This is a project led by Support-Girona which aims to improve the knowledge and intervention methodology in order to create materials for specialists who care for persons with disabilities so that they can offer them supported decision-making services. The project focuses on three specific areas: personal finance, healthcare, and consumer rights.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fragility of the health and social protection systems throughout the European Union and has led to the emergence of new vulnerable population profiles that have seen their mental health deteriorate and have suffered the consequences of a system that has failed to provide them with adequate, affordable, and accessible health and social support, including preventive support, in both the family environment and the community.

Decider is an Erasmus+ project that aims to develop digital resources for the training and education of specialists in the field of disability while offering services for supported decision-making. It was born from the Erasmus+ I-Decide project and led by Support-Girona with the aim to develop a methodology for the supported decision-making process.

From guardianship to supported decision-making services for persons with disabilities

AD-Choisir has the ambition to contribute to the dynamics of adapting the professional practices of the social sector according to the new human rights approach established by the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) which concerns the social inclusion of supported persons and how professional services and practices should respect their wishes and preferences.

Support-Girona, with a state subsidy from the programme subject to the endowment taxation of 0.7% on account of personal income tax, has launched the Aging at Home project.

Overall goals

  • To extend the stay at the usual home of people over 65 years of age
  • To organise all the existing resources in the network so that the supported person receives good care in their own home
  • To maintain and enhance the person’s social relationships with their closest environment to avoid social isolation
  • To coordinate with other elderly care organisations to improve support and fight unwanted loneliness
  • To provide counselling and support for family members that have dependents over 65 years of age
  • To disclose the rights of the elderly

Specific goals

  • To furnish and provide services and resources to ensure good home care
  • To encourage the supported persons to participate in social activities in a familiar environment
  • To participate in the development of protocols to prevent and/or detect abuse of the elderly
  • To give talks at residential centres and at the resources of the elderly care network
  • To offer one-on-one talks to family members, specialists, etc.
  • To ensure that direct assistance is available for different specialists; family workers, nursing, etc.
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It takes part in the recruitment of young people benefiting from the Youth Guarantee Programme in Catalonia, in accordance with Order TSF/115/2018 of 12 July.

The programme is financed by the Youth Employment initiative and the European Social Fund, with a co-financing of 91.89%.

 

Foundations Register 1817. Register Department of Work, Social Affairs, and Families of the Government of Catalonia S05710.

Support-Girona is registered in the Register of Interest Groups of the Catalan Government Administration and the Public Sector. Identification number 315.

Municipal Register of Entities (Girona City Council) with number EH3234.

Census of Voluntary Entities of Catalonia 001907-000.