Demographic and social changes are generating a gradual increase in individuals in situations of dependence. Over the last thirty years in Spain, the number of elderly people over the age of 65 has doubled which, combined with the phenomenon of the "aging of the aging", has led to an increase in the population over the age of eighty.
At the end of 2006, the Spanish government introduced a new regulatory framework with Law 39/2006 (14 December 2006) on the Promotion of Personal Autonomy and Care for Dependents. This represents a vital step in achieving universalisation and ensuring the rights to and quality of welfare services, but we have not yet managed to promote these to the level of other welfare pillars, such as health and education.
Meeting the needs of dependents and their families – often the sole carers – is a major challenge for today's society.
Application of this new law, which has its own budget and a gradual planned implementation, will clearly help to kick-start the move towards an integral model of care.
It will be necessary to implement management systems with the collaboration of all agents: dependents, their families and immediate environment, the state government, business, NGOs and volunteers. We need to provide an integral, effective, efficient and quality response.
We will need professionals familiar with working in networks, who can assess the needs of dependents and their families, and we need to give them the resources available. Our context requires professionals who can carry out effective, efficient and quality management. In addition, all of this must be carried out without overlooking the role of technology in meeting these needs.
The work performed in other countries and the diversity of Spain's autonomous regions where this law will need to be applied will enrich and add an element of debate to this course.
List of topics
| 1. |
Introduction to dependence |
| 3. |
Financing and organising services for dependents |
| 4. |
Assessment of dependency |
| 7. |
Non-professional carers: resources and aid |
| 8. |
Training trainers for non-professional carers |
| 9. |
New technologies available to dependents and their carers |
| 10. |
Managing equipment for dependents |
| 11. |
Managing home-help services |
| 12. |
The quality requirements of services |
| 13. |
End-of-course project |
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4.295 euros
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