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Section 3.ª Services for the promotion of personal autonomy and for attention and care
- Article 21. Prevention of situations of dependency.
- Article 22. Personal Alert System
- Article 23. Home Help Service.
- Article 24. Day and Night Centre Service.
- Article 25. Residential Care Service.
Article 21. Prevention of situations of dependency.
The purpose of this service is to prevent the onset or aggravation of illnesses or disabilities and their side-effects, by means of the coordinated implementation by the social and healthcare services of initiatives to promote healthy living conditions, specific preventative and rehabilitation programmes aimed at older and disabled persons and to those that are affected by complex hospitalisation processes. With this purpose in mind, the Territorial Council of the System for Autonomy and Care for Dependency shall agree on minimum criteria, recommendations and conditions to be met by the Plans for the Prevention of Situations of Dependency drawn up by the Autonomous Communities, with special attention to the risks and actions for older persons.
Article 22. Personal Alert System
1. The Personal Alert System provides assistance to beneficiaries by means of the use of communication and information technologies, with the support of the necessary personnel resources, in immediate response to emergencies, danger, loneliness and isolation. This service may be independent or complementary to the home help service.
2. This service shall be provided to people that do not receive residential care services and whose Individual Care Programme thus states.
Article 23. Home Help Service.
The home help service is made up of a set of initiatives that are carried out in the home of the dependent person in order to cater for his/her everyday needs, provided by entities or companies that have been accredited for this function:
- Services related to attending to domestic or home needs: cleaning, washing, cooking or others.
- Services related to personal care, in performing the activities of daily living.
Article 24. Day and Night Centre Service.
1. The Day or Night Centre service offers comprehensive care during the day or night to the dependent person, with the objective of improving or maintaining the highest possible level of personal autonomy and supporting the families or carers. In particular, from a bio-psycho-social perspective, it covers the needs of counselling, prevention, rehabilitation, guidance for the promotion of autonomy, enablement or assistance and personal care.
2. The types of centres shall include Day Centres for persons under the age of 65 years, Day Centres for older persons, Day Centres that are specialised due to the specific nature of the care they provide and Night Centres, which shall be adapted to the peculiarities and ages of the dependent persons.
Article 25. Residential Care Service.
1. From a bio-psycho-social perspective, the residential care service offers ongoing personal and healthcare services.
2. This service shall be provided in the residential centres that are enabled for this purpose according to the type of dependency, degree of dependency and the intensity of care required by the person.
3. This service may be provided on a permanent basis, when the residential centre becomes the person’s usual residence, or temporary, when the person avails of temporary stays for the purposes of convalescence, during holiday periods or at weekends or if the nonprofessional carers are ill or availing of a rest period.
4. The residential care service shall be provided by the Public Administrations in public and subsidised centres.
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