DART – Declining Ageing and Regional Transformation CONFERENCE - DEMOGRAPHIC CANGE IN EUROPE - SOLUTIONS FOR THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES Kajaani, May 2012

Centru Region  Centru Region is situated in the center of Romania, partially overlaping the historic province Transylvania;  Centru Region is formed of 6 counties: Alba, Brasov, Mureş, Covasna, Harghita and Sibiu;  As of 1st of July 2009, the population of the region was inhabitants.

Ageing and demographic decline in Centru Region  The population number of Centru Region decreased by 11.2% between 1990 and The decrease was due mostly to negative external migration flow;  According to the evaluation of the National Institute for Statistics, the population number in Centru Region will decrease to just 1.9 million until 2050;  Over the next 40 years, the proportion of the population aged 65 and over, will almost triple, reaching 31.3% of the total population.

Best practice Project: Social and medical home care-services for elderly/dependent people  Initiator: Caritas Alba Iulia & Mure County Council  Financing: Private funds / Local budgets / State budget  Beneficiaries: more than 3000 old and dependent persons living in the rural areas of Mures County.

Partners: Caritas Alba Iulia  Is a Romanian NGO established by the Roman- Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia  Member of Caritas Confederation România, Caritas Europe and Caritas Internationalis  In 2004 Caritas Alba Iulia received the statute of Public utility NGO, from the Romanian Government, for its important results and interventions in the field of social services.

Partners: Mure County Council  Is the administrative body of Mure County – one of the 6 counties composing Centru region  Acts in the field of social services through the General Direction for Social Assistence and Child Protection

Social and medical home-care services for elderly/dependent people Financing:  Annual allocation from the State and Local Budgets  Private funds of Caritas Alba Iulia (mostly coming from donations)

Social and medical home-care services for elderly/dependent people Beneficiaries: The ageing process, determined an increase in the number of seniors afected by various chronic deaseses, unable to benefit from regular access to primary medical services. As a response to this problem the target group of the project was composed by:  more than 3000 persons (for the period )  old and dependent persons living in the rural areas of Mures County.

Social and medical home-care services for elderly/dependent people Activities:  Social and medical home-care services:  Hygiene services,  Feeding,  Help for getting dressed or undressed,  Support for mobility,  Communication,  Monitoring of health,  Kinetotherapy,  Physiotherapy,  Kinaesthetics

Social and medical services at home for elderly/dependent people

 Caritas Alba Iulia recently launched the first Romanian online space dedicated to active seniors - bringing recognition to the seniors that have continued to be active and involved socially and professionally after retirement age. Additional achievements:

 2 Retirement homes  Telemedicine programs  Active ageing programs:  Substitute grand- parents.  Volunteering programs for seniors Additional achievements:

Thank you for your attention! Project Partner Regional Development Agency Centru (Ro) David Laurentiu