Project DARE enhances the reflection on a particular aspect of the European welfare: the services for home assistance. This is the first of two Newsletters that will be sent in its context, aiming to disseminate the best practices and engage everyone in this discussion. We hope you enjoy it. This number's table of contentes is as follows:. One of the main needs of the present Care and assistance services system is that of experiencing more efficient organizational models.
The main objective of the project is the creation, through the partnership, of a significant community of practice, able to propose and to transfer, on a long term, innovative alternatives of domiciliary assistance systems, with a mixed management between public and private, able to overcome the traditional division of the welfare services based on target groups — disable adults, disable minors, elders, by observing, during the exchanges of best practices:.
Duration of the project - 24 months 2nd of October — 1st of October The Partnership. The Exchange of Pratices. Romenia, Bucharest - 11thth of January Authority local opened the visit then visited two residential centers for the elderly. We discussed the planning activities assigned roles, study visits, communication, dissemination and validation of the proposed tools , the dissemination plan, the project site, newsletters and two models of home carers of good practice at the Cross Foundation White and the Caraiman Multifunctional Center.
The White Yellow Cross Romania Foundation CAGR is one of the pioneers that initiated home social care services in Romania, trying to meet the needs of a large group of elderly people alone, many of whom live in poverty. There are currently 9 programs in which about patients are taking care of, at home, monthly. A team of 10 nurses, 2 physicians, 4 physiotherapists, 4 social assistants, provides services at the highest standards to the sick and addicted elderlies. The mission of the White-Yellow Cross Foundation in Romania is to offer all eligible people, high quality social-medical services, at home where they need, without costs, helping to improve their quality of life.
Home Care is a social-medical service for the most vulnerable groups in society. Home care services address primarily to elderly people with chronic illness and low incomes. The difficulty of obtaining a place in care institutions or accessing long-term care services and the absence of an informal network for providing these types of care has made many people unable to ensure a decent living and, consequently, to call CAGR.
