Ruse Municipality has completed the "Home Care" project and is preparing for a new initiative in support of vulnerable groups

Tuesday, 14 January 2025

On January 14, the Municipality of Ruse successfully completed the activities under the project "Home Care in the Municipality of Ruse". It was launched in November 2022 and provided care in a home environment for over 700 elderly people unable to self-care and people with disabilities. The main goal was to improve the quality of life and social inclusion by providing mobile health and social services, psychological support, delivery of food and essential products, as well as organizing training for the staff involved in the implementation of these services. The project is implemented under the financing contract BG05SFPR002-2.001-0165-C02, procedure BG05SFPR002-2.001 "Home Care", financed by the European Social Fund Plus, through the Human Resources Development Program 2021-2027.

At the time of project completion, 761 people born in the period 1923–1978 had benefited from the services.

Ruse Municipality is actively preparing for a new initiative under procedure BG05SFPR002-2.012 "Innovative Health and Social Services", which is expected to launch in early 2025. It will build on the results and experience achieved from the "Home Care" project, with services to be provided until December 31, 2026.

The indicative number of users for Ruse Municipality under this procedure is a minimum of 245 people. Target groups include:

- people living alone with disabilities who do not have specific external assistance, but have medical documents certifying the need for support.

- people living alone in old age who cannot take care of themselves and do not have a specific degree of reduced work capacity.

For all users eligible under the procedure, a real assessment of the need for support will be prepared according to a methodology specially prepared by the Managing Authority. It uses the two-scale toolkit to perform a functional assessment of individuals for performing daily activities and an assessment of individuals' abilities to perform instrumental daily activities.

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