The Loneliness of Home Care Family Caregivers in Poland. Inspirations from Carers UK regarding Social Education for their Inclusion and Support

Abstract

Over the last 40 years in Poland, we have been able to change attitudes towards patients with cancer and their family carers. We have learnt from the worldwide hospice movement, and have created our own strategies to provide effective social education for end-of-life care. The nationwide project, Hospicjum to też życie (Hospice is also life), has helped our hospice-palliative care, but also improved the social acceptance of end-of-life care and support for families of cancer patients in Poland. However, the situation of many elderly and house-bound people, espe* Dr. hab. Piotr Krakowiak, Associate Professor, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Institute of Educational Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, email: pkrakow@umk.pl. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/Pch.2020.012