 02: Equality of Opportunity in Healthcare – Tyrol vs. Vienna.Partner
13:30 - 15:00Partner Session 03: Healthcare Hotline – 24 Hours of Effective HelpPartner
13:30 - 15:00Partner Session 04: The Limits of the Welfare State – Charity as a SolutionPartner
15:30 - 17:00Generation Couch Potato – Alternatives to Finger-WaggingSocial
15:30 - 17:00Partner Session 05: Health Care in Danger – Violence Against Health Care Workers Must EndPartner
15:30 - 17:00Partner Session 06: The Helping Hand – Changing Roles of Health Professionals in a Modern Healthcare SystemPartner