Homemodels of care

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Building a new country: European funds at the service of social innovation

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 Location: Madrid

Institutional appointment organized by the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 of the Government of Spain in which twenty social innovation projects are presented, involving more than one hundred pioneering organizations in processes of social transformation, in the field of care and support for the elderly, people with disabilities, people experiencing homelessness, children and youth and models of community care in rural areas.

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State Deinstitutionalisation Strategy: "For a good life in the community".

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 Location: Madrid

Currently, many of these services for people with greater support needs are provided in large institutions and the aim of the future Strategy is precisely to try to promote services that enable people to live independently and autonomously in their family, social and community environment.

The future Strategy for De-institutionalisation and development of community support services aims to prioritise personalised care in the community.

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Presentation of the project "Just like at home: Towards people-centered service provision"

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 Location: Lugones (Siero) / Online

This activity takes place within the framework of the "CuidAs week" organised by the Regional Ministry of Social Rights and Welfare of the Principality of Asturias, from 14 to 17 November.

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5th Pillars for Personal Autonomy Foundation Awards

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 Location: Madrid

In order to recognise and make visible those initiatives that advance towards the continuous improvement of the quality of life of people who require support, the Pilares Foundation for Personal Autonomy announces the biennial Pilares Foundation Awards for Best Practices related to the AICP Model.

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XVI International Lares-EAN Congress: “Long-term care: Team and talent”

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 Location: Alicante

Under the slogan "Long-term care: Team and talent", professionals from different countries will meet to discuss long-term care, find solutions, show and share good practices, examples and contribute new ideas. The challenges of human resources in the sector; the life of work teams, their leadership, communication, mediation as a tool, etc. will be part of the working sessions.

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Social Work and the Elderly

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 Location: Online

This event, organised by the Col-legi de Treball Social de Catalunya, will focus on two of the challenges on which social work is working most intensely: the transition from an individualised model of home care to a more community-based model and the mistreatment of the elderly.

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17:00h. Presentation of the event by Mercè Civit, Vice-Dean of the Official College of Social Work of Catalonia and Teresa Llorens Carbonell, Coordinator of the Department of Equality and Social Sustainability of Barcelona Provincial Council.

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Conference on Best Practices for the Transformation of the Care Model

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With this conference, the centres participating in the Network Project for the Transformation of the Care Model will share the experiences and initiatives that have led to an improvement in the quality of life of the users of the centres associated with Lares Comunidad Valenciana.

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9:30h Inauguration of the Conference. Mr. Rubén Sancho Martínez- Regional Secretary for Equality and Diversity.

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The present and the future of long-term care

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 Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz

Conference as part of the series of talks "New reality, new rights, new solutions" organised by the Association 'Por una vida digna'. Our colleague and researcher at Matia Instituto, Nerea Etxaniz, will talk about the "Present and future of dependency care". 

The event will take place this Thursday, 4 November, at the Fundación Vital lecture hall (Vitoria-Gasteiz).

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"Management of Residential Centres in times of uncertainty: learnings and keys for moving forward".

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 Location: Online o presencial (Ciudad Real - Valdepeñas)

Spain is one of the developed countries most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and one of the worst performers in terms of the number of deaths in care homes. Between March and August 2020, at least half of the people who died in Spain with covid-19 or compatible symptomatology died in these centres, which in 2019 were the habitual residence of more than three hundred thousand people. 

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The challenges of Alzheimer and dementias

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 Location: Madrid

To call for a political commitment to make Alzheimer's a strategic priority in the scientific, health and care fields, and to prioritise research as the only way to beat the disease, we are organising, together with the Spanish Neurology Society (SEN), the Spanish Alzheimer's Confederation (CEAFA), the Matia Foundation and HelpAge, the event "The challenges of Alzheimer's and dementias" in the Congress of Deputies this coming Monday, 13 September, at 10 am, in the Ernest Lluch Room.

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