January 1, 2014
Completed projects
Full name of the project: Increasing the quality and accessibility of medical-social home care services
Duration of the project: January 2011 – December 2013
Project partner: Asociaţia Obştească “HOMECARE”
Focus of the project: Increasing the well-being of people dependent on the care of others by strengthening the role and the quality of medical-social care services in the home and community environment
Objectives:
- Increase the quality and accessibility of medical-social home care services performed by trained staff
- Expand expert capacities on home care in Moldova
- Raise awareness on home care as a suitable form of medical-social service
Target group:
- Elderly and lonesome people, without the assistance of a close person
- People in need of temporary care after returning from hospitalisation. In most cases, these are patients after surgery, those recovering from cardiovascular and motor disorders, strokes, etc.
- Terminally ill persons and those suffering from chronic diseases, including those at the terminal stage
- People confined to bed (with mental or physical disabilities), who need medical and social assistance
- Day-care centre staff, nurses, doctors, psychologists, social workers and volunteers
Country/region: Moldova - Chișinău, Drochia
Project description: The project focuses on the development of home care in Moldova by strengthening the role and quality of care services in the home and community environment – particularly training the staff responsible and increasing the accessibility and quality of home care services in the regions where such care has until now been least accessible.
As a part of the project, specialised training will be given to medical staff, social workers and volunteers in order to to professionalise their work and to make them fully competent in providing and managing home care services.
The project is aimed at raising awareness about the concept of home care on a local level and supporting the accessibility of basic medical-social services to disadvantaged people. Thus, the project is focused on directly improving the living conditions of socially disadvantaged people in the regions mentioned, with the help of trained staff who arrange quality home care services for people in need.
Caritas CR chose the association “Homecare” as its local partner. It is one of the few respected NGOs providing qualified medical-social services. The organisation was chosen on the grounds of previous successful cooperation on a project aimed at the development of home care services, which was funded by the Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Thanks to that project, day centres in the towns of Cahul and Drochia were built.
Budget: 432 507 EUR
Donor: Czech Development Agency
