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Bulgaria has no guaranteed access of the elderly (aged 65+) to good-quality, diverse and affordable health, social and integrated health and social services for long-term community and home care. Such services are slowly developed, insufficient in both number and scope and they do not meet adequately the growing needs. The project envisages studying the efficiency of the measures from the national long-term care and the local strategies with an emphasis on health and social home and community services and with a view to the elderly having a real access to such services in the municipalities of Rousse, Belene, Pleven, Byala Slatina, Svishtov, Levsky, Rakovsky, Kaloyanovo, Plovdiv, Bourgas, Malko Tarnovo, Kuklen and Sofia. The findings will be published and presented to experts from the public institutions, politicians and civil society organizations and will be a tool to influence local and national policies and attract supporters for joint advocacy actions. The findings will be communicated to the public in an awareness-raising campaign in the social media. In the long-term we will contribute to greater commitment and active involvement of citizens, development of good-quality long-term care meeting the needs and ensuring access of the elderly to it. We will engage through a dialogue all the stakeholders (the elderly, municipal experts, civil society organizations and public institutions, family doctors, social workers, service providers, caregivers) by involving them in consultations, stage discussions, round tables, interviews and presenting their opinion in the campaign held in the social media and in the publications. We will reach them and analyse local policies and services with the help of our local partners who work on the first line, provide direct support to the elderly, have good knowledge of local needs and take part actively in the life of local communities.