Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş announced that a total of 3 thousand 407 citizens were served within the scope of the Home Care Support Pilot Application launched in Adana, Ankara and Izmir last year.
According to the statement made by the Ministry, Minister Göktaş stated that care services for disabled and elderly individuals are developed and diversified in line with the family-oriented social service policy, and that they focus on individual-oriented service models that enable disabled and elderly individuals to be cared for without leaving their social environment, as well as institutional care in line with the community-based care approach. he stated.
Stating that they offer home care assistance, social assistance and day care services in a complementary manner as well as institutional care, Göktaş said, "Last year, Home Care Support was held in Adana, Ankara and Izmir in order to increase the quality of life of our fully dependent disabled citizens who are cared for at home and to support and strengthen their families." We started the Pilot Application. "Home Care Assistance beneficiary families benefit from the practice we carry out to reduce the need for institutional care and improve community-based care services." he said.
Stating that the team consisting of care personnel, nurses, social workers and psychologists employed within the scope of the application was trained by the Ministry's experts and academicians, Göktaş noted that needs analyzes were carried out in the visited households.
Minister Göktaş continued as follows:
“In the first phase, we conducted a survey on a total of 3 households benefiting from Home Care Assistance in 100 pilot provinces. By creating a care plan for approximately 600 disabled individuals in need of service, we identified the education and psycho-social support needs of the families. The households we determined were visited by teams consisting of different branches employed in each province within the scope of the project, and personal self-care of disabled individuals was provided by care personnel under the supervision of nurses. The education, counseling and psycho-social support services needed by family caregivers were provided by our nurses, psychologists and social workers. “Within the scope of the application we started last year, we served a total of 3 thousand 407 citizens in Adana, Ankara and Izmir.”
Minister Göktaş stated that with all these services, they contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of disabled individuals who live at home or with their families and said, “We offer information, consultancy and guidance services for families. We ensure that they take the right steps in dealing with their problems, reducing their feelings of burnout, and how to proceed with the care, rehabilitation and education of the disabled person they care for. As a result of the positive feedback we received from the individuals and their families we serve within the scope of the Home Care Support Application, we aim to expand this service model throughout the country. Thus, we will contribute to our policy of becoming a 'strong family, strong society' by socially supporting and strengthening the families we support with the Home Care Assistance payment.” he said.