About nursing homes and care for the Elderly

One of the greatest XX century achievement has been the increase in life expectancy of mankind, specially people living in Spain and other western countries, brought about by, among other factors, the improved public health and welfare conditions. Over the last 45 years, Spanish development model has enabled an increase in the number of people reaching old age and doing so in a situation of relative financial stability. However, the increase in life expectancy coupled with a significant drop in the birth rate over the last 30 years has led to a rapid transition to an ageing population.  At this time it is estimated that in the European Union there are only two people of working age for each adult of 65 years or more. However, the challenge and scope of ageing populations varies for each of the member countries. Spain stands out as one of the countries where it is most prominent, reaching rates of around 32% in 2050, only exceeded by Italy and Slovenia. According to demographic fore...

  After the emergence of the SAR-Cov2, a lot of people is talking about the approach to the change of model of the nursing homes for dependent elderly people, even more a lot of people who don’t know the reality of social services are giving opinions on this theme, digressing and proposing measures that are far from models of equity in our society. Although there are different interpretations and validity of the proposals, there is a consensus of all that the model should change ant the direct attentions to the users must be improved. The evolution trend of our populations pyramid is known to all, in which there will be an increasing number of people over to 65 years, and therefore a greater number of dependent people, who require specialized care. Face to this situation, any action must be considered taking into account demographic evolution (due to the increase in older people both in absolute and relative value) and above all taking into account economic stability. So we start f...