Description
In rural areas and to some extent, in urban areas of Iasi county, elderly people have no access to social-medical and palliative care services. The need for healthcare services is high in Iasi county, where 16,840 elderly requiring home care were identified. In this context the project will lead to the reduction of disparities between rural and urban population of the county and will increased access to care and support services. The positive changes brought by the project are synthesized at the level of the objective: increasing the access of disadvantaged elderly people from rural and urban areas of Iasi county to integrated social-medical and palliative care services. The results of the project are correlated with the expected results of NGO Fund and consist in: increasing the number of beneficiaries with 150 elderly people; participation of 800 elderly people from the target group to the evaluation activities of the needs and accessibility to social services; participation of 50 volunteers in the project’s activities.
Summary of project results
Elders from rural areas do not have access to social and home care services or the access is limited. The project aimed at extending the home care and social assistance provision, by increasing access to services, developing volunteer work for providing services, setting local partnerships in order to reach the beneficiaries and identifying specific needs and challenges regarding services for elders. Within the project, a home care and social assistance unit was set, services for 160 elder people were provided, a medical caravan was organised and a study regarding needs and access to services for elder people was published. 160 persons benefited of home care and social assistance services, 308 persons received medical services during the caravan, 51 volunteers were involved in the project and 11 partnerships with local authorities were concluded within the framework of the project. Also, project promoter's team attended professional courses for palliative care and legal authorisations for signing the contract with the State Health Insurance Institution were obtained.
Summary of bilateral results