Abuse by unrelated caregiver

36. Calls on the authorities to improve the working conditions and treatment of immigrant workers, with special attention to the situation of women working as domestic helpers, who are at particular risk of sexual violence and who often find themselves in conditions of virtual slavery; encourages the Saudi government to continue the reforms of the labour laws and notably to fully abolish the sponsorship (‘Kafala’) system, and welcomes the recent appeal by the National Society for Human Rights to the government to recruit foreign workers under a Labour Ministry agency instead; welcomes recent efforts to introduce national labour laws in ...[+++] order to provide standardised protection for domestic workers and ensure the prosecution of employers responsible for sexual, physical and labour rights abuses;

36. Calls on the authorities to improve the working conditions and treatment of immigrant workers, with special attention to the situation of women working as domestic helpers, who are at particular risk of sexual violence and who often find themselves in conditions of virtual slavery; encourages the Saudi government to continue the reforms of the labour laws and notably to fully abolish the sponsorship (‘Kafala’) system, and welcomes the recent appeal by the National Society for Human Rights to the government to recruit foreign workers under a Labour Ministry agency instead; welcomes recent efforts to introduce national labour laws in ...[+++] order to provide standardised protection for domestic workers and ensure the prosecution of employers responsible for sexual, physical and labour rights abuses;

There are certainly figures from the UK that recognise that this is a contribution of billions saved in our economy, because the care is being given by close friends or relatives rather than by the state, and that in fact, investing in something like a carer’s allowance and support mechanisms for carers really is worth doing, rather than having people totally worn out, isolated and suffering their own health and mental health probl ...[+++]ems because they have been caring for hours without background support.

particular attention should be devoted to combating the maltreatment, physical, psychological, sexual and financial abuse and neglect of elderly people in their own homes, in residential care and in hospital, by family members, carers and health or social care professionals, both by means of awareness-raising campaigns aimed at the general public and those working in the health and social services, and by creating services specifically designed for victims of maltreatment and programmes to re-educate those guilty of such acts; welcom ...[+++]es the research being carried out into elder abuse and calls on the Commission to ask the European Agency for Living and Working Conditions to co-ordinate the sharing and dissemination of knowledge and policies in this area; believes there is an urgent need to establish a network of vetting systems in the respective Member States so that a person who moves to another Member State, and seeks a job with elderly people, can be subject to security checks with the Member State from which he or she has come,