SenioriNET Vice President Aurelia Pasăre and advocacy expert Anemari Nițu participated today in an online meeting with Mr. Dragos Pîslaru, Member of the European Parliament for USR PLUS, member of the Renew Europe group of MEPs, Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL).European partners were also present – Ms Shannon Pfohman, Advocacy […]
The Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity announces the organisation of a public selection of projects for the award of grant contracts under the programmes of national interest”Community home services for dependent elderly people””Food services for elderly people””Day care and rehabilitation centres for elderly people””Community social services for elderly people”.The budget allocated to programmes of […]
For those interested and active in health services, the CNAS website is now transparent. the draft of the future Framework Contract 2023.Comments can be submitted until 26 February 2022.For an easier reading of the document, you will find at the end (pages 181-203) a summary of the planned changes.For home health care providers, it is […]
February brought another opportunity to meet within the Federation, the members of the Steering Board and the members of the project team.A number of objectives were pursued, as follows:Institutional assessment of the Federation on organisational capacity and financial sustainabilityEstablishing measures to improve and increase the Federation’s organisational capacityResults to be achieved by November 2023Team building […]
Non-governmental, public benefit organization, member of Caritas Romania Confederation.Currently the organization runs complex projects in the field of social assistance in 5 counties (Alba, Covasna, Harghita, Hunedoara, Mures).Among their activities:Elderly care – day centres and homesThe aim is not only to provide humanitarian aid, day care, adapted to the needs of the elderly, but also […]
The Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity aims to carry out investments for putting in place a network of day service centres that will provide social care and rehabilitation services, each having at least one mobile team of service providers for older people who cannot travel to the centre.The draft law on social care for […]
Anyone who has had a grandmother, a grandfather to care for can confirm that there is a need… Let’s be open to new models of care, to new strategies to cope financially with these changes.Q: How would you rate services for the elderly in Romania?A: Undersized and underfunded on the non-governmental sector side. I don’t […]
Most people think that social media is not popular among seniors. But this is not true. Studies have found that more seniors are taking to social media in recent years than any other age group, proving that the technology has great benefits to offer older age groups.Here are a few highlights that show how social […]
Informal carers (i.e. unskilled carers) who care for elderly family members (and others) will be able to work part-time and receive an allowance equal to half the gross basic salary of a home carer.Law 355/2022 will amend Law 17/2000 on social care for the elderly. Firstly, the law introduces the term informal carer which is […]
Q: How would you rate services for the elderly in Romania in 2021? A: Services are insufficient and poor quality. – Residential centres have more coverage because extended family or carers can afford more flexibility regarding area/distance. – Day centres are few and belong to DGASPC or SPAS, they are in the form of senior […]
